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Marianna Hi-Cal / Alternative Materials: 217 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Alternative Materials, LLC · Surface
Marianna, Jackson County, FL  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 0800959

Marianna Hi-Cal / Alternative Materials has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $14K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006–2015
Latest incident
Jun 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
217
citations
74
significant & substantial
$55,828
proposed penalties
$31,642
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $24,186 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
90
inspections on record
1,068
inspection hours
20.3
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.
217 citations across 1,068 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Marianna Hi-Cal / Alternative Materials has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $14K outstanding across 3 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.
$56K
proposed penalties
$46K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$14K
outstanding
214 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $19K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-02.
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.
34.1%
significant & substantial
8.8%
high negligence or reckless
37.3%
reasonably likely or greater
50.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.0% low, 85.3% moderate, 8.8% 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.
15 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Settled 15 · 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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
51%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$19K proposed, $10K 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 2023-01-19.
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 2017-0078 Settlement Rae 2017 $12K → $4K
SE 2009-142M Settlement 2011 $4K → $3K
SE 2023-0082 Settlement McCarthy 2023 $3K → $3K
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: 2022-11-16, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2022-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2022-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2015-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2015-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 1.34 0.30 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2011-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 2.09 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Backhoe 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.

Marianna Hi-Cal / Alternative Materials recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ 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 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.49 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
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
2015 * 9.79 9.79 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 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. Marianna Lime Products Inc 1980 to 1993
  2. Marianna Lime Products Incorporated 1994 to 2006
  3. Marianna Limestone LLC 2006 to 2013
  4. Marianna Hi-Cal LLC 2013 to 2020
  5. Alternative Materials, LLC 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 9
2024 12
2023 12
2022 18
2021 16
2020 10
2019 6
2018 6
2017 7
2016 9
2015 11
2014 11
2013 9
2012 13
2011 11
2010 6
2009 6
2008 14
2007 20
2006 16
2005 7
2004 8
2003 8
2002 7
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Marianna Hi-Cal / Alternative Materials sits in Jackson County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Jackson County, Florida · Population 47,652
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$47,327
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 640 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,419 2 2 585.0
2025 Q1 4,983 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,255 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,298 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6,376 2 0 313.7
2024 Q1 5,798 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,126 1 0 163.2
2023 Q3 5,072 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,060 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,933 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,695 8 5 920.1
2022 Q3 11,325 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 12,451 3 1 240.9
2022 Q1 10,568 2 0 189.3
2021 Q4 9,633 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 8,649 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,576 2 0 264.0
2021 Q1 8,306 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 8,692 2 1 230.1
2020 Q3 6,949 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,105 1 0 475.1
2020 Q1 1,818 3 1 1650.2
2019 Q4 1,972 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,496 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,700 9 3 3333.3
2019 Q1 2,595 1 0 385.4
2018 Q4 1,399 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,959 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,845 1 0 351.5
2018 Q1 2,992 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,951 1 0 338.9
2017 Q3 2,917 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,036 1 1 329.4
2017 Q1 3,356 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,914 4 3 1022.0
2016 Q3 3,676 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,653 11 4 2364.1
2016 Q1 4,715 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,431 6 4 1104.8
2015 Q3 4,261 4 2 938.7
2015 Q2 5,596 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,139 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,108 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,316 14 5 2633.6
2014 Q2 4,989 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,945 3 0 606.7
2013 Q4 4,404 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,555 3 1 658.6
2013 Q2 4,684 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,069 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,308 6 1 951.2
2012 Q3 6,495 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,070 5 1 707.2
2012 Q1 5,400 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,551 4 0 720.6
2011 Q3 4,364 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,743 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,427 4 3 1167.2
2010 Q3 3,228 3 2 929.4
2010 Q2 3,679 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,996 2 0 667.6
2009 Q4 2,614 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,540 3 0 1181.1
2009 Q2 2,821 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,552 7 2 1970.7
2008 Q4 5,908 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,509 5 1 665.9
2008 Q2 8,361 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 9,945 6 2 603.3
2007 Q4 12,162 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 12,210 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 11,763 4 0 340.0
2007 Q1 11,440 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 12,083 3 3 248.3
2006 Q3 10,787 11 3 1019.7
2006 Q2 8,651 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,313 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,822 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,711 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,971 1 0 251.8
2005 Q1 4,118 4 1 971.3
2004 Q4 4,312 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,240 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,620 1 0 276.2
2004 Q1 3,542 10 2 2823.3
2003 Q4 3,120 1 0 320.5
2003 Q3 3,792 11 7 2900.8
2003 Q2 3,240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,445 7 2 2031.9
2002 Q4 4,287 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,319 5 2 1157.7
2002 Q2 4,622 3 1 649.1
2002 Q1 5,091 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 13 3
2001 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 775 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 335 2 0 5970.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2015 · 1 incident

June 25, 2015 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marianna Hi-Cal LLC · Fall from machine

No known defaults of equipment which could have caused accident. Employee stated he was going to get off of the haul truck and just did not grab the step rails and fell backward. He said he felt pain in his back so we called an ambulance to make sure he was OK

2006 · 1 incident

July 14, 2006 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marianna Lime Products Incorporated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was holding a piece of steel to be driven into hole. Person swinging hammer hit the side of a bolt which deflected the aim of the hammer, which hit the employee's right thumb.