MINE DETAILS
Sandersville Calcine Plant
MSHA MINE ID0900111
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Sandersville Calcine Plant32.96611, -82.82000Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-17. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
—reported short tons
Hours worked
—reported employee hours
Tons per hour
—production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q2 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q1 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q2 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-17
Violations
190 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
10 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
2,392.0014 of 19 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
106.508 inspections · 8 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 6 | 0 | 1,022.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 313.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.8 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 7 | 0 | 1,057.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28.5 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.5 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.8 |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
47.41(a)
56.12028
56.4201(a)(2)
56.12030
47.41(a)
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 27.8 on-site hours
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 8.0 on-site hours
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 15.5 on-site hours
56.12008 · $151.00 proposed
56.20003(b) · $151.00 proposed
56.12032 · $151.00 proposed
56.12028 · $151.00 proposed
56.20003(b) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 28.5 on-site hours
56.12018 · $151.00 proposed
56.20003(b) · $151.00 proposed
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Employees knee buckled while descending the stairs and employee fell and twisted their knee.
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 6.0 on-site hours
56.12004 · $313.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 19.8 on-site hours
56.12028 · $209.00 proposed
56.12032 · $151.00 proposed
Impoundment Spot Inspection · 1.0 on-site hours
56.12004 · $151.00 proposed
56.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-17.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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Imerys S AcontrolsImerys Clays IncoperatesSandersville Calcine Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0900111—
English China Clays PLCcontrolsAnglo American Clays CorpoperatesSandersville Calcine Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0900111Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
36 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 670 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD5 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
259 violation rows across the full record; 38 carry an S&S flag and $71,478 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY46 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
50 personal. 4 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE50 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
98K employee hours and 158 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2002-Q40 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
40 contested-violation rows, 41 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE82 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
Contractors
Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT17 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
108 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE19 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 17, 2026. 2 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No silica records match these filters. Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. | |||||
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 47.41Requirement for container labels.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.12028Testing grounding systems.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.4201Inspection.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12030Correction of dangerous conditions.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12008Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.20003Housekeeping.3 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.12032Inspection and cover plates.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12018Identification of power switches.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
975978547.41(a)Citation
975978456.12028Citation
975978356.4201(a)(2)Citation
975978256.12030Citation
975978147.41(a)Citation
506983356.12008Citation
506983256.20003(b)Citation
506983156.12032Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.04Concentration: 0000.36 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.19Concentration: 0001.86 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.15Concentration: 0001.52 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzPump, Slurry Mix Operator
C/E: 00.06Concentration: 0000.64 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzForklift Operator
C/E: 00.02Concentration: 0000.21 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzForklift Operator
C/E: 00.08Concentration: 0000.81 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.09Concentration: 0000.93 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% QtzForklift Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.35 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
15 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors36Apr 18, 2001—Oct 17, 2025mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1May 14, 1974—May 14, 1974mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal253Jan 11, 2000—Dec 3, 2025mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal41Aug 9, 2001—Feb 19, 2015mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal1Jun 11, 2007—Jun 11, 2007mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal40Feb 12, 2008—Jan 23, 2014mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety1,849Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety431Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance2Jan 1, 1950—Dec 22, 1999mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance24Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance54Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance108Jan 11, 2000—Oct 5, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety50Mar 27, 2002—Feb 13, 2025mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal259Jan 11, 2000—Oct 8, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.