Mining Incidents

Hebble Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vicat S A
Cropwell, St Clair County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102169

Hebble Mine has $707 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
2
Years on record
1988–1992
Latest incident
Aug 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
11
citations
1
significant & substantial
$707
proposed penalties
$707
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
17
inspections on record
238
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: 238 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hebble Mine has $707 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.
$707
proposed penalties
$707
current assessed
$707
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-06-22.
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
2004 Q2 2,600 2 0 769.2
2003 Q4 3,242 4 0 1233.8
2003 Q3 4,078 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,649 1 0 274.0
2003 Q1 3,089 3 0 971.2
2002 Q4 3,206 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,895 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,776 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 2,854 1 1 350.4
2001 Q4 3,397 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,686 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,151 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,033 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,505 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,405 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,689 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1992 · 1 incident

August 4, 1992 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bec/Philip · Struck by flying object

68935 PUTTING TEETH ON LOADER BUCKET THE OLD TOOTH WAS STRUCK WITH HAMMER CAUSING PIECE TO BREAK OFF AND LODGE INTO ARM.

1988 · 1 incident

September 6, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Richey Excavating Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING ON MACHINE TO GET IN CAB AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON WET MATERIAL ON THE TRACKS. THIS CAUSED HIS BODY TO SHIFT DOWN WHILE HOLDING ONTO CAB. THIS CAUSED SOME BACK PAINS.

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