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General Shale Brick, Inc.: 25 open mines, 60 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
General Shale Brick, Inc. (MSHA operator ID 0057717) operates 25 open mines with 81 employees in South Carolina, Texas, Alabama and other states, mostly common clays. Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued it 60 citations and orders with $8,937 in proposed penalties, and it reported no injury or illness cases. Data from MSHA, November 6, 2026.
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- MSHA operator ID
- 0057717
- Open mines
- 25
- Employees at open mines
- 81
- States
- South Carolina, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Colorado
- Parent company
- Wienerberger AG
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 60
- Significant and substantial
- 5 (8.3%)
- Closure orders
- 2
- High negligence or reckless
- 5
- Proposed penalties
- $8,937
- Amount paid so far
- $8,484
- Inspections
- 222
- Inspector hours on site
- 835
- Citations per inspection
- 0.27 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 22, 2026
Open mines of General Shale Brick, Inc.
Ranked by citations since January 1, 2022.
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shale Pit 002 | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Columbiana County, OH | Common shale | 2 | 16 |
| The Watsontown Brick CO. Quarry | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Northumberland County, PA | Crushed, broken slate | 4 | 13 |
| Moncure #2 | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Chatham County, NC | Common clays | 15 | 8 |
| Muskogee Plant & Pit | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Muskogee County, OK | Clay, ceramic, refractory mnls. | 2 | 8 |
| Phillips Pit | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Pickens County, AL | Common clays | 6 | 6 |
| Kitty Hollow-Plant | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Rhea County, TN | Clay, ceramic, refractory mnls. | 3 | 5 |
| Augusta Mines | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Richmond County, GA | Fire clay | 4 | 3 |
| Webster | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Botetourt County, VA | Crushed, broken mica | 3 | 3 |
| Boral Clay Pits | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Russell County, AL | Sand, industrial | 4 | 2 |
| Bankston Mine | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Fayette County, AL | Common shale | 2 | 2 |
| Richland County Mines | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Richland County, SC | Common clays | 1 | 2 |
| Elgin Plant | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Bastrop County, TX | Common clays | 5 | 1 |
| Clay County Pit | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Clay County, MS | Common clays | 4 | 1 |
| Turkey Creek | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Edgefield County, SC | Fire clay | 4 | 1 |
| Union City | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Canadian County, OK | Clay, ceramic, refractory mnls. | 3 | 1 |
| Kitty Hollow South | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Rhea County, TN | Shell | 3 | 1 |
| U S Brick Pit | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Palo Pinto County, TX | Fire clay | 3 | 1 |
| Berry Hill Mine | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Floyd County, GA | Common shale | 2 | 1 |
| Mineral Wells North Mineral Wells South | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Parker County, TX | Common clays | 2 | 1 |
| Athens Plant & Pits | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Henderson County, TX | Common clays | 1 | 1 |
| Drake #1 | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Powell County, KY | Common shale | 3 | 0 |
| Beck Mine | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Chatham County, NC | Common clays | 2 | 0 |
| Denver Plant 60 Clay Mines | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Jefferson County, CO | Clay, ceramic, refractory mnls. | 1 | 0 |
| Kershaw County Mines | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Kershaw County, SC | Common clays | 1 | 0 |
| Lexington County Mines | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Lexington County, SC | Common clays | 1 | 0 |
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 | 7 | 0 | $951 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | $1,050 | 0 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | $1,634 | 0 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1 | $2,886 | 0 |
| 2026 | 16 | 2 | $2,416 | 0 |
Standards cited most at General Shale Brick, Inc.
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 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 18 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 46.8 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 41.12 | Notice of legal identity | 2 |
| 30 CFR 46.3 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 46.5 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4200 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.3131 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Commodities
| Main commodity | Open mines |
|---|---|
| Common clays | 10 |
| Common shale | 4 |
| Clay, ceramic, refractory mnls. | 4 |
| Fire clay | 3 |
| Sand, industrial | 1 |
| Crushed, broken slate | 1 |
| Shell | 1 |
| Crushed, broken mica | 1 |
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.