Mining Incidents

Centreville Mine: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

USB Alabama, LLC · Surface
Controlled by RemSom, LLC
Brent, Bibb County, AL  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0103254

Centreville Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
16
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,965
proposed penalties
$1,905
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
30
inspections on record
220
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: 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.

Centreville Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $426 in penalties contested before the Commission, $426 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-25.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
12.5%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
31.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.5% low, 75.0% moderate, 12.5% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 19% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 3 · 100%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$426 proposed, $426 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 2007-08-14.
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 2007-378M Default Lesnick 2008 $276 → $276
SE 2007-377M Default Lesnick 2008 $150 → $150
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Boral Bricks Inc 2002 to 2017
  2. Meridian Brick LLC 2017 to 2021
  3. USB Alabama, LLC 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 3
2023 2
2022 3
2021 3
2020 0
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 4
2011 3
2010 0
2009 0
2008 0
2007 0
2006 0
2005 0
2004 0
2003 0
2002 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Centreville Mine sits in Bibb County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 2.1% 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.
Bibb County, Alabama · Population 22,152
2.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,215
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 68 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 88 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 24 1 0 41666.7
2025 Q1 88 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 148 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 128 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 19 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 25 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 34 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 34 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 79 1 0 12658.2
2022 Q1 79 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 254 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 328 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 24 1 0 41666.7
2018 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 24 1 0 41666.7
2016 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 28 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 14 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 1 1
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 1 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.