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MARION COUNTY ROCK: 177 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by S T Bunn Jr
Winfield, Marion County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0102372

MARION COUNTY ROCK has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
177
citations
48
significant & substantial
$46,075
proposed penalties
$46,075
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bunn Brothers Materials Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
85
inspections on record
1,190
inspection hours
14.9
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.
177 citations across 1,190 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MARION COUNTY ROCK has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$46K
proposed penalties
$46K
current assessed
$46K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
176 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-03.
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.
27.3%
significant & substantial
1.7%
high negligence or reckless
27.3%
reasonably likely or greater
68.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 89.2% moderate, 1.7% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 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 2012-02-24.
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 2012-293M Withdrawal Lesnick 2012 $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: 2025-09-03
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
46
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz142 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg31
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (46)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-05-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 0.34 1.79 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2006-09-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 0.36 1.83 Jackhammer Operator
2025-09-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 1.49 0.21 Utility Man
2025-09-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2025-09-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 Utility Man
2024-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Truck Driver
2024-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-08-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2021-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2021-05-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 Backhoe Operator
2021-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2020-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2020-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2020-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2019-09-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 Cleanup Man
2017-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2016-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2016-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2016-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Tractor Operator
2016-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-08-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2015-05-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.31 0.42 Utility Man
2013-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2013-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Ground Control/Timberman
2013-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Belt Crew
2012-06-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Drill Operator, Rotary
2012-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Hammer Mill Operator
2012-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Belt Cleaner
2012-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2010-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2010-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-04-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.61 0.51 Cleanup Man
2010-04-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 0.68 0.74 Cleanup Man
2010-04-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 1.11 0.53 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2006-11-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.75 0.32 Jackhammer Operator
2006-11-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2006-09-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.82 0.33 Cleanup Man
2006-09-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.36 0.89 Front-end Loader 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.

MARION COUNTY ROCK 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
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 * 7.64 7.64 0.000
2017 * 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. Rock City Rock Inc 1981 to 1993
  2. Marion County Rock Company 1993 to 1999
  3. Bunn Brothers Materials Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 9
2024 8
2023 10
2022 12
2021 14
2020 13
2019 12
2018 12
2017 12
2016 13
2015 14
2014 12
2013 12
2012 11
2011 11
2010 13
2009 13
2008 14
2007 12
2006 10
2005 11
2004 14
2003 19
2002 19
2001 16
2000 18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MARION COUNTY ROCK sits in Marion County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Marion County, Alabama · Population 29,190
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$50,714
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 7,280 2 0 274.7
2026 Q1 5,244 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,964 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,038 1 1 165.6
2025 Q2 5,928 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,754 8 2 1682.8
2024 Q4 4,906 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,886 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,688 4 1 853.2
2024 Q1 4,441 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,759 1 1 210.1
2023 Q3 5,327 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,261 8 2 1277.8
2023 Q1 6,264 3 1 478.9
2022 Q4 6,572 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,325 6 6 948.6
2022 Q2 6,929 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 7,156 1 0 139.7
2021 Q4 7,660 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,479 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,651 3 0 392.1
2021 Q1 7,252 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,376 1 0 135.6
2020 Q3 8,013 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,844 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,937 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,758 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,730 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,251 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,946 1 0 144.0
2018 Q4 5,944 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,651 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,876 1 0 145.4
2018 Q1 6,696 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,766 1 0 173.4
2017 Q3 7,288 2 0 274.4
2017 Q2 7,334 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 6,912 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 7,052 2 0 283.6
2016 Q3 8,333 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,743 1 0 129.1
2016 Q1 7,253 2 0 275.7
2015 Q4 7,306 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,963 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 8,130 3 1 369.0
2015 Q1 7,638 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,752 3 1 387.0
2014 Q3 7,719 1 1 129.6
2014 Q2 7,378 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 6,856 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,160 1 0 162.3
2013 Q3 6,946 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,337 1 0 136.3
2013 Q1 6,141 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,745 3 1 522.2
2012 Q3 6,718 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,145 4 0 650.9
2012 Q1 5,964 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,720 6 1 1049.0
2011 Q3 6,608 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,552 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 6,176 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,600 2 1 303.0
2010 Q3 8,520 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,428 2 0 269.3
2010 Q1 8,088 2 0 247.3
2009 Q4 7,110 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,940 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,536 1 0 132.7
2009 Q1 8,184 3 0 366.6
2008 Q4 7,740 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9,600 2 1 208.3
2008 Q1 10,248 2 1 195.2
2007 Q4 9,630 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,079 2 0 247.6
2007 Q2 6,840 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,420 8 2 1246.1
2006 Q4 5,940 1 1 168.4
2006 Q3 6,840 7 1 1023.4
2006 Q2 5,940 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,668 8 4 1043.3
2005 Q4 5,346 1 0 187.1
2005 Q3 8,345 6 4 719.0
2005 Q2 5,760 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8,580 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,480 9 5 1388.9
2004 Q3 7,800 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,680 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,415 5 1 674.3
2003 Q4 9,240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 11,352 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10,260 2 0 194.9
2003 Q1 9,180 2 0 217.9
2002 Q4 9,568 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 10,740 3 0 279.3
2002 Q2 9,720 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 9,720 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 9,792 9 2 919.1
2001 Q3 9,480 8 2 843.9
2001 Q2 8,835 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,640 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 9,120 14 2 1535.1
2000 Q3 9,120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 9,120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,680 4 0 520.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2018 · 1 incident

June 11, 2018 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Bunn Brothers Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The #1 belt conveyor stalled during normal operations, the injured EE and co-worker were told to check the problem out. The v-belt guard was removed. EE placed hand on the upper v-belt. The belt conveyor pressure released itself turning counter clockwise pulling EE's fingers into the pulley, severing parts of three fingers.

2008 · 1 incident

April 8, 2008 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bunn Brothers Materials Inc · Fall from machine

He was working on the radiator of the loader. His wrench slipped while taking radator cap off causing him to lose his balance and he fell approx. 4 ft. When he hit the ground he injured his pelvis.

2001 · 1 incident

December 26, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bunn Brothers Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SPLICING CONVEYOR BELT. WHEN HE STRUCK HIS THUMB WITH HAMMER EE HAD 4 OR 5 STITCHES IN HIS THUMB.