Mining Incidents

Masterson Site Metal/Non-Metal

Town Creek, AL, Lawrence County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103480

Masterson Site has $1K 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
2
Years on record
2016–2017
Latest incident
Feb 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
11
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,312
proposed penalties
$1,312
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
10
inspections on record
105
inspection hours
n/a
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: 105 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Masterson Site has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2020 Q1 3,701 2 0 540.4
2019 Q4 4,892 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,285 3 0 700.1
2019 Q2 5,394 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,593 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,858 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,415 2 0 453.0
2018 Q2 5,348 0 0 0.0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1 3,743 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,901 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,130 1 0 319.5
2017 Q2 4,370 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,478 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,159 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,385 2 0 590.8
2016 Q2 4,332 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,502 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2017 · 1 incident

February 1, 2017 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
MS Industries II, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was on elevated platform erecting equipment; reached back with left arm (fully extended) to guide/pull scissor lift to platform; felt a "pop" and left arm went temporarily numb with tingling in fingertips of 4th and 5th fingers; took a break but declined offer to come down; attempted to "work out" discomfort; later, left arm "went out" and miner requested assistance.

2016 · 1 incident

March 7, 2016 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
MS Industries II, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Miner was working with another employee loading trailer with hay to spread for erosion control. Miner was in the process of turning to place bale of hay onto trailer when EE felt a sharp pain in low back. Diagnosis by treating physician is low back strain.

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The full compliance file on Masterson Site

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.