Guntersville Quarry has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–2026
Latest incident
Jul 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
121
citations
37
significant & substantial
$19,866
proposed penalties
$19,822
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $44 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.
121 citations across 1,058 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Guntersville Quarry has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
119 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-11.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 83%
Stood as issued
1 · 17%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
2%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2012-04-09.
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: 2025-02-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
34
samples
19
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz14
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz9
Show the individual readings (34)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-02-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-02-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Cleanup Man
2022-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2022-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2019-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2019-11-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
Truck Driver
2019-11-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
Truck Driver
2019-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2019-11-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
Utility Man
2015-04-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
1.29
0.29
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-04-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
1.82
0.12
Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-04-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2015-04-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2011-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2011-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
1.45
0.12
Cleanup Man
2010-07-20
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.41
10
0.04
Cleanup Man
2005-09-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
10
0.03
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-09-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-09-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.59
10
0.06
Truck Driver
2005-09-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Utility Man
2005-09-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.5
10
0.05
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-12-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
1.38
0.22
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-12-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
1.27
0.28
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-12-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-12-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-12-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
1.21
0.37
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-01-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.59
1.21
0.49
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-01-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.61
1.28
0.48
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-01-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
1.12
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-01-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.08
0.15
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-01-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Mechanic
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.
Guntersville 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
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
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
8.58
8.58
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
8
2025
10
2024
13
2023
14
2022
11
2021
12
2020
16
2019
17
2018
16
2017
19
2016
22
2015
16
2014
20
2013
21
2012
12
2011
18
2010
11
2009
8
2008
13
2007
13
2006
13
2005
14
2004
13
2003
17
2002
19
2001
18
2000
17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Guntersville Quarry sits in Marshall 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.
Marshall County, Alabama · Population 98,712
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,946
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
4,251
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
3,310
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
4,086
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
5,106
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
6,788
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
6,493
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
6,143
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
7,443
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
5,839
1
0
171.3
2024 Q1
4,278
2
1
467.5
2023 Q4
6,092
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
6,483
1
0
154.2
2023 Q2
5,099
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,118
2
0
390.8
2022 Q4
5,625
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
4,793
3
0
625.9
2022 Q2
4,618
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
4,031
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
4,774
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
5,499
1
1
181.9
2021 Q2
4,536
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
5,113
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
5,126
3
0
585.3
2020 Q3
6,165
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
4,798
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
5,310
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
5,294
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
4,806
2
1
416.1
2019 Q2
5,596
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,494
2
1
364.0
2018 Q4
6,407
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
4,518
4
0
885.3
2018 Q2
6,409
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
6,698
2
0
298.6
2017 Q4
8,556
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
7,347
1
0
136.1
2017 Q2
4,383
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
4,144
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
6,084
1
0
164.4
2016 Q3
6,461
1
0
154.8
2016 Q2
5,358
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
5,418
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
6,456
1
0
154.9
2015 Q3
3,907
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
4,738
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
4,082
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,949
1
1
253.2
2014 Q3
3,397
1
0
294.4
2014 Q2
3,923
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,624
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,361
1
1
297.5
2013 Q3
4,880
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
10,701
1
0
93.4
2013 Q1
3,574
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
4,174
1
1
239.6
2012 Q3
2,670
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,179
2
0
629.1
2012 Q1
3,771
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
4,854
3
1
618.0
2011 Q3
5,419
5
2
922.7
2011 Q2
6,691
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
3,114
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
6,184
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
7,850
3
2
382.2
2010 Q2
6,694
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
6,004
1
0
166.6
2009 Q4
7,300
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
5,286
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
4,628
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
4,000
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
8,091
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
8,839
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
10,022
4
0
399.1
2008 Q1
11,285
4
0
354.5
2007 Q4
11,316
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
11,244
4
1
355.7
2007 Q2
10,002
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
7,800
2
1
256.4
2006 Q4
7,800
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
7,800
5
3
641.0
2006 Q2
9,750
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
9,100
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
9,100
7
1
769.2
2005 Q3
9,100
4
2
439.6
2005 Q2
9,100
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
7,290
4
3
548.7
2004 Q4
7,290
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
7,290
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,290
5
2
685.9
2004 Q1
10,540
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
10,540
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
10,540
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
10,540
6
3
569.3
2003 Q1
10,540
4
3
379.5
2002 Q4
10,540
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
11,840
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
11,840
11
1
929.1
2002 Q1
11,840
5
0
422.3
2001 Q4
11,360
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
11,360
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
11,360
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
11,360
2
1
176.1
2000 Q4
8,110
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
10,710
2
0
186.7
2000 Q2
12,010
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
12,660
4
3
316.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2026 · 1 incident
July 20, 2026AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The employee was laying out some pipe to bury, stepped backward, lost footing, and fell. EE sought medical attention on July 28, 2026 and was diagnosed with a fibula fracture.
Employee was using a Case SR270 Skid Steer to remove material spillage from under conveyor. Employee failed to ensure beaver tail attachment was secure on front of skid steer and when they attempted to load with materials, it slipped off of the front plate and catapult towards the cab cutting hand.
2016 · 1 incident
October 19, 2016AL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was tightening a bolt on Cat D-9 Dozer track return idler that EE noticed had fallen out. While pulling on a wrench, felt a sharp pain in right shoulder. EE continued to tighten the bolt and then went for some oil to put in dozer and when EE picked up a (5)five gallon bucket of oil that had about (4)four gallons in it EE states pain in shoulder was worst.
2015 · 1 incident
April 1, 2015AL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee had been tightening Jaw bolts on a Telsmith 30x50 crushing jaw. After completing task he was leaving area were working when he went to place his foot on an I-Beam to assist his dismount, he misjudged where to step and fell striking his head on the brake cam rod causing a laceration to the head. He was wearing his PPE (Hard Hat) which fell off when he bent over.
2002 · 1 incident
July 22, 2002AL · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerMACHINERY
USING CRANE TO SET 40' SECTION ONTO FLATBED TRAILER. SET THE CONVEYOR DOWN ON TRAILER. TOOK HOOKS OFF FRONT OF CONVEYOR FRAME. LEFT REAR HOOKS ON TO PICK UP REAR OF CONVEYOR TO MOVE IT OVER. S TARTED TO LIFT & HOOKS ON FRONT CHAIN CAUGHT ON CONVEYOR & MADE CONVEYOR FLIP UP STRIKING EE IN HIS HEAD & THREW HIM OFF TRAILER.