Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
English Español
← Back to search

Jackson Plant 713: 201 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by AFTA, LLC; Steve Shaw
Jackson, Clarke County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0103248

Jackson Plant 713 has $86K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Jackson Plant 713.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2009–2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
201
citations
55
significant & substantial
$85,669
proposed penalties
$72,162
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,507 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Couch Aggregates, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
72
inspections on record
1,280
inspection hours
15.7
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.
201 citations across 1,280 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Jackson Plant 713 has $86K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K 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.
$86K
proposed penalties
$80K
current assessed
$72K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
201 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-22.
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.
27.4%
significant & substantial
8.5%
high negligence or reckless
27.4%
reasonably likely or greater
48.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.9% low, 78.6% moderate, 8.5% 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.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 100%
100%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
55%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $5K 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 2022-04-04.
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 2018-0152 Settlement Rae 2018 $9K → $3K
SE 2022-0143 Settlement Lewis 2022 $716 → $357
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: 2024-02-16
9%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
45
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz121 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg32
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (45)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.23 1.35 Lab Technician
2024-02-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2024-02-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-02-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2022-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.45 0.31 Lab Technician
2022-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2021-08-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 Dredge/Barge Operator
2021-08-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2021-08-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-08-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.75 0.33 Cleanup Man
2020-06-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2020-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2018-10-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2018-10-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.4 0.40 Lab Technician
2018-10-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dump Operator
2018-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.38 0.50 Utility Man
2018-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.42 0.33 Utility Man
2017-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2016-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2016-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2016-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.15 0.87 Truck Driver
2016-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2015-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-04-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 2.75 0.22 Backhoe Operator
2013-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2013-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2013-01-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.62 0.44 Washer Operator
2011-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2010-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.49 0.53 Truck Driver
2010-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2003-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2003-02-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2003-02-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.58 0.21 Bulldozer Operator
2003-02-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2018-10-23, 7 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2018-10-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 MP WASH/SCREENING
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.

Jackson Plant 713 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
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 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 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. Timberline Trucking LLC 2002 to 2007
  2. Triangle Aggregates, Inc. 2007 to 2015
  3. Couch Aggregates, LLC 2015 to 2017
  4. Couch Aggregates, LLC 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 29
2025 27
2024 27
2023 31
2022 31
2021 28
2020 25
2019 23
2018 34
2017 32
2016 30
2015 26
2014 24
2013 18
2012 14
2011 15
2010 19
2009 28
2008 28
2007 15
2006 2
2005 7
2004 6
2003 5
2002 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Jackson Plant 713 sits in Clarke 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.
Clarke County, Alabama · Population 22,802
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$49,167
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 19,790 6 0 303.2
2026 Q1 18,504 2 0 108.1
2025 Q4 19,638 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 18,509 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 15,968 2 0 125.3
2025 Q1 17,759 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 17,284 3 1 173.6
2024 Q3 16,397 4 0 243.9
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 15,864 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 17,188 1 0 58.2
2023 Q4 18,369 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 21,027 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 19,898 1 1 50.3
2023 Q1 19,692 4 2 203.1
2022 Q4 21,621 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 22,967 1 0 43.5
2022 Q2 21,155 2 2 94.5
2022 Q1 19,137 2 0 104.5
2021 Q4 22,002 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 18,538 7 2 377.6
2021 Q2 18,480 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 17,427 6 1 344.3
2020 Q4 19,437 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 16,856 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 17,551 7 2 398.8
2020 Q1 17,387 2 0 115.0
2019 Q4 19,109 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 19,533 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 18,741 5 3 266.8
2019 Q1 17,215 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 21,653 3 1 138.5
2018 Q3 23,871 5 1 209.5
2018 Q2 25,796 1 0 38.8
2018 Q1 14,396 14 3 972.5
2017 Q4 27,844 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 23,621 8 2 338.7
2017 Q2 20,976 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 20,323 7 3 344.4
2016 Q4 20,219 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 23,720 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 21,784 2 1 91.8
2016 Q1 20,346 5 0 245.7
2015 Q4 16,386 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 16,431 1 0 60.9
2015 Q2 11,736 5 1 426.0
2015 Q1 17,363 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 19,117 5 1 261.5
2014 Q3 19,267 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 16,932 8 2 472.5
2014 Q1 11,886 7 1 588.9
2013 Q4 13,854 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 16,163 1 0 61.9
2013 Q2 12,441 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 10,639 3 2 282.0
2012 Q4 11,264 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 8,997 3 2 333.4
2012 Q2 10,817 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 10,106 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 14,697 9 2 612.4
2011 Q3 10,210 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 10,780 4 2 371.1
2011 Q1 7,815 4 1 511.8
2010 Q4 8,980 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 9,860 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 11,195 1 0 89.3
2010 Q1 10,727 5 0 466.1
2009 Q4 10,510 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 15,359 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 12,860 3 0 233.3
2009 Q1 16,760 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 15,900 4 1 251.6
2008 Q3 15,439 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 11,936 4 2 335.1
2008 Q1 11,606 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,854 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,329 6 2 643.2
2007 Q2 6,116 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,918 7 4 1182.8
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q1 3,680 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,238 1 1 236.0
2005 Q3 4,576 2 1 437.1
2005 Q2 3,926 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,575 2 0 559.4
2004 Q4 3,453 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,900 5 2 1282.1
2004 Q2 3,184 4 0 1256.3
2004 Q1 1,280 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,375 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,470 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,120 1 0 320.5
2003 Q1 3,016 1 0 331.6
2002 Q4 3,318 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2026 · 1 incident

April 20, 2026 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Couch Aggregates, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Driver was returning empty to the pit when EE ran up a berm and laid the cab of truck over

2016 · 1 incident

May 4, 2016 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Couch Aggregates, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was picking clay balls from oversize gravel dumped out of a dump truck. EE walked up the side of pile of gravel about 3 to 4 feet, then slipped and strained and possibly tore a ligament in left knee.

2009 · 1 incident

March 27, 2009 AL · Metal/Non-Metal IMPOUNDMENT
Triangle Aggregates, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

We had 16 inches of rain in a 35 hour period which caused a dam to overflow and breach. There are no dwellings or roads in the downstream flow. All water from the dam impoundment flowed into the Tombigbee river swamp and posed no danger to anyone. We reported the breach to an engineering company who advises us on impoundments.