Mining Incidents

North Birmingham Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Tarrant city, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103346

North Birmingham Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $208 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2007–2010
Latest incident
Apr 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
40
citations
13
significant & substantial
$8,263
proposed penalties
$7,332
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $931 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
15
inspections on record
255
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: 255 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

North Birmingham Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $208 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$208
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-16.
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
2013 Q1 54 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 423 2 0 4728.1
2012 Q3 1,079 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,395 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,616 1 0 618.8
2011 Q4 1,814 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 8,208 2 0 243.7
2011 Q2 7,832 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 6,736 2 1 296.9
2010 Q4 3,379 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,874 1 0 170.2
2010 Q2 6,674 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,236 4 2 763.9
2009 Q4 5,295 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,907 2 0 338.6
2009 Q2 4,808 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,327 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,436 3 1 403.4
2008 Q3 7,131 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,841 3 0 513.6
2008 Q1 8,502 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,604 8 2 929.8
2007 Q3 8,064 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,127 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 777 2 2 2574.0
2006 Q4 650 10 5 15384.6
2006 Q3 216 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2010 · 1 incident

April 5, 2010 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge Aggregates Southeast Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

After cleaning out a rail car, employee went to close the latch. In attempting to secure the latch he pushed on it with his hand, the latch came loose and pinned his left ring finger. He received several lacerations which required 12 stitches.

2007 · 1 incident

August 2, 2007 AL · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lafarge Aggregates Southeast Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was doing repair work on a Motor Control Center and wrench slipped off connection and struck employee's safety glasses which broke cutting him above his left eye. The cut required stitches.

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