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Calera: 26 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Calera, Shelby County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103380

Calera has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2009–2015
Latest incident
Jan 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
26
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,036
proposed penalties
$3,036
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Conrad Yelvington Distributors's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
56
inspections on record
904
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: 904 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Calera has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-05.
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.
3.8%
significant & substantial
3.8%
high negligence or reckless
3.8%
reasonably likely or greater
15.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 46.2% moderate, 3.8% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 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 2012-05-03.
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 2012-450 Settlement Barbour 2013 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Calera shows 100% of 175 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Respirable coal dust
ⓘ Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.

Last sampled: 2025-07-23
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
175
samples
0.52
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
175 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER52
  • LABORER/BLACKSMITH51
  • WATER TRUCK OPERATOR16

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2025-07-23
6%
over PEL
104
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • LABORER/BLACKSMITH35
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER30
  • MOTORMAN/LOCOMOTIVE OPERATOR9
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ 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.
Respirable coal dust by year
ⓘ Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2025 100% 8
2024 100% 8
2023 100% 10
2022 100% 10
2021 100% 5
2020 100% 14
2019 100% 9
2018 100% 5
2017 100% 16
2016 100% 11
2015 100% 5
2014 100% 9
2013 100% 12
2012 100% 10
2011 100% 8
2010 100% 11
2009 100% 12
2008 100% 12
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2025 0% 8
2024 0% 8
2023 0% 8
2022 0% 5
2021 0% 5
2020 0% 9
2019 0% 4
2018 0% 10
2017 42% 12
2014 0% 4
2013 0% 8
2012 0% 5
2011 0% 3
2010 0% 5
2009 0% 4
2008 17% 6
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Calera 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 coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, coal mining averaged 3.32 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
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 6.15 0.00 0.000
2009 * 6.54 0.00 0.000
2008 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Conrad Yelvington Dist. 2008 to 2012
  2. Conrad Yelvington Distributors 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 11
2024 11
2023 11
2022 9
2021 9
2020 8
2019 9
2018 9
2017 9
2016 8
2015 7
2014 7
2013 7
2012 7
2011 10
2010 16
2009 14
2008 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Calera sits in Shelby County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Shelby County, Alabama · Population 226,955
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$93,543
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 5,089 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5,918 1 1 169.0
2025 Q4 5,456 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,968 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,594 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,975 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,664 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,187 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,326 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,853 3 0 437.8
2023 Q4 7,145 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,832 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,692 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,347 1 0 187.0
2022 Q4 6,102 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,689 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,791 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,848 1 0 206.3
2021 Q4 5,345 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,064 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,072 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,087 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,577 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,795 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,795 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,463 1 0 183.0
2019 Q4 5,025 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,611 1 0 383.0
2019 Q2 4,337 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,480 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,558 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,031 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,593 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,853 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,615 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,333 2 0 461.6
2017 Q2 4,444 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,627 1 0 275.7
2016 Q4 3,383 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,892 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,866 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,698 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,140 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,284 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,851 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,278 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,578 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,686 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,640 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,392 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,381 1 0 295.8
2013 Q3 3,518 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,723 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,401 1 0 294.0
2012 Q4 3,523 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,325 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,040 1 0 328.9
2012 Q1 2,851 2 0 701.5
2011 Q4 3,124 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,646 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,772 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,088 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,741 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,406 1 0 119.0
2010 Q2 8,771 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8,624 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7,985 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 9,050 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 8,270 1 0 120.9
2009 Q1 5,253 4 0 761.5
2008 Q4 5,316 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,440 4 0 621.1
2008 Q2 6,098 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,338 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2015 · 1 incident

January 6, 2015 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conrad Yelvington Distributors · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee opened a light weight battery box lid to connect battery jumper cables. After restarting the vehicle he attempted to close the lid and felt his thumb becoming pinched between the lid and side of vehicle. He jerked his hand from the pinch point resulting in a tear to his left thumb. He was released back to full duty from the Clinic after receiving 5 stitches.

2010 · 1 incident

June 30, 2010 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Conrad Yelvington Dist. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee was walking down the office stairs when he slipped at the bottom of the stairs and sprained his right ankle.

2009 · 1 incident

January 30, 2009 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Conrad Yelvington Dist. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was using a prybar to lift a mechanism on a railcar door, to close the door. The door was jammed. Employee used excessive force instead of getting assistance.