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: 975 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-04-27.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
GLENCOE QUARRY has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-29.
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.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2014-04-21.
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: 2024-09-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz8
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (19)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-09-24
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
Mechanic
2024-09-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2020-06-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.44
10
0.04
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-06-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
Bulldozer Operator
2020-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2015-05-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.67
0.18
Hydrating Plant Operator
2015-05-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dump Operator
2015-05-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2009-11-18
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Utility Man
2009-11-18
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2009-11-18
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.32
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-09-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2003-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-11-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-11-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.34
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-04-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-04-11
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.
GLENCOE QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.52 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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
15
2025
17
2024
19
2023
20
2022
16
2021
22
2020
18
2019
13
2018
14
2017
9
2016
11
2015
10
2014
10
2013
10
2012
13
2011
11
2010
12
2009
18
2008
19
2007
19
2006
18
2005
19
2004
17
2003
18
2002
24
2001
17
2000
17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
GLENCOE QUARRY sits in Etowah County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Etowah County, Alabama · Population 103,208
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$53,070
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
Employee had replaced hydraulic lines on Cat dozier. As he was dismounting the dozier he lost his balance. He attempted to break his fall by throwing out his hand, causing him to twist his wrist backward.
Employee was removing bolts in wear plates of Hazamag crusher. As a bolt was freed from the plate, it dropped out of worn plate spinning. It then caught employees fingers with the worn sharp edge of the head of the bolt.
2005 · 1 incident
September 26, 2005AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EE WAS WALKING AROUND DRILL. AS HE STEPPED WITH HIS LEFT FOOT, THE GROUND SHIFTED, CAUSING HIS RIGHT KNEE TO TWIST.
2001 · 2 incidents
July 26, 2001AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMMPLOYEE AND 2 CO-WORKERS WERE MOVING SHEM TO BE ADDED BACK IN PLACE. WHILE IN MOTION EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE, KEEPING ONE HOLDING SHEM AND THE OTHER HAND AND FOREARM TO BREAK FALL. EMPLOYE E'S FOREARM MAKE CONTACT WITH METAL GUARDING. EMPLOYEE'S ARM BROKE THE FALL, BUT SLID DOWN GUARDING RESULTING IN FOREARM LACERATION. (7 STICHES).
March 10, 2001AL · Metal/Non-Metalelectrician, linemanELECTRICAL
EE WAS THROWING SWITCH IN 100 AMP MAIN FUSE BOX AFTER HE HAD COMPLETED THE WIRING UP OF DUST SUPPRESSION PUMP & MAGNET THAT WAS INSTALLED ABOVE CONVEYOR.
1999 · 2 incidents
July 6, 1999AL · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE LOWERING DRILL STEEL TO GROUND FROM CARRIER RACK OF DRILL ON BOOM TRUCK; GAINED SLACK IN CABLE WHEN STEEL LAID UPPER END ON BERM OF RAMP, THEN ROLLED OFF TOWARD GROUND, TIGHTENING CABLE AND SWUNG TOWARD BOOM TRUCK. EE PUT FOOT UP TO STOP STEEL FROM HITTING THE BOOM TRUCK.
EE WAS STANDING ON BACK OF HI-RANGER TRUCK. AS EE STEPPED TOWARD THE BUCKET HE TRIPPED OVER THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK, FALLING TO THE GROUND AND LANDING ON HIS HIP.
1996 · 2 incidents
August 20, 1996AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS LOADING SHOT ROCK FOR PRODUCTION W/FRONT END LOADER HE WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT WITH JOY STICK IN EACH HAND HE WAS MOVING THE LOADER INTO THE MUCK PILE FILLING THE BUCKET W/SHOT ROCK WHE N THE LOADER BUCKET STRUCK A TOE UNSHOT ROCK AT THE BASE OF THE FLOOR THE JOLT STOPPED THE LOADER S PROGRESS AND JERKED THE EE FORWARD WHILE IN A SITTING POSITION RESULTING IN STRAINED BACK.
June 15, 1996AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
REMOVING HOIST CYLINDER OFF PIN WHILE BRING SUPPORTED BY CHAIN HOIST. INJURED WAS STANDING BETWEEN RIGHT REAR TIRES AND FUEL TANK. WORKING CYLINDER OFF WITH BARS AND WORKING CHAIN. CYNLINDER C AME OFF PIN AND TILTED UPWARDS WHILE HOLDING CHICHAIN. LEFT HAND ON CHAIN CAME IN CONTACT WITH CHAIN AND CYLINDER CAUSING LACERATION.
1995 · 1 incident
January 6, 1995AL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPL SQUATTED DOWN TO MOVE X-TIE AND WHEN HE REACHED FOR IT HE FELT A PAIN IN THE BACK AND FELL TO THE GROUND.HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWEER BACK.
1983 · 1 incident
October 19, 1983AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO TAKE THE SWIVEL BODY VALVE OFF THE CRANE. THE VALVE, WHICH WEIGHTS APPROX. 100 LB. WOULD COME UP SO FAR AND STOP. D.S.CAMERON WAS HOLDING IT UP FROM INSIDE GROOVES O N TOP AND R. MORRISON WAS TAPPING IT FROM THE BOTTOM WITH A PIPE AND HAMMER. THE VALVE FREED AND WENT BACK DOWN CATCHING HIS MIDDLE THREE FINGERS, ON RIGHT HAND, BETWEEN GROOVES IN VALVE AN
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