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CHATTAHOOCHEE PIT: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Couch Ready Mix USA · Surface
Controlled by Ready Mix USA Inc
Columbia, Henry County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102196

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Apr 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
15
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,222
proposed penalties
$1,222
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
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Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
17
inspections on record
178
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: 178 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CHATTAHOOCHEE PIT has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-10-29.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
13.3%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 66.7% moderate, 13.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2005-02-02, 21 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-02-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2005-02-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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. Couch Construction L P 1980 to 2000
  2. Couch Ready Mix USA 2000 to 2000
  3. Couch Ready Mix USA 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 1
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CHATTAHOOCHEE PIT sits in Henry 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.
Henry County, Alabama · Population 17,450
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,135
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 583 1 0 1715.3
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 3 0
2007 Q1 1,898 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,893 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,922 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,698 0 0 0.0
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 1,484 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,604 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,556 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,376 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,657 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,416 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,522 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,472 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,528 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,138 2 1 935.5
2003 Q2 1,443 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,500 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,413 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,382 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,423 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,391 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,410 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,384 3 0 2167.6
2001 Q2 1,235 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,757 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,479 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,425 4 1 2807.0
2000 Q2 1,425 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,547 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

April 16, 2003 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Couch Ready Mix USA · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

MINER WAS PULLING CLASSIFIER SCREEN ACROSS PALLET WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. HE WAS STOOPING DURING THIS TASK. REPORTED & DIAGNOSED 4/21/03.