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Gurley Quarry: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Gurley, Madison County, AL  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 0103463

Gurley Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2013–2025
Latest incident
Feb 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
9
citations
0
significant & substantial
$2,028
proposed penalties
$1,695
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $333 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
36
inspections on record
388
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: 388 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gurley Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $148 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-11-11.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
22.2%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
55.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 44.4% low, 33.3% moderate, 22.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 50%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 50%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
97%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $148 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 2023-01-08.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2015-0220 Withdrawal Paez 2016 $5K → $0
SE 2023-0072 Settlement Young 2023 $481 → $148
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2026-03-24
9
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-03-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift Operator
2025-08-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2022-03-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-03-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2022-03-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2020-07-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-07-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

Gurley Quarry recorded 9.05 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.
9.05
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 * 9.05 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
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 9.39 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.
Ownership history
  1. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 9
2024 12
2023 11
2022 12
2021 10
2020 6
2019 4
2018 4
2017 7
2016 4
2015 10
2014 11
2013 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Gurley Quarry sits in Madison 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.
Madison County, Alabama · Population 397,135
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$83,528
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 4,163 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,979 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,260 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,778 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,978 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,090 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,508 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,985 0 0 0.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,378 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,963 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,896 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,066 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,755 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,364 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,191 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,214 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,607 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,072 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,809 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,442 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,144 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,286 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,377 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,545 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,257 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,745 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,848 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,295 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,902 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,422 1 0 292.2
2018 Q4 2,887 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,913 1 0 343.3
2018 Q2 2,942 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,063 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,389 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,549 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,667 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,953 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,697 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,648 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,889 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,807 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,234 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,104 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,180 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,754 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,656 3 0 530.4
2014 Q3 6,663 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,096 2 0 392.5
2014 Q1 3,885 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,212 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,927 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,708 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,327 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2025 · 1 incident

February 5, 2025 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was putting a steering cylinder on the back of a service truck when it slipped, fracturing EE's finger.

2015 · 2 incidents

August 19, 2015 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Teammate was trying to find which tire was flat on the unit and as he was walking around the equipment, he stepped into a hole that was filled with water from inclement weather.

January 28, 2015 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee suffered a stroke while on site at the Gurley quarry.

2014 · 1 incident

November 1, 2014 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee slipped while shoveling waste off of a concrete pad at the crusher, twisting his ankle. He sought medical attention on 11/23 and was diagnosed with an ankle fracture. He is currently on restricted duty. This incident is being reported within ten days of employee seeking medical attention.

2013 · 1 incident

September 18, 2013 AL · Metal/Non-Metal pumper MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was cutting down a tree with a chain saw when a piece of saw dust went under his safety glasses and into his eye. He sought medical attention the next day and was diagnosed with a corneal abrasion. He was prescribed eye drops and returned to full duty. No restrictions or lost time.