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: 436 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Meadows has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-16.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Stood as issued
7 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2020-01-05.
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: 2025-03-25
10
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-03-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Utility Man
2025-03-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2025-03-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2023-07-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-07-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-07-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-05-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2019-05-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2019-05-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.53
Washer Operator
2019-05-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
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.
Meadows recorded 2.43 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.
2.43
total case rate
2.43
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 *
2.43
2.43
0.000
2024 *
2.43
0.00
0.000
2023 *
2.19
2.19
0.000
2022 *
2.13
0.00
0.000
2021
3.82
3.82
0.000
2020
3.46
1.73
0.000
2019
1.91
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
25
2025
27
2024
27
2023
34
2022
34
2021
38
2020
44
2019
41
2018
35
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Meadows sits in Lowndes County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Lowndes County, Alabama · Population 10,008
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$35,160
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
17,047
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
16,987
5
0
294.3
2025 Q4
20,866
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
21,252
2
1
94.1
2025 Q2
21,336
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
18,956
7
2
369.3
2024 Q4
20,154
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
20,038
1
0
49.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
20,902
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
21,285
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
23,109
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
24,046
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
23,271
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
21,106
6
3
284.3
2022 Q4
20,722
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
23,859
4
1
167.7
2022 Q2
24,129
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
25,031
3
1
119.9
2021 Q4
25,896
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
25,801
1
0
38.8
2021 Q2
26,804
3
1
111.9
2021 Q1
26,088
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
23,514
3
0
127.6
2020 Q3
31,386
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
30,531
3
0
98.3
2020 Q1
30,019
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
24,256
10
4
412.3
2019 Q3
26,030
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
28,020
6
1
214.1
2019 Q1
26,280
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
21,904
4
1
182.6
2018 Q3
24,863
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
31,696
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
20,945
5
3
238.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2025 · 1 incident
April 2, 2025AL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
January 9, 2024AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
August 7, 2023AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was exiting the maintenance truck and as they put weight on their left foot on the step below, they slipped and landed on their right foot, turning their ankle.
2022 · 1 incident
January 26, 2022AL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The employee parked the 740 Cat Haul Truck on uneven ground. The Employee left the cab to perform some tasks by the wash plant. When getting back into the 740 Haul truck, the step was higher than normal because uneven ground under the ladder, and as EE climbed onto the trucks ladder, EE pulled a muscle in their left leg.
2021 · 2 incidents
August 16, 2021AL · Metal/Non-Metalscoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The employee stated that while backing in to be loaded by excavator, the excavator operator lowered the bucket into the bed of the truck causing the truck to abruptly stop. The truck operator stated that's this caused pain in their lower back.
2020 · 2 incidents
October 1, 2020AL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSTRIKING OR BUMPING
The employee was exiting the haul truck when EE bumped EE's knee on one of the steps.
April 27, 2020AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS