Mining Incidents

Garris Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by R J Billingsley Inc
Mobile, Washington County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0100703

Garris Pit has $447 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
5
Years on record
1984–1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$447
proposed penalties
$447
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
64
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: 64 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Garris Pit has $447 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.
$447
proposed penalties
$447
current assessed
$447
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-12-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 160 1 0 6250.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 475 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 342 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 153 1 0 6535.9
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 698 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 735 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 162 1 0 6172.8
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 199 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 136 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 285 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 485 2 1 4123.7
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 318 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 478 1 0 2092.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1988 · 1 incident

August 3, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mobile Asphalt Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING SCRAPER ON SURFACE PIT HIT HOLE LOST CONTROL AND WAS THROWN OUT OF SEAT INTO CONTROL LEVERS STEERING WHEEL

1987 · 1 incident

July 8, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mobile Asphalt Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ON3TOP A DRAGCHAIN HAD A TON COME-A/-LONG-CHAIN BROKE & BLOCK HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE & CHEEK

1986 · 1 incident

June 3, 1986 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mobile Asphalt Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING PICK TO G9T OLD ASPHALT OFF SILO.

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

November 13, 1984 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Mobile Asphalt Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WIPING OFF THE TAKE-UP IDLER,BUT WAS NOT INSTRUCTED TO DO SO .THIS TAKE UP IDLER ON THE CONVEYOR BELT STARTED FROM UNKNOW RASON.

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The full compliance file on Garris Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.