Mining Incidents

Culpepper Chert Pit: 22 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

John Payne · Surface
Controlled by John H Payne
Cedar Bluff, Cherokee County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103200

Culpepper Chert Pit has $3K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
22
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,672
proposed penalties
$2,672
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
42
inspections on record
394
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: 394 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Culpepper Chert Pit has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-06-20.
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.
11.1%
significant & substantial
5.6%
high negligence or reckless
11.1%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.6% low, 88.9% moderate, 5.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. John Payne 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 0
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 1
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 1
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Culpepper Chert Pit sits in Cherokee 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.
Cherokee County, Alabama · Population 25,224
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,769
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
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 17 1 0 58823.5
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 14 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 17 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4 2 0 500000.0
2016 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 14 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 14 1 0 71428.6
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 13 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 1 0
2014 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 19 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 23 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 47 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 57 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 66 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 29 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 186 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 214 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 92 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 148 2 0 13513.5
2009 Q2 178 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 238 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 127 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 336 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 209 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 212 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 357 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 361 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 189 1 0 5291.0
2006 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 424 4 0 9434.0
2006 Q2 364 5 1 13736.3
2006 Q1 307 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 338 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 269 1 1 3717.5
2005 Q2 273 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 196 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 525 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 270 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 396 1 0 2525.3
2003 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 260 1 0 3846.2
2003 Q1 736 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 835 1 0 1197.6
2002 Q3 387 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 603 1 0 1658.4
2002 Q1 778 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,147 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 654 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 582 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 772 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 668 0 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.