MINE DETAILS
Whitestone Mine #4
MSHA MINE ID0900047
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Whitestone Mine #434.50917, -84.50500Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
0reported short tons
Hours worked
183,630reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ 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 | 0 | 31,690 | 0.00 | 54 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 32,687 | 0.00 | 54 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 33,429 | 0.00 | 52 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 31,873 | 0.00 | 61 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 25,965 | 0.00 | 55 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 27,986 | 0.00 | 54 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
91 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
40 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
1,475.009 of 9 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
314.2512 inspections · 12 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 | 2 | 1 | 302.00 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20.8 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 0 | 302.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 151.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64.0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 0 | 418.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 151.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59.5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39.0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 151.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 45.8 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
57.14112(a)(1) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 35.3 on-site hours
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
Driver dismounted the vehicle and fell despite a large amount of signage in place stating that this practice is forbidden. Low walkway clearance (less than 8 inches on either side of the vehicle)
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
Driver dismounted their vehicle and fell depsite a large amount of signage in place stating that this practice is forbidden. Low walkway clearance (less than 8 inches on wither side of the vehicle)
Non-Fatal Accident Investigation · 10.5 on-site hours
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 39.0 on-site hours
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
A manual slide gate closed too quickly on a miners right hand. The impact caused a fracture and a laceration requiring 8 stitches.
57.11002 · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 59.5 on-site hours
57.11012 · $267.00 proposed
57.4102 · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 42.3 on-site hours
57.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 48.0 on-site hours
Spot Inspection · 16.0 on-site hours
57.12006 · $151.00 proposed
57.4601 · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 39.5 on-site hours
Spot Inspection · 3.5 on-site hours
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 4.3 on-site hours
56.12017 · S&S · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 12.5 on-site hours
57.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed
ELECTRICAL · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
Sunny, incident occurred indoors with full lighting. The injured party suffered burns to both hands (non-life threatening) while installing a ground inside an MCC. The ground wire recoiled due to line memory and rebounded once let go into the adjacent bus bar creating the arc.
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 4.0 on-site hours
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.
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 Carbonates USA, IncoperatesWhitestone Mine #4
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0900047—
Jim Walter CorpcontrolsGeorgia Marble CompanyoperatesWhitestone Mine #4
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0900047Other 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
44 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 219 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD11 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
246 violation rows across the full record; 53 carry an S&S flag and $108,506 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY90 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
232 personal; 14 area. 9 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 EXPOSURE246 samples
personal-health-samplesarea-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
28K employee hours and 54 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE13 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 CONTEXT5 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
173 inspection events and 5K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE37 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 6 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 57.14112Construction and maintenance of guards.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.11002Handrails and toeboards.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.11012Protection for openings around travelways.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.4102Spillage and leakage.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.14100Safety defects; examination, correction and records.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.12006Distribution boxes.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.4601Oxygen cylinder storage.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12017Work on power circuits.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
508704957.14112(a)(1)Citation
508752257.11002Citation
508750557.11012Citation
508750457.4102Citation
977683157.14100(b)Citation
977681757.12006Citation
977458457.4601Citation
975810856.12017S&S
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
TC from EC @ 160Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0160.00Source unit unspecified
TC @ 160Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
C/E: 00.47Concentration: 0075.00 · limit: 0160.00Source unit unspecified
ORGANIC CARBONDrill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
EC @ 160Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0160.00Source unit unspecified
TC from EC @ 160Truck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0160.00Source unit unspecified
TC @ 160Truck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0160.00Source unit unspecified
ORGANIC CARBONTruck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
EC @ 160Truck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0160.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
16 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors44Dec 12, 2001—Jul 29, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Mar 23, 1978—Mar 23, 1978mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal240Sep 7, 2000—Aug 11, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal5Oct 3, 2011—Mar 6, 2024mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal3Mar 7, 2013—Aug 29, 2025mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal5Jun 10, 2009—May 25, 2022mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety968Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety227Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance2Jan 1, 1950—May 31, 1989mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance320Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance76Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance173Mar 14, 2000—Aug 10, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety14Mar 1, 2017—Feb 10, 2026mine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety232Nov 19, 2002—Feb 10, 2026mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal246Sep 7, 2000—Aug 11, 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.