Drummond Rock Quarry has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1998–2007
Latest incident
Oct 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
78
citations
17
significant & substantial
$18,322
proposed penalties
$15,069
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,253 gap.
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: 444 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Drummond Rock Quarry has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
78 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-08.
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.
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.
9citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
Settled
9 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
12%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $900 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 2008-05-05.
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.
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: 2024-04-10
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz63 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2007-08-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
0.28
1.61
Utility Man
2007-07-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
0.25
1.48
Utility Man
2007-05-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.29
0.4
5.73
Utility Man
2024-04-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2024-04-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-12-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2007-05-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.9
0.27
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-01-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.27
0.44
Bulldozer Operator
2001-01-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.99
1.19
0.83
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Drummond Rock Quarry recorded 6.83 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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.
6.83
total case rate
3.42
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.90 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
2007 *
6.83
3.42
0.000
2006 *
7.71
0.00
0.000
2005 *
12.34
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
7.62
0.00
0.000
2001 *
22.80
0.00
0.000
2000 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
3
2025
2
2024
7
2023
1
2022
0
2021
4
2010
2
2009
4
2008
4
2007
19
2006
19
2005
12
2004
7
2003
9
2002
9
2001
11
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Drummond Rock Quarry sits in Cullman 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.
Cullman County, Alabama · Population 89,463
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,916
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
26
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
1,340
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
1,020
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
13
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
13
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
63
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
560
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
1,778
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
1,878
2
1
1065.0
2024 Q1
1,010
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
13
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
115
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
0
0
0
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
48
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
3,796
4
2
1053.7
2021 Q2
3,519
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
1,460
6
2
4109.6
2010 Q1
650
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,587
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
1,587
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
10,151
8
4
788.1
2007 Q3
11,335
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
18,192
5
2
274.8
2007 Q1
18,869
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
16,817
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
11,043
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
12,823
2
1
156.0
2006 Q1
11,222
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
10,153
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
11,215
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,115
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,938
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
4,533
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,662
1
0
273.1
2004 Q2
3,178
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,062
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
5,406
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,394
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,595
1
1
178.7
2003 Q1
4,588
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,318
3
0
564.1
2002 Q3
10,672
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,639
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
4,609
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,770
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
6,189
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
8,764
11
2
1255.1
2001 Q1
5,592
26
0
4649.5
2000 Q4
4,673
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
9,305
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
11,925
7
2
587.0
2000 Q1
4,830
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2007 · 2 incidents
October 10, 2007AL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was helping tighten bolts on a cone crusher. He was using a 2 lb hammer and a wrench. While striking the wrench with the hammer, he missed the wrench and hit his 3rd finger on his left hand, breaking his finger.
2006 · 2 incidents
February 6, 2006AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AS LABORER AROUND CRUSHING CIRCUIT. WHEN HE WAS FINISHED, HE STEPPED OFF OF CONCRETE PAD ONTO A ROCK HE DID NOT SEE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
April 16, 2005AL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A LODGED JAW PLATE AFTER REMOVING HOLDING PINS AFTER JAW COULD NOT BE REMOVED. CRIBBING HAD BEEN USED TO REMOVE PINS AND WAS REMOVED TO EXTRICATE JAW PLATE. WHEN JAW PLATE COULD NOT BE REMOVED, CRIBBING WAS NOT USED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO FREE JAW PLATE AND PLATE SHIFTED, CAUSING EE'S RIGHT FOOT TO BE TWISTED.
EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE CAB OF THE FORD BOOM TRUCK WHEN SLIPPED AND FELL ON SPILLED DIESEL FUEL. EE FELL APPROX 45" TO THE GROUND. EE HAD FUELED THE BOOM TRUCK AND SPILLED THE FUEL.
MINER WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE CAB ACCESS LADDER VOLVE 25 ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE LAST RUNG TO THE GROUND HE FELT A BURINING SENSATION IN THE CALF MUSCLE OF THE LEFT LEG.
MINER WAS HELPING CLEAN AROUND PLANT WHEN DUST FELL INTO FACE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES W/SIDE SHIELDS. DUST GOT INTO RIGHT EYE. HE RUBBEDHIS EYE. SUPERVISOR NOTIFIED ON 8/3/01.
March 26, 2001AL · Metal/Non-Metaltruck driverELECTRICAL
OPERATOR WAS ON D25C CAT HAUL TRUCK WHEN DASH OF HIS TRUCK APPARENTLY SHORTED OUT & CAUSED A FIRE, SMOKE FROM THIS FIRE WAS INHALED BEFORE THE TRUCK COULD BE STOPPED & THE DRIVER COULD GET OUT OF THIS CAB.
March 6, 2001AL · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE REPLACING BELT DRIVE ON MOTOR TO FEED BELT TO SCALPING SCREEN, FINGER CAUGHT IN PULLEY WHILE CHANGING BELT. RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE AREA BETWEEN THE KNUCKLE AND 1ST JOINT. SUTURES WERE USED ON A SMALL LACERATION IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE 1ST JOINT AND FINGER TIP.
1998 · 2 incidents
June 30, 1998AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS GETTING ROCK OUT OF THE POWER SCREEN AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS CHEST.
June 9, 1998AL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON