Ashville Rock Quarry has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2004–2026
Latest incident
Jul 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
110
citations
28
significant & substantial
$48,669
proposed penalties
$32,424
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,245 gap.
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: 823 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ashville Rock Quarry has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$49K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $27K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-11.
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 violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
10citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 50%
Stood as issued
5 · 50%
75%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
60%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$27K proposed, $11K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2024-05-23.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2025-10-31
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (19)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-10-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
Cleanup Man
2025-10-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2025-10-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-10-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
Cleanup Man
2023-04-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2023-04-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
Utility Man
2023-04-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Utility Man
2023-04-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-11-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-06-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.55
10
0.06
Mechanic
2017-06-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Mechanic
2012-01-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-01-12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.37
10
0.04
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2012-01-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.87
0.10
Laborer, Bullgang
2006-09-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.57
0.16
Laborer, Bullgang
2006-09-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.18
0.19
Utility Man
2006-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2006-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ashville Rock Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.52 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
15
2025
16
2024
16
2023
16
2022
13
2021
11
2020
10
2019
10
2018
9
2017
9
2016
10
2015
10
2014
10
2013
9
2012
9
2011
9
2010
11
2009
8
2008
12
2007
14
2006
13
2005
16
2004
13
2003
14
2002
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Ashville Rock Quarry sits in St. Clair County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
St. Clair County, Alabama · Population 92,903
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$78,993
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, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
EE was working on Loader 06-105 at the project site. The employee was replacing the gas shock on the equipment door. After removing the cover and reaching for the gas shock, the end of the shock broke off in EE's hand, causing EE to lose EE's balance and fall from the equipment. As a result of the fall, the employee struck EE's right knee and right shoulder.
2015 · 1 incident
October 2, 2015AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employees were replacing apron liners weighing approximately 80lb apiece in a rotor impact crusher. Two employees had set apron liner on top of bearing housing when it over balanced, sliding off the housing pinching employees little finger on left hand between liner and impact rotor. The employee required stitches on the end of finger.
2010 · 1 incident
December 17, 2010AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was assisting with removal of pin from Track hoe bucket and attempted to catch it as it came through the bushing. Pin was too heavy to be handled and fell, crushing his finger against bucket, bone fracture to last joint of 3rd digit of left hand.
2006 · 1 incident
January 19, 2006AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was changing fuse in panel box in E.M.C. trailer. Stated he checked power & made certain it was off. Pulled fuse out, replaced with new fuse. When new fuse made contact, panel box exploded, burning employee's hands and arms. After investigation, it was discovered panel box was not locked out or tagged out.
EE WAS REPLACING A GUARD AT A PUG MILL WHEN EE STEPPED BACKWARDS AND STUMBLED CAUSING EE TO FALL. AS EE WAS FALLING EE REACHED OUT TO BRACE EE AND REINJURED A PREEXISTING WRIST INJURY.