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Whitestone Mine #4: 71 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Whitestone Mine #4 is an active crushed, broken marble underground mine in Pickens County, Georgia, operated by Imerys Carbonates USA, Inc. with 55 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0900047). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 71 citations and orders there with $64,804 in proposed penalties, and 9 accident reports were filed there, with 9 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0900047
- Status
- Active since March 23, 1978
- Main commodity
- Crushed, broken marble
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Pickens County, Georgia
- Nearest town
- Talking Rock
- Operator
- Imerys Carbonates USA, Inc.
- Employees
- 55
- MSHA field office
- Knoxville TN Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 71
- Significant and substantial
- 17 (23.9%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 3
- Proposed penalties
- $64,804
- Amount paid so far
- $57,136
- Inspections
- 31
- Inspector hours on site
- 723
- Citations per inspection
- 2.29 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 9
- Injury and illness cases
- 9
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 8, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 1 ($151 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29 | 6 | $50,094 | 3 |
| 2023 | 23 | 5 | $7,728 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | $5,658 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | $1,022 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | $302 | 3 |
Standards cited most at Whitestone Mine #4
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 57.20003 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 15 |
| 30 CFR 57.11001 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 57.14112 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.14100 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 57.12004 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 57.18002 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 57.4102 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 47.44 | Hazard communication | 2 |
| 30 CFR 57.14130 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 57.11008 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14105 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 57.11002 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12017 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 57.14132 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 57.16006 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Whitestone Mine #4
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Permanent disability | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 7 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 1 |
What the accident reports at Whitestone Mine #4 describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 4 |
| Slip or fall of person | 2 |
| Electrical | 1 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 1 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Whitestone Mine #4
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Ore haulage trucks - on highway trucks | 1 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
| Conveyor | 1 |
Other open mines in Pickens County, Georgia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Mine | Imerys Carbonates USA, Inc. | Pickens County, GA | Crushed, broken marble | 103 | 159 |
| Miss Linda Mine | Huber Carbonates LLC. | Pickens County, GA | Crushed, broken marble | 92 | 51 |
| North Georgia Stone | CBS Quarries LLC | Pickens County, GA | Crushed, broken sandstone | 4 | 25 |
| Tate Quarry | Georgia Stone Quarries Inc. | Pickens County, GA | Dimension marble | 23 | 12 |
| Tate /Cherokee Marble Mine | Blue Ridge Marble & Granite LLC | Pickens County, GA | Dimension stone | 5 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.