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Hebble Mine: 11 MSHA citations 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.
See National Cement Company of Alabama, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
9.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
9.1%
reasonably likely or greater
9.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 81.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2003-11-12, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-11-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Gathering Arm Operator
2003-11-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.73 0.11 Truck Driver
2003-11-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 2.46 0.12 Truck Driver
2003-11-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.26 0.16 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.
Ownership history
  1. Richey Excavating Inc 1980 to 1990
  2. Bec/Philip 1990 to 1999
  3. Abercrombie Excavation 1999 to 2003
  4. National Cement Company of Alabama, Inc. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 5
2003 8
2002 6
2001 7
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hebble Mine sits in St. Clair 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.
St. Clair County, Alabama · Population 92,903
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$78,993
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
2004 Q2 2,600 1 0 384.6
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.