Mining Incidents

Guntersville Sand Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Christopher A Harvey
Guntersville, Marshall County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0103482

Guntersville Sand has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $33 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2018–2020
Latest incident
Mar 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
56
citations
19
significant & substantial
$23,597
proposed penalties
$23,564
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $33 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
35
inspections on record
343
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: 343 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Guntersville Sand has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $33 outstanding across 2 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$33
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.
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
2025 Q3 522 8 6 15325.7
2025 Q2 576 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 512 7 1 13671.9
2024 Q4 528 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 2 1
2024 Q1 2,620 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,600 1 0 384.6
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 3,720 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 848 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,931 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9,958 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 9,870 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 12,332 4 0 324.4
2020 Q3 10,020 1 0 99.8
2020 Q2 8,094 5 2 617.7
2020 Q1 8,086 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9,499 4 0 421.1
2019 Q3 8,994 3 2 333.6
2019 Q2 9,931 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,985 4 2 572.7
2018 Q4 7,911 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,980 3 0 429.8
2018 Q2 6,179 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,675 1 0 176.2
2017 Q4 6,184 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,869 1 0 205.4
2017 Q2 4,669 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,163 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,259 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,765 3 0 520.4
2016 Q2 5,574 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,300 1 1 232.6
2015 Q4 5,633 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,233 1 0 191.1
2015 Q2 2,941 3 1 1020.1
2015 Q1 2,615 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2020 · 1 incident

March 1, 2020 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Reed Contracting Services Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE the ADT driver was not in direct line of site of the excavator operator and wet sandy muddy ground. The derangement of left knee internal.

2019 · 1 incident

November 26, 2019 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Reed Contracting Services Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was setting form pins for a concrete pad and struck form pin with finger missing the pin with the hammer. Laceration secondary to crush injury right index finger.

2018 · 1 incident

August 28, 2018 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Reed Contracting Services Inc · Contact with heat

Employee woke up with a cough and watery and burning eyes. Employee came into work and was working for a short period of time and then started to feel weak.

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