citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 44 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Plaster Mine has $590 in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$590
proposed penalties
$590
current assessed
$472
paid to date
$118
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2020
3
2019
3
2018
5
1997
9
1996
10
1995
10
1994
9
1993
7
1992
6
1991
8
1990
16
1989
8
1988
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Plaster Mine sits in Autauga County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
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.
Autauga County, Alabama · Population 59,285
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$69,841
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1
288
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,362
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,560
1
0
641.0
2018 Q2
680
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,000
1
0
333.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
1994 · 1 incident
February 26, 1994AL · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPIGN MAINTENANCE WELDER HOLD DOWN EMTAL STRAP TO BE WELDED. EMPLOYEE WAS IN OPEN AREA ATOP A SHAKER SCREEN, EMPLOYEE RECEIVED BURN TO EYES. EN, EMPLOYEE RECEIVED BURN TO EYES.
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1993 · 1 incident
October 12, 1993AL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE (INJURED) AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING TAIL SHAFT BEARING ASSEMBLY TOREPLACE WORN ASSEMBLY O LOG WASHER. LATER DURIG THE SHIFT, EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF BACK HURTING.