LAKESHORE QUARRY has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $773 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2005–2025
Latest incident
Feb 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
111
citations
32
significant & substantial
$25,650
proposed penalties
$19,783
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,867 gap.
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: 951 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
LAKESHORE QUARRY has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $773 outstanding across 7 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$773
outstanding
109 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-18.
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.
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.
12citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Settled
9 · 75%
Stood as issued
1 · 8%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 17%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
42%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$12K proposed, $7K 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 2017-05-31.
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.
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: 2026-05-28
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz91 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (20)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-07-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.82
1.33
1.37
Mechanic
2026-05-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2026-05-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-05-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-09-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2021-09-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2021-09-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2015-12-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-12-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2008-07-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.62
1.15
0.54
Truck Driver
2008-07-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
1.57
0.27
Laborer, Bullgang
2007-06-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
1.64
0.16
Laborer, Bullgang
2007-06-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.36
Laborer, Bullgang
2007-06-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.79
1.37
0.58
Laborer, Bullgang
2006-11-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.81
2.06
0.39
Ball Mill Operator
2006-07-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
1.54
0.14
Ball Mill Operator
2006-07-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.81
1.2
0.68
Utility Man
2006-07-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
1.25
0.27
Utility Man
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2022-06-29, 4 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2022-06-29
ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS
0
MP OFF/LUNCH/STOR
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.
LAKESHORE QUARRY recorded 8.80 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.
8.80
total case rate
8.80
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 *
8.80
8.80
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
12
2025
11
2024
13
2023
13
2022
11
2021
15
2020
13
2019
10
2018
10
2017
12
2016
13
2015
13
2014
13
2013
11
2012
15
2011
14
2010
10
2009
9
2008
14
2007
19
2006
21
2005
7
2004
5
2003
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
LAKESHORE QUARRY sits in Jefferson County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Jefferson County, Alabama · Population 669,744
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,589
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
6,316
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
5,545
1
0
180.3
2025 Q4
4,964
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
5,402
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
5,945
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
6,423
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
6,948
1
0
143.9
2024 Q3
7,512
0
0
0.0
Show 84 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
7,280
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
6,393
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
5,592
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
6,321
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
7,238
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
6,442
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
5,747
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,064
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
6,505
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
7,029
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
6,893
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
7,072
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
8,584
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
10,001
1
1
100.0
2020 Q4
9,071
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,736
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
5,592
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
7,924
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
4,995
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
5,410
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
5,568
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
6,469
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
4,995
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
6,005
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
7,175
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
6,757
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
5,193
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
7,222
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
8,119
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
9,310
4
0
429.6
2016 Q4
7,413
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
6,997
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
7,005
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
7,092
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
8,422
1
1
118.7
2015 Q3
6,313
2
0
316.8
2015 Q2
6,265
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
6,646
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,694
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
9,899
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
5,847
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
5,761
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,754
1
0
210.3
2013 Q3
5,524
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
6,131
2
0
326.2
2013 Q1
6,464
2
0
309.4
2012 Q4
4,887
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
5,763
1
0
173.5
2012 Q2
7,597
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
10,855
4
1
368.5
2011 Q4
14,002
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
7,368
4
0
542.9
2011 Q2
5,132
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
7,280
1
0
137.4
2010 Q4
2,923
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
4,620
4
1
865.8
2010 Q2
4,328
6
1
1386.3
2010 Q1
5,161
3
0
581.3
2009 Q4
2,050
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
4,057
2
0
493.0
2009 Q2
6,925
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
7,523
1
0
132.9
2008 Q4
7,702
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
9,936
1
0
100.6
2008 Q2
10,290
2
1
194.4
2008 Q1
9,360
3
1
320.5
2007 Q4
9,646
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
9,714
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
14,484
1
1
69.0
2007 Q1
14,077
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
14,117
1
1
70.8
2006 Q3
16,925
9
1
531.8
2006 Q2
10,951
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7,671
4
3
521.4
2005 Q4
5,714
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,086
2
2
328.6
2005 Q2
4,485
9
3
2006.7
2005 Q1
2,600
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,896
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,945
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,447
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
891
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
0
0
0
2003 Q3
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2025 · 1 incident
February 21, 2025AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee felt a pop in EE's knee when EE was climbing up to check shims on a hazemag. EE worked full duty until EE had surgery on March 7th for a meniscal tear.
After performing routine maintenance on the scalping screen, employee was exiting via a 9' fixed vertical ladder when lost footing and fell from the 3rd rung of the ladder to the platform below. Employee was transported to the emergency room and is currently losing time.
EE injured his right knee while jumping from a concrete block to the ground . He sought medical attention on 4/25/12 and was placed on restricted duty. This incident is being reporting within 10 days of employee seeking medical attention.
2011 · 1 incident
October 12, 2011AL · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was climbing a ladder to a screen to perform maintenance and lost his grip and fell backwards. The fall resulted in lacerations to the employee's head and lower leg. The employee was placed on modified duty on October 13th and returned to full duty on October 17th.
2010 · 1 incident
March 15, 2010AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
While on a manlift, the employee shifted his weight and he had his middle finger right hand on the outside of the lift. As the lift moved slightly he smashed his finger between a beam and the manlift rail.
2009 · 1 incident
July 15, 2009AL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee complained that his lower back was hurting after operating the 980G and the pug mill. He was seen by a physician and medications prescribed and released to return to work.
The cause is believed to be a hydraulic line that busted and srayed onto the turbo causing the haul truck to catch completely on fire.
2007 · 1 incident
September 11, 2007AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Two employee were unloading a pallet of wires. The hurt employee dropped the pallet causing it to hit his left wrist. Employee suffured left wrist sprain. This Accident was originally report online August 4, 2006; however, for some reason it never went through the system.
July 3, 2006AL · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee suffered lower lumbar strain due to improper lifting/twisting of core samples. The samples weight is near 100(lbs). Employee was turning around core sample to read the label for inventory. The root cause of the injury were samples stacked to high. The contributing factors to the injury were improper lifting/twisting heavy objects. However, no damage or impairment.
March 22, 2006AL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Applying belt dressing to head pulley of pug mill conveyor, employee inserted arm behind guard and sleeve was caught by conveyor. Employee suffered arm dislocation, fracture, and abrasions before he was able to hit conveyor stop button.
2005 · 2 incidents
December 12, 2005AL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS