Limestone County Quarry has $3K 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
7
Years on record
2000–2010
Latest incident
Sep 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
29
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,115
proposed penalties
$3,115
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 285 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Limestone County Quarry has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-10.
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.
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: 2005-11-09, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-11-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.64
10
0.06
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
2.14
0.15
Truck Driver
2005-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
2
0.14
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.78
2.57
0.30
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-06-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2001-06-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2001-06-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
2.67
0.13
Truck Driver
2001-06-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
2.48
0.22
Drill Operator, Rotary
2001-06-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
2.36
0.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Limestone County Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.05 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
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
12.65
6.33
0.000
2006 *
6.65
0.00
0.000
2005 *
6.54
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
6.43
6.43
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
2010
9
2009
9
2008
12
2007
13
2006
11
2005
11
2004
11
2003
10
2002
11
2001
12
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Limestone County Quarry sits in Limestone 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.
Limestone County, Alabama · Population 107,577
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$83,534
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
2010 Q4
2,441
1
1
409.7
2010 Q3
5,600
2
0
357.1
2010 Q2
4,832
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
3,422
2
0
584.5
2009 Q4
4,390
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
4,492
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
5,388
2
1
371.2
2009 Q1
3,239
2
0
617.5
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4
6,352
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
7,049
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
7,794
2
0
256.6
2008 Q1
9,012
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
7,524
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
8,616
3
1
348.2
2007 Q2
8,530
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
6,949
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
7,037
2
0
284.2
2006 Q3
8,011
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
7,624
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7,412
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
8,394
3
1
357.4
2005 Q3
8,769
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,321
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
6,114
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
7,167
2
0
279.1
2004 Q3
8,109
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,756
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
6,890
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
5,102
1
0
196.0
2003 Q3
5,032
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,252
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
4,255
1
1
235.0
2002 Q4
6,010
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
7,160
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
6,041
3
2
496.6
2002 Q1
6,161
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
6,159
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
8,183
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,071
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
3,596
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,159
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
9,645
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
9,113
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,204
1
0
192.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2010 · 1 incident
September 30, 2010AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EE was rebuilding the tail pulley guards at plant using torches and grinder. At 1:30 pm realized his eye was very dry and irritated, continued to work & finished the day. Around 5:30 pm at home his eye started to water. Reported on 10/01/10, and requested medical attention. Dr. removed a rust flake from his right eye and gave prescription medication for the eye.
2007 · 2 incidents
August 7, 2007AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
On July 31, employee was washing up around the wash plant when he slipped on wet dirt. Went to doctor diagnosed with bruised left knee. On August 7 the employee was walking to the water truck and said his knee gave out. Nothing was obstructing his path. He was taken to the doctor as a follow up from the previous week and was given a prescription, a knee brace, and light duty.
An employee was driving a water truck to water the lower part of the haul road. He lost control of the truck and ran the truck up on the berm on the drivers side turning the truck over on the passenter side where it came to rest. The truck was inspected and it was found an airline had ruptured during the operation of the truck. The employee was not wearing his seatbelt.
A large rock was hung in the jaw crusher. Employee was positioned to drop a wedge attached to a cable in the jaw to break the rock. As he turned to look over into the jaw, he was struck by a rock the size of a fist. The rock struck the top of his safety glasses and created a cut above his right eye. The cut required five stitches.
2005 · 1 incident
May 11, 2005AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rogers Group, Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee broke right hand while removing rocks, plugging impact crusher. Employee used 1/4 diameter chain to pull rocks from impact. As rock was out of the impactor employee positioned right hand around chain to guide to final placement. Chain slipped falling about 6 inches causing injury to right hand. Injury is a restricted duty.
BLASTING AT LIMESTONE COUNTY. FLY ROCK HIT POWER LINES CAUSING THEM TO FRAY. AUSTIN POWDER(BLASTING CO.) TOOK RESPONSIBILITY. EXPLOSIVE USED WAS TOO HIGH POWERED FOR WHERE THE SHOT WAS.
2000 · 1 incident
July 14, 2000AL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE FELL AND HURT HIS RIGHT KNEE AND COULD'NT GET UP. SUPERVISOR EXAMINED THE AREA WHERE HESTUMBLED; THERE WERE NO ROCKS. THE ROCK HIS KNEEHIT WAS ONE OF THE VERY FEW IN THE AREA.