Battleground Rock Quarry has $44K 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
14
Years on record
2001–2026
Latest incident
Aug 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
93
citations
29
significant & substantial
$44,323
proposed penalties
$39,669
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,654 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.
93 citations across 1,054 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Battleground Rock Quarry has $44K 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$40K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $35K in penalties contested before the Commission, $30K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-26.
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.
16citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
Settled
11 · 69%
Stood as issued
5 · 31%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
13%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$38K proposed, $33K 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 2010-11-04.
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: 2025-09-08
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
27
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz9
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (27)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-09-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.59
10
0.06
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2023-09-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-09-07
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Jackhammer Operator
2018-09-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Cleanup Man
2018-09-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2015-05-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2015-05-27
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.35
10
0.04
Cleanup Man
2015-05-27
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-07-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.86
2.92
0.29
Laborer, Bullgang
2006-02-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
10
0.03
Backhoe Operator
2006-02-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.68
10
0.07
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-02-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2006-02-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Jackhammer Operator
2006-02-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
10
0.03
Utility Man
2004-10-06
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
10
0.02
Jackhammer Operator
2004-10-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.89
3.09
0.29
Truck Driver
2004-10-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.07
2.61
0.41
Utility Man
2004-10-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.84
2.67
0.31
Utility Man
2004-10-06
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.52
10
0.05
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2002-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2001-03-28
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.
Battleground Rock Quarry recorded 20.81 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.
20.81
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 *
20.81
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
19
2025
16
2024
21
2023
17
2022
12
2021
10
2020
9
2019
9
2018
9
2017
9
2016
11
2015
11
2014
13
2013
11
2012
10
2011
10
2010
10
2009
10
2008
13
2007
13
2006
20
2005
12
2004
13
2003
12
2002
11
2001
11
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Battleground Rock Quarry sits in Morgan County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Morgan County, Alabama · Population 123,742
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,858
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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
11,390
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
12,012
1
0
83.3
2025 Q4
8,193
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
9,888
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
10,996
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
9,363
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
9,773
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
12,323
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
12,686
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
12,033
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
13,381
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
11,186
1
0
89.4
2023 Q2
9,766
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
8,730
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
7,602
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,478
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
8,474
1
0
118.0
2022 Q1
8,304
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
9,232
4
1
433.3
2021 Q3
6,934
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
6,917
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
6,675
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
6,674
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
7,399
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
7,703
1
0
129.8
2020 Q1
7,210
2
0
277.4
2019 Q4
7,905
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
8,096
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
8,167
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
7,226
1
0
138.4
2018 Q4
6,588
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
9,188
2
1
217.7
2018 Q2
9,768
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
6,195
4
2
645.7
2017 Q4
5,890
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
6,941
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
6,469
1
0
154.6
2017 Q1
6,750
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
7,199
1
0
138.9
2016 Q3
8,745
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
8,931
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
7,529
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
7,846
2
2
254.9
2015 Q3
8,759
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
7,755
4
1
515.8
2015 Q1
7,486
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
8,848
1
0
113.0
2014 Q3
10,681
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
11,863
1
0
84.3
2014 Q1
7,782
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
7,617
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
6,993
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
7,613
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
5,967
1
0
167.6
2012 Q4
6,632
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
6,232
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
6,335
1
0
157.9
2012 Q1
6,659
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
5,822
2
0
343.5
2011 Q3
6,507
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,031
1
0
165.8
2011 Q1
5,173
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
6,382
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
6,419
1
0
155.8
2010 Q2
7,157
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
5,113
4
2
782.3
2009 Q4
5,997
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
6,108
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
6,000
4
2
666.7
2009 Q1
5,326
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
8,386
2
1
238.5
2008 Q3
9,951
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
10,449
4
1
382.8
2008 Q1
7,778
4
1
514.3
2007 Q4
8,778
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
11,106
7
3
630.3
2007 Q2
9,647
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
9,495
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
9,245
3
1
324.5
2006 Q3
7,835
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
8,456
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
9,572
8
3
835.8
2005 Q4
7,552
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
8,619
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
8,217
4
2
486.8
2005 Q1
7,130
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
8,453
3
1
354.9
2004 Q3
8,194
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,676
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
9,634
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
8,727
2
0
229.2
2003 Q3
8,651
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
7,693
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
7,104
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,718
2
2
349.8
2002 Q3
10,548
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
6,863
2
1
291.4
2002 Q1
6,597
1
0
151.6
2001 Q4
8,001
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
8,228
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
6,716
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
6,730
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,882
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
8,211
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
8,633
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
10,985
3
1
273.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file
2026 · 1 incident
August 4, 2026AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WCC EE was cleaning out the crusher jaws when a rock shifted and pinned EE's right hand, causing a laceration to EE's right pinkie finger. The employee was wearing the appropriate hand protection at the time of the incident.
2025 · 4 incidents
August 11, 2025AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was disconnecting a 4" water line from the water truck when the water line flew back and made contact with the employee's mouth, cutting EE's lip and chipping a tooth.
The employee sat in the passenger seat of the supervisor's truck while a CB was being installed. It was at this time the employee experienced a possible personal medical event and fell out of the truck, striking their head. This caused a small laceration/abrasion to the right forehead which involved swelling.
Employee was fabricating a rock chute on ground. He had rolled chute over to access other side. Chute then rolled back on his right foot breaking his first 3 toes just behind the steel toe guard in his boot.
2006 · 1 incident
July 7, 2006AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanFALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
TWO BEARING CAPS HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CRUSHER/JAW. THEY WERE PLACED ON A PALLET. THE MINER WAS ASSIGNED TO CLEAN THE CAPS IN PREPARATION TO PUT IN NEW BEARINGS AND GREASE. AS HE WAS TURNING ONE OF THE CAPS OVER TO CLEAN IT, IT SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS HOLDING IT OVER STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE TWO CAPS.
EE WAS HELPING MECHANICS WORK ON JAW CRUSHER WHILE MACHINE WAS INOPERABLE. EE WAS USING A PRY BAR ON A LARGE BEARING WHILE THE MECHANICS WERE TRYING TO REMOVE THE SAME BEARING. THE BEARING CAP MOVED AND THE PRY BAR EE WAS USING SLIPPED, CUTTING HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND FOREFINGER.
EE WAS TYING OFF A LADDER THAT HAD BEEN PLACED INSIDE A PUG MILL HOPPER. WHILE TYING OFF THE LADDER, EE PRESSED HIS RIGHT SIDE AGAINST THE HOPPER WALLS. WHEN HE DID THIS, HE FELT A "POPPING" IN HIS RIGHT SIDE.
April 18, 2005AL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was removing a large stone from the haul road from the pit area which was too large to lift, by moving rolling it out of the roadway and sprang wrist on left hand.
2003 · 2 incidents
April 28, 2003AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EE'S INJURY WAS RE-DIAGNOSED SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ACCIDENT REPORT AS TRAUMATIC CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. HE WAS REFERRED TO A PHYSICIAN IN PINSON, ALABAMA FOR A NEW TYPE OF CHIROPRATI C TREATMENT INVOLVING WRIST AND HAND EXERCISES AND COLD LASER TREATMENT OF THE MEDIAN NERVE TO REDUCE NERVE SWELLING. THESE TREATMENTS LASTED FROM APPROXIMATELY SEPT 2001 UNTIL JANUARY 2002.
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