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BORAL CLAY PITS: 25 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Crawford, Russell County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0100096

BORAL CLAY PITS has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1990–2017
Latest incident
Apr 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
25
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,862
proposed penalties
$2,862
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See General Shale Brick, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
707
inspection hours
n/a
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: 707 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BORAL CLAY PITS has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $552 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-28.
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.
24.0%
significant & substantial
4.0%
high negligence or reckless
24.0%
reasonably likely or greater
24.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.0% low, 64.0% moderate, 4.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 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 2014-10-29.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 20000211M Dismissal 2000 $452 → $0
SE 2015-0036 Withdrawal Lesnick 2015 $100 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2020-06-29, 6 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-06-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Truck Driver
2020-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2020-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Bickerstaff Clay Products Company Inc 1950 to 1995
  2. Boral Bricks Inc 1995 to 2017
  3. Meridian Brick LLC 2017 to 2023
  4. General Shale Brick, Inc. 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 15
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 3
2017 4
2016 6
2015 5
2014 5
2013 5
2012 4
2011 4
2010 4
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BORAL CLAY PITS sits in Russell 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.
Russell County, Alabama · Population 58,858
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,046
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 2,080 1 0 480.8
2026 Q1 1,325 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,836 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,373 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,845 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 933 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,137 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,144 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,112 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 917 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 708 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,284 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,236 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 936 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 794 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,320 1 0 757.6
2022 Q2 1,354 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 822 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,063 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,379 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,063 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,231 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 684 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,192 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,390 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,539 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,254 1 0 797.4
2019 Q3 1,513 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,367 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,010 4 1 3960.4
2018 Q4 906 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,757 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,279 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 561 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 686 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,748 1 0 572.1
2017 Q1 841 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,127 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,213 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,740 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,526 1 0 655.3
2015 Q4 1,321 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,309 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,471 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,339 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,386 1 1 721.5
2014 Q3 1,073 2 0 1863.9
2014 Q2 847 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 652 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 946 2 0 2114.2
2013 Q3 599 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 764 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 288 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 219 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 275 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 265 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 238 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 219 1 0 4566.2
2011 Q3 255 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 346 1 0 2890.2
2011 Q1 21 1 0 47619.0
2010 Q4 95 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 294 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 168 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 149 1 1 6711.4
2009 Q4 155 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 368 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 552 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 144 1 0 6944.4
2008 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 220 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 232 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 296 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 287 2 0 6968.6
2007 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 414 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 492 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 589 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 674 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 679 1 1 1472.8
2006 Q1 504 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 606 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 731 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 777 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 655 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 735 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 828 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 915 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 919 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 950 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 972 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 945 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 869 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 854 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 782 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 774 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 793 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 866 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 815 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 841 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 846 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 806 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 927 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 872 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2017 · 1 incident

April 4, 2017 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Meridian Brick LLC · Struck against a moving object

Prior to start of shift on 4/5/17, employee reported a pain in their neck & was sent for medical evaluation. Employee operated a bulldozer the prior day to spread clay on a stockpile. The employee stated that no incident or accident occurred on 4/4/17 before noticing this pain. Employee later described turning their head to back the dozer as a contributing factor.

2002 · 1 incident

January 17, 2002 AL · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Bricks Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINOR EE TOOKBOARAL BRICKS FRONT END LOADER FOR A JOY RIDE AND OVERTURNED IT.

1991 · 2 incidents

December 5, 1991 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bickerstaff Clay Products Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE GASSING TRUCK, EMPLOYEE MOUNTED TRUCK FROM REAR AT STEP-UP POINT, FOOT SLIPPED ON METAL FLOORING, HIT LEFT LEG ON FLOOR OF THE TRUCK BED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FIBULA SECTION. CONTUSION A DN LACERATON OF LEFT LEG.

July 10, 1991 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bickerstaff Clay Products Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAY FELL OFF SIDE OF TRUCK.EMPL WAS SHOVELING CLAY INTO RAIL HEAD HOPPER.EMPL FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

October 22, 1990 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bickerstaff Clay Products Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EXITING OFF LOADER, FOOT SLIPPED ON LADDER RUN, REACHED FOR RIGHT HAND RAIL. HAND FAILED TO MAKE CONTACT CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SWING AROUND HOLDING ONTO LEFT HAND RAIL WITH HIS WEIGHT SUSPENDED .