B & R Sand & Gravel has $72K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2008–2022
Latest incident
Feb 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
151
citations
46
significant & substantial
$71,587
proposed penalties
$62,460
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,127 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: 991 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-04-30.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
B & R Sand & Gravel has $72K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$72K
proposed penalties
$62K
current assessed
$62K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
149 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $45K in penalties contested before the Commission, $30K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-12.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 57%
Stood as issued
2 · 29%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 14%
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%
32%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$45K proposed, $30K 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 2014-12-30.
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: 2026-05-15
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
25
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (25)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-05-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-05-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2026-05-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-05-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2025-03-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Washer Operator
2025-03-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-03-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2024-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2024-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-04-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2021-07-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Screen/Scalper Operator
2021-07-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2021-07-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2016-05-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2016-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2016-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2001-01-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-01-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
1.63
0.12
Mechanic
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.
B & R Sand & Gravel 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
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 *
4.36
4.36
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
23
2025
22
2024
16
2023
18
2022
17
2021
16
2020
13
2019
9
2018
8
2017
9
2016
8
2015
14
2014
11
2013
9
2012
6
2011
7
2010
6
2009
11
2008
14
2007
19
2006
17
2005
17
2004
15
2003
13
2002
11
2001
6
2000
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
B & R Sand & Gravel sits in Montgomery County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Montgomery County, Alabama · Population 227,197
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,153
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
The operator of the Volvo EC380 Excavator was on the ground fueling the machine with a cord (24v-used to fuel machine as needed) and the male end was not covered to prevent contact with metal. The male end came in contact with the metal frame causing a arc flash. The operator was scared, jumped back and tripped falling to the ground.
2015 · 1 incident
January 7, 2015AL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorOTHER
While wearing safety glasses, employee was working around grinding, cutting and welding during the work day, causing dry irritated eyes. Medical treatment by diagnostic eye exam and prescription eye drops for employee.
2014 · 1 incident
May 28, 2014AL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorELECTRICAL
Employee was descending stone pile to measure face, slipped on loose outer stone and slid to ground, catching his weight with his left hand, causing pain to his left shoulder.
2011 · 1 incident
June 2, 2011AL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Was walking up catwalk to replace screen on shaker left leg got caught in a bar, bent down to move bar stumbled, took a step & felt sharp pain in left knee. Sprained left knee - went to Dr 6/6/11
2008 · 1 incident
March 31, 2008AL · Metal/Non-Metaloutside foreman, leadmanOTHER
Employee was getting into loader seat holding onto door. A strong wind caught door, closing it suddenly causing employee to strike his head on window latch inside cab of loader causing laceration to head.