Mining Incidents
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Mines in Russell County, Alabama

Russell County, Alabama has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 4 active, 9 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 68 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2023. Inspectors have issued 225 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Russell County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Russell County →

Mines on register
13
Active
4
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
225
0 underground · 13 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 13 metal and non-metal 9 abandoned 68 reported accidents, 1983–2023
Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Russell County, Alabama · Population 58,858
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,046
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Bickerstaff Clay Products Company Inc 4 0 0
Foley Materials Company 2 2 0
Lafarge Aggregates Southeast, Inc. 1 0 1
Argo Construction Materials 1 0 0
Blue Circle Aggregates Inc 1 0 0
Concrete Company 1 0 0
General Shale Brick, Inc. 1 1 0
Kendrick Concrete Pipe Company Inc 1 0 0
U.S. Silica Company, LLC 1 1 0
Mines in Russell County13 on register
  1. Phenix City Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Foley Materials Company · MSHA ID 0102814
    Active
  2. Hurtsboro Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · U.S. Silica Company, LLC · MSHA ID 0100617
    Active
  3. BORAL CLAY PITS
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 0100096
    Active
  4. Phenix City Plant II
    Surface metal/non-metal · Foley Materials Company · MSHA ID 0103357
    Active
  5. BRICKYARD PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lafarge Aggregates Southeast, Inc. · MSHA ID 0100584
    Abandoned
  6. Uchee Creek Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blue Circle Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 0101096
    Abandoned
  7. Argo Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Argo Construction Materials · MSHA ID 0102157
    Abandoned
  8. Bussey Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bickerstaff Clay Products Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102258
    Abandoned
  9. Kendrick Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kendrick Concrete Pipe Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102010
    Abandoned
  10. No 3 Plant & Cilla Mine Or Cilla Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bickerstaff Clay Products Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100095
    Abandoned
  11. No 4 Mines & Mill Or No 4 Mines
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bickerstaff Clay Products Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100097
    Abandoned
  12. Sand Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Concrete Company · MSHA ID 0101838
    Abandoned
  13. Uchee Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bickerstaff Clay Products Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100667
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.