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Dozier Mine: 40 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Frank Foley
Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103192

Dozier Mine has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $175 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2009
Latest incident
Dec 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
40
citations
13
significant & substantial
$6,783
proposed penalties
$6,608
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $175 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Foley Materials Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
30
inspections on record
348
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: 348 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dozier Mine has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $175 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$175
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-04.
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.
34.2%
significant & substantial
10.5%
high negligence or reckless
34.2%
reasonably likely or greater
63.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.3% low, 84.2% moderate, 10.5% 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 · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 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
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2007-02-15.
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 2007-174M Settlement Barbour 2009 $2K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2009-12-10, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-12-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-12-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2009-12-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2005-01-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-01-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.54 0.22 Washer Operator
2005-01-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2005-01-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2005-01-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.45 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.01 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2002-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.39 0.33 Washer Operator
2002-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.87 0.16 Truck Driver
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.

Dozier Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ 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 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.05 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
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 6.69 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. Concrete Company 2001 to 2005
  2. Foley Materials Company 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2012 2
2011 3
2010 5
2009 9
2008 11
2007 12
2006 18
2005 11
2004 10
2003 16
2002 11
2001 3
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Dozier Mine sits in Montgomery 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.
Montgomery County, Alabama · Population 227,197
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,153
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
2012 Q1 391 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,283 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,570 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,544 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,537 1 0 282.7
2010 Q3 4,101 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,663 0 0 0.0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 5,248 1 0 190.5
2009 Q3 5,742 1 0 174.2
2009 Q2 4,353 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,549 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,597 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,873 1 0 127.0
2008 Q2 6,568 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,217 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,139 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,901 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,907 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,164 3 0 367.5
2006 Q4 8,515 3 2 352.3
2006 Q3 8,111 4 3 493.2
2006 Q2 10,772 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 10,365 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 10,016 4 2 399.4
2005 Q3 11,556 2 1 173.1
2005 Q2 4,760 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,171 4 0 773.5
2004 Q4 5,006 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,028 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,504 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,749 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,033 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 12,845 8 2 622.8
2003 Q2 12,393 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 10,628 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 9,391 3 1 319.5
2002 Q3 8,711 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,260 1 1 159.7
2002 Q1 5,552 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,053 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,946 2 0 1027.7
2001 Q2 1,422 2 1 1406.5
2001 Q1 1,221 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

December 15, 2009 AL · Metal/Non-Metal INUNDATION
Foley Materials Company · Accident type, without injuries

Excessive rainfall caused the Tallapoosa river to overflow its banks and enter our pit area. No equipment or persons were involved.

November 12, 2009 AL · Metal/Non-Metal INUNDATION
Foley Materials Company · Accident type, without injuries

Heavy rainfall from tropical storm Ida caused the Tallapoosa river to flood our pit located approx. 100 yards from the river bank.

2005 · 1 incident

July 12, 2005 AL · Metal/Non-Metal INUNDATION
Concrete Company · Accident type, without injuries

HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE CAUSED AREA FLASH FLOODING

2002 · 1 incident

July 19, 2002 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Concrete Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE HITTING WITH A HAMMER, THE TOOTH OF BACK-HOE BUCKET, A PIECE OF THE TOOTH CHIPPED OFF AND STRUCK/CUT UPPER ABDOMINAL AREA OF EE. RESULT WAS A CUT SHIRT AND CUT SKIN CAUSING BLEEDING, BUT NO EVIDENCE OF TOOTH PARTICLE REMAINING IN WOUND. THE CUT WAS APPROX 1 1/4" IN LENGTH. SUPERVISOR TRANSPORTED HIM TO RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION.

2000 · 1 incident

November 6, 2000 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Unknown operator · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RUNNING BULLDOZER, A PIECE OF PIPE WAS BURIED IN THE DIRT & WHEN DOZER RAN OVER IT THE END KICKED UP & SPUN AROUND STRIKING EE IN SHOULDER & ARM