Notasulga Quarry has $68K in proposed MSHA penalties and $223 outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
2005–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
82
citations
17
significant & substantial
$67,535
proposed penalties
$53,928
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,607 gap.
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.
82 citations across 1,454 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Notasulga Quarry has $68K in proposed MSHA penalties and $223 outstanding across 10 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.
$68K
proposed penalties
$54K
current assessed
$54K
paid to date
$223
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
Of $56K in penalties contested before the Commission, $42K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-11.
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.
11citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 45%
Stood as issued
4 · 36%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 18%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$56K proposed, $42K 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 2016-04-03.
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: 2024-10-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (23)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-10-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-10-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary
2024-01-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-01-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
Lab Technician
2024-01-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2023-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Wagon Drill Operator
2023-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-03-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.47
0.62
Laborer, Bullgang
2018-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2018-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2018-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Electrician
2018-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-04-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2008-04-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
2.5
0.14
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2004-10-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.26
0.13
Truck Driver
2004-10-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
0.68
0.65
Washer Operator
2004-10-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
1.46
0.19
Truck Driver
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.
Notasulga Quarry recorded 2.03 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.
2.03
total case rate
0.00
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 *
2.03
0.00
0.000
2024 *
2.08
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
2.06
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
2.20
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
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
43
2025
43
2024
42
2023
40
2022
40
2021
40
2020
38
2019
39
2018
38
2017
36
2016
33
2015
33
2014
32
2013
30
2012
33
2011
41
2010
43
2009
38
2008
34
2007
17
2006
11
2005
10
2004
9
2003
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Notasulga Quarry sits in Lee County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Lee County, Alabama · Population 177,663
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$61,123
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
23,905
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
23,051
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
23,784
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
25,321
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
25,545
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
23,687
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
24,079
1
0
41.5
2024 Q3
26,012
0
0
0.0
Show 85 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
23,044
2
1
86.8
2024 Q1
22,835
2
1
87.6
2023 Q4
21,274
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
23,322
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
24,189
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
22,655
2
0
88.3
2022 Q4
23,449
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
24,334
2
1
82.2
2022 Q2
24,343
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
24,749
1
0
40.4
2021 Q4
23,664
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
24,189
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
21,924
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
21,731
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
21,903
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
23,519
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
22,054
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
23,309
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
25,053
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
25,610
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
23,762
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
23,944
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
22,155
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
25,277
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
24,378
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
23,971
1
0
41.7
2017 Q4
19,865
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
22,879
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
23,341
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
22,353
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
20,818
2
1
96.1
2016 Q3
23,372
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
24,967
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
22,808
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
20,383
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
24,019
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
21,134
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
18,221
4
1
219.5
2014 Q4
18,071
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
17,992
3
0
166.7
2014 Q2
19,347
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
19,263
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
16,188
2
0
123.5
2013 Q3
21,371
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
20,784
2
0
96.2
2013 Q1
20,293
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
17,853
3
1
168.0
2012 Q3
18,869
6
0
318.0
2012 Q2
20,108
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
27,232
2
1
73.4
2011 Q4
20,417
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
22,103
4
2
181.0
2011 Q2
27,937
1
0
35.8
2011 Q1
29,132
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
24,155
1
0
41.4
2010 Q3
25,550
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
28,870
3
0
103.9
2010 Q1
26,256
2
1
76.2
2009 Q4
24,251
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
30,541
1
0
32.7
2009 Q2
29,151
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
21,328
1
0
46.9
2008 Q4
17,112
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
23,739
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
22,585
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
17,233
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
14,963
2
0
133.7
2007 Q3
13,127
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
11,940
1
0
83.8
2007 Q1
10,203
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
8,772
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
8,785
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
7,953
3
2
377.2
2006 Q1
7,332
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
7,081
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,733
4
0
594.1
2005 Q2
7,502
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
7,678
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
5,254
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
6,579
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
6,134
2
0
326.1
2004 Q1
5,486
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
5,561
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,571
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
420
1
0
2381.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
19 on file
2025 · 1 incident
April 4, 2025AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
A bolt from the cheek plate in the primary jaw crusher dislodged and struck the employee in the mouth, causing a laceration to lip and broken teeth.
2024 · 1 incident
July 11, 2024AL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee shift started at 4PM on July 10, 2024. Incident happened July 11, 2024 at 1:25 am. Employee fell on right knee, causing a laceration, while inspecting screens and wash deck. Employee received sutures and was released to full duty.
2022 · 1 incident
December 15, 2022AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was performing maintenance on a loader bucket when EE received a hand laceration. EE sought medical attention and received 8 sutures and is currently on restricted duty.
2020 · 1 incident
June 11, 2020AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Employee was assisting a coworker that was drilling through a piece of copper bar. EE was holding vise grips that were clamped to the metal when the drill slipped and hit the back of their hand, causing a laceration. EE sought medical attention and is currently on restricted duty.
Employee was changing a belt on conveyor when EE slipped on the toe board and scrapped EE's left shin. EE refused treatment at the time but reported to EE's supervisor on January 5, 2018 that EE felt like the wound on EE's left shin was infected and requested medical attention. EE was diagnosed with lower extremity cellulitis and is currently losing time.
2015 · 1 incident
January 11, 2015AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Employee experienced a welding flash burn to his eyes while working near another employee that was welding. He sought medical attention, was prescribed eye drops and released to full duty
2014 · 2 incidents
December 3, 2014AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was lifting a piece of metal that he was replacing on a conveyor when he lost his footing. As he stepped back to regain his balance he felt a pop in his upper back near his shoulder. He sought medical attention on December 5, 2014.
November 8, 2012AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was lifting the door on a portable light station to crank the engine, when he felt a pop in his left shoulder. He sought medical attention and was diagnosed with a shoulder strain and given work restrictions. This incident is being reported within 10 days of employee seeking medical attention.
August 20, 2012AL · Metal/Non-Metalmotorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee strained his wrist while closing rail car doors with a pry bar. He sought medical attention and was placed on restricted duty 8/22/12. He returned to full duty 8/27/2012. This incident is being reported within 10 days of employee seeking medical attention.
2011 · 2 incidents
September 14, 2011AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE pulled a muscle in his right arm while installing a screen panel on the Digester scalping screen. This incident is being reported within 10 days of the employee seeking medical attention.
August 17, 2011AL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerFALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
EE was operating an excavator in the pit constructing a catch berm. Rocks fell from the wall and struck the employee on the knee. The accident resulted in a broken knee cap and lacerations to his right leg.
2009 · 4 incidents
April 21, 2009AL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee received small laceration when the pry bar he was using to flop gates on a chute slipped and hit his nose. The laceration required two stitches.
February 19, 2009AL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Alledged Claim 2/19/09 changed from Code 5 (under investigation) to Medical Treatment 05/01/09. Employee asked for someone to relieve him; felt he was going to pass out due to blood pressure, wanted to go home & take meds. Next morning suggested he may have hurt back when boulder shifted in his bucket and jarred him. Did not mention back to his supervisor on day of incident.
January 24, 2009AL · Metal/Non-Metalmotorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was unlocking rail car brake with a brake stick. The brake stick slipped off of the brake wheel as the brake broke free. This atcion caused employee to shift off balance, twisting his knee. This was a very tall car cauing employee to have to stretch to reach. Internal investigation was conducted by Risk Management; claim has been accepted as compensible claim.
January 19, 2009AL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was walking to get tool from truck, stepped in depression near foot of stairs and stumbled, tripped on uneven ground. Employee requested on 7/10/08 to go back to the doctor because his foot was still swelling.
Shoveling catwalks, felt back pop.Treatable first aid. Pain persisted through weekend, went to Dr. 10/23/06 for eval. Eval. was back strain, Dr. recomendended phy. ther.& continue working. Increased back pain, returned to Dr. 12/12/06. Dr. rx MRI, time off for 2 weeks. Emp. was re-eval. 12/14/06, following reading of MRI,was released to return back to work 12/18/06.
2005 · 1 incident
October 15, 2005AL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)