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Hurtsboro Plant: 59 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by USS Holdings Inc
Hurtsboro, Russell County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0100617

Hurtsboro Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1987–2023
Latest incident
Jan 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
59
citations
8
significant & substantial
$7,670
proposed penalties
$7,670
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See U.S. Silica Company, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
73
inspections on record
1,106
inspection hours
5.3
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.
59 citations across 1,106 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hurtsboro Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $745 in penalties contested before the Commission, $455 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
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.
13.6%
significant & substantial
6.8%
high negligence or reckless
13.6%
reasonably likely or greater
40.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.9% low, 81.4% moderate, 6.8% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 50%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 17%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 33%
33%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
39%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$745 proposed, $455 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 2016-01-31.
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 2016-0111 Settlement Lesnick 2016 $238 → $238
SE 2011-846M Withdrawal Gill 2012 $190 → $0
SE 2010-1222M Settlement Tureck 2011 $117 → $117
SE 2008-55M Dismissal Bulluck 2008 $100 → $100
SE 2008-888M Withdrawal Bulluck 2010 $100 → $0
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: 2025-07-30
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
58
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz112 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg47
Show the individual readings (58)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-03-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.3 1.27 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2016-08-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.25 1.24 Screen/Scalper Operator
2025-07-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2025-07-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-07-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.4 0.48 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2025-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.78 0.15 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2025-01-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.72 0.29 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2024-05-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2024-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2024-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2023-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.34 0.79 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2023-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.41 0.39 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2020-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2020-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2019-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-03-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2019-03-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2019-03-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2018-09-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-09-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2018-09-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2018-09-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2017-02-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2017-02-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2017-02-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2016-10-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.36 0.69 Screen/Scalper Operator
2016-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Ground Control/Timberman
2016-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Ground Control/Timberman
2016-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-02-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.81 0.19 Building Repair/Maint.
2014-02-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.3 0.43 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2014-02-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-02-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2013-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2013-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2013-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2010-01-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2010-01-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2010-01-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Pump, Slurry Mix Operator
2003-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2003-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2003-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2002-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2002-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant 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.

Hurtsboro Plant 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 * 9.46 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 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. Tri-State Sand Company 1950 to 1979
  2. Warrior Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1979 to 1987
  3. U S Silica Company 1987 to 1996
  4. U.S. Silica Company, LLC 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 12
2025 12
2024 10
2023 10
2022 10
2021 9
2020 10
2019 9
2018 9
2017 10
2016 11
2015 11
2014 12
2013 12
2012 11
2011 7
2010 7
2009 6
2008 8
2007 9
2006 9
2005 9
2004 9
2003 9
2002 9
2001 9
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hurtsboro Plant sits in Russell County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Russell County, Alabama · Population 58,858
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,046
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 5,532 4 1 723.1
2026 Q1 5,571 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,774 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,636 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,313 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,644 1 0 177.2
2024 Q4 5,218 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,555 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,909 1 0 169.2
2024 Q1 5,346 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,542 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,081 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,606 1 0 178.4
2023 Q1 5,922 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,756 3 0 521.2
2022 Q3 5,368 4 2 745.2
2022 Q2 5,146 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,159 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,380 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,073 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,087 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,927 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,385 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,467 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,870 1 0 258.4
2020 Q1 4,394 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,399 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,444 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,639 1 0 215.6
2019 Q1 4,361 1 0 229.3
2018 Q4 4,529 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,597 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,841 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,599 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,225 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,718 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,372 1 0 228.7
2017 Q1 4,568 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,824 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,451 1 1 224.7
2016 Q2 4,950 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,783 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,769 2 0 419.4
2015 Q3 4,891 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,916 3 0 610.3
2015 Q1 4,658 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,872 1 0 205.3
2014 Q3 5,345 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,937 2 0 405.1
2014 Q1 4,021 2 0 497.4
2013 Q4 4,347 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,004 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,155 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,038 3 0 595.5
2012 Q4 4,316 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,583 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,140 1 0 194.6
2012 Q1 5,710 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,422 1 0 226.1
2011 Q3 3,350 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,421 1 0 292.3
2011 Q1 3,511 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,238 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,283 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,283 1 1 304.6
2010 Q1 2,839 2 1 704.5
2009 Q4 2,170 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,939 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,871 2 1 696.6
2009 Q1 3,682 1 1 271.6
2008 Q4 3,301 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,744 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,559 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,527 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,004 3 0 749.3
2007 Q3 4,174 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,529 1 0 220.8
2007 Q1 4,544 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,430 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,593 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,104 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,995 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,958 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,843 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,774 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,282 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,982 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,025 2 0 398.0
2004 Q2 4,522 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,881 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,327 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,873 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,681 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,503 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,990 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,308 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,057 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,954 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,762 1 0 265.8
2001 Q3 4,194 1 0 238.4
2001 Q2 4,044 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,033 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,051 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,484 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,729 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,714 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2023 · 1 incident

January 31, 2023 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U.S. Silica Company, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE descending ladder of loader and felt a discomfort in left shoulder. Medical consultation resulted in restricted duty.

2008 · 2 incidents

November 28, 2008 AL · Metal/Non-Metal IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
U.S. Silica Company, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

During a holiday weekend while the equipment was not running, a propane vaporizer that had recently been refurbished had a gas regulator fail causing a localized fire in the vaporizer. The fire spread to the second vaporizer before the fire department could extinguish the fire. Damage to equipment is estimated to be approximately $6,000.

June 26, 2008 AL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
U.S. Silica Company, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The seal around the sand cooler cleanout access door was being replaced. Excess gasket material was being trimmed from around the outer edges. A utility knife was being used to trim the hard gasket material. Employee was cutting the gasket material using his right hand when the knife slipped off the gasket and made a 3" cut on the underside of his left forearm, requiring stitches.

2001 · 2 incidents

July 26, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
U.S. Silica Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED, ALONG WITH OTHER CO-WORKERS PULLED DISCHARGE BEARING COVER AWAY HANGING ON CHAIN FALL.LIFTED BEARING. MADE INSPECTION(VISUAL). PUT BEARING BACK AND ROLLED TO BOTTOM. BEARING ROLLED QU ICKLY AND INJURED HAD HOLD OF EYE BOLT WITH SHACKLE WHEN HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN BEARING AND CAP DURRING ROTATION.

January 10, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec POWERED HAULAGE
U.S. Silica Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ASSISTING LEADMAN IN COUPLING TRAILER TO MAINENENE VAN. AFTER LOWERING HITCH ONTO BALL, EE PUT HIS FINGER BETWEEN BALL & HITCH TO CHECK CONNECTION.LEADMAN SHUT OFF VAN & TOOK HIS FOOT OFF BRA KE. THIS CAUSED A SLIGHT MOVEMENT OF HITCH & BALL. EE'S FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN HITCH & BALL POOR COMMUNICATION & INATTENTION TO DETAIL OFTASK AT HAND CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT

1991 · 1 incident

February 28, 1991 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U S Silica Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WORKING BETWEEN 2 SCREENS IN SCREENHOUSE AT THE SMALL DRYER AND STEPPED THROUGH THE CATWALK WHERE A SECTION HAD BEEN REMOVED.THE RESULT WAS AN OPEN FRACTURE OF RIGHT LEG.

1988 · 2 incidents

October 29, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U S Silica Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJ WAS LIFTING A GEAR BOX DURING A MAINT. JOB. THIS RESULTE D IN PULLED MUSCLE IN SHOULDER. INJ WAS GIBEN MED TO RELIEVE PAIN ATER A DR. APPT.

May 12, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman POWERED HAULAGE
U S Silica Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS CLEANING AROUND FEEDER HOPPER WITH SHOVEL. TRUCK WAS DUMPING IN FEEDER HOPPER & HOPPER OVERFLOWED SPILLING DIRT ON EMPL. RESULT WAS STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS NECK.

1987 · 4 incidents

September 24, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warrior Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS HOLD3NG UP AN A BELT TO GET A ROLLER UNDERNEATH & PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS CHEST

May 12, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warrior Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING NEAR THE TOP OF A LADDER WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY A SANDY GROUND. THE SAND SHIFTED CAUSING THE LADDER TO SWAY. EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM FALLING LADER, LANDING ON HIS FEET. THE IMPACT OF THE 4UMP/FALL CAUSED A FRACTURE IN THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG.

April 6, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warrior Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WALKING 0ROM STORAGE TANKS TO DRYER STUMBLED AND FELL FORWARD CATCHING HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN PULLEY AND BELT OF BLOWER.

February 20, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warrior Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS IN SCREE3ING RM OF DRYER #2. REMOVING PARTICLES OF SAND FROM SCREENS ABOVE WITH WIRE BRUSH RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF CASING OF SCREEN AND HE FELL OVER ON SCREEN CASING ON RIGHT SHOULDER.