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: 220 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
BRICKYARD PLANT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-06-12.
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.
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: 2002-01-10, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-01-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2002-01-10
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
10
0.03
Truck Driver
2002-01-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-10
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.
BRICKYARD PLANT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ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 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.62 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
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
10.41
0.00
0.000
2003 *
6.95
0.00
0.000
2002 *
25.99
8.66
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
7.71
7.71
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
2007
6
2006
11
2005
13
2004
16
2003
12
2002
11
2001
11
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
BRICKYARD PLANT 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
2007 Q4
2,193
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
2,254
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
6,100
1
0
163.9
2007 Q1
7,872
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
8,431
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
10,308
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
7,220
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7,095
2
0
281.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4
7,998
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
9,422
2
0
212.3
2005 Q2
8,705
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
9,007
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
9,131
3
1
328.6
2004 Q3
10,390
1
0
96.2
2004 Q2
10,479
1
0
95.4
2004 Q1
8,417
3
1
356.4
2003 Q4
7,242
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
7,676
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,617
1
0
151.1
2003 Q1
7,262
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,428
2
1
368.5
2002 Q3
6,501
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,569
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
5,587
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,290
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
6,120
1
0
163.4
2001 Q2
5,085
2
0
393.3
2001 Q1
5,850
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,448
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
6,052
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
6,510
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
6,936
4
0
576.7
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
January 6, 1987AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFatality · MACHINERY
SEVERAL EMPLOYE9S ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE ENGINE FROM DREDGE AT SAND PLANT #1 WITH BOOM ATTACHED TO BUCKET OF KAWASAKI K-80 LOADER. CABLE SUPPORTING BOOM GAVE WAY RESULTING IN BOOM FALLING ON I. NAME RESULTS OF3ACCIDENT WERE FATAL INJURIES TO I.NAME. HE WAS STANDING UNDER THE BOOM AGAINST ADVISE OF SUPERVISOR AND LOADER OPERATOR I.NAME
Reportable incidents
23 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2004 · 2 incidents
November 11, 2004AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The employee exited the fuel truck and slipped and hit his shoulder against the fuel tank on the truck. The employee was seen by a doctor on 11/16 for an MRI and was put onto modified duty on 11/17/04. The employee has a contusion of his left shoulder.
August 20, 2004AL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM HIS HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO START TO FALL. THE EMPLOYEE REACHED UP ATTEMPTING TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND, THIS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO STRAIN HIS LEFT WRIST. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT MAINTAINING A THREE POINT OF CONTACT.
August 12, 2002AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR AN AIR COMPRESSOR. WHILE DOING SO HIS WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS KNUCKLES ON A PIECE OF METAL. HE CUT HIS HAND & REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.
March 8, 2002AL · Metal/Non-Metaltruck driverOTHER
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A SHAKER SCREEN WHEN THE WIND BLEW AN OBJECT INTO HIS EYE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
2001 · 1 incident
July 4, 2001AL · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
WHILE USING A 4" GRINDER TO CLEAN HANDRAIL, EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF GRINDER. THE WHEEL CUT THROUGH HIS GLOVE CAUSING A HALF-INCH LACERATION ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB AND FOREFINGER. GRINDER WAS PROPERLY GUARDED, SWITCH WAS OF NON-LOCKING TYPE.
2000 · 1 incident
October 19, 2000AL · Metal/Non-Metalbackhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WALKING FORM OFF TO OUT SIDE SHED HEAD TRIPPED ON LG PC OF M ETAL INJ HEAD BRUISED R EYE TORE LIGAMENTS HER R R KNEE HIT HEAD EYE ON BUCKETS ON GROUND.
1988 · 1 incident
March 30, 1988AL · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
DRIVER JUMPED OFF TRACK OF D-6 TRACTOR CAUSING CONTUSION WITH SPRAIN OF RIGHT KNEE; ALSO CONTUSION TO LOWER RIGHT RIBS, RIGHT SIDE, PELVIS AND RIGHT HIP.