Mining Incidents

Tuscaloosa Quarry/Howton Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by S T Bunn Jr
Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0103258

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2003–2022
Latest incident
Jul 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
151
citations
46
significant & substantial
$36,782
proposed penalties
$31,696
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 12,058 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 13,038 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 11,650 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 11,913 1 0 83.9
2024 Q4 15,741 4 1 254.1
2024 Q3 13,108 1 1 76.3
2024 Q2 13,016 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 11,220 1 0 89.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2022 · 1 incident

July 27, 2022 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Bunn Brothers Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removing bolt from engine panel. Bolt would not back out. Employee grabbed the other end of the bolt without looking and bumped the impact. A piece of metal that was on the bolt punctured the cut resistant glove and cut their ring finger.

2003 · 1 incident

March 26, 2003 AL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bunn Brothers Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE TOUCHED HOT WIRE THAT HAD BEEN HEATED. WITHOUT GLOVES, HE BURNED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.