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O'Neal Quarry: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Calera, Shelby County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0103076

O'Neal Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1996–2024
Latest incident
Jun 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
67
citations
9
significant & substantial
$7,504
proposed penalties
$7,504
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
1,114
inspection hours
6.0
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.
67 citations across 1,114 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

O'Neal Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $443 in penalties contested before the Commission, $443 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-03.
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.
13.4%
significant & substantial
4.5%
high negligence or reckless
13.4%
reasonably likely or greater
37.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.9% low, 77.6% moderate, 4.5% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 50%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 50%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$314 proposed, $314 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 2007-04-12.
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 2007-237M Settlement Lesnick 2007 $254 → $254
SE 20010147M Default Barbour 2002 $129 → $129
SE 2007-91M Default Lesnick 2007 $60 → $60
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: 2023-06-01, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz9
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (26)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-06-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2021-02-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Mechanic
2021-02-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-02-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Lab Technician
2021-02-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-02-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-10-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Cleanup Man
2016-10-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2016-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2015-04-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.52 10 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2015-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2010-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 1.21 0.46 Mechanic
2010-11-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-12-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Utility Man
2005-12-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2005-12-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-12-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Mechanic
2005-12-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 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.

O'Neal Quarry 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
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 5.75 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 * 4.97 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. SRM Aggregates, Inc. 1996 to 2002
  2. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 14
2025 13
2024 14
2023 14
2022 15
2021 15
2020 16
2019 17
2018 18
2017 17
2016 16
2015 15
2014 15
2013 17
2012 15
2011 14
2010 16
2009 21
2008 23
2007 23
2006 22
2005 19
2004 19
2003 16
2002 13
2001 17
2000 17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

O'Neal Quarry sits in Shelby 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.
Shelby County, Alabama · Population 226,955
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$93,543
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 8,258 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 6,882 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,504 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,400 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,565 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,590 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,298 1 0 137.0
2024 Q3 7,826 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,530 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,748 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,839 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,749 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,909 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8,882 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,463 2 0 236.3
2022 Q3 9,245 1 0 108.2
2022 Q2 9,463 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 7,584 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,964 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,724 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,207 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,278 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,198 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,766 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,749 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 8,438 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9,642 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 10,410 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 9,624 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 8,398 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 9,278 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 10,114 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 10,927 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 9,918 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 9,313 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 9,860 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10,598 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 9,006 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8,317 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 10,335 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 10,209 1 0 98.0
2016 Q1 8,843 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 9,886 1 0 101.2
2015 Q3 8,931 1 0 112.0
2015 Q2 9,596 1 0 104.2
2015 Q1 7,938 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 8,435 2 0 237.1
2014 Q3 9,086 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 8,248 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 7,494 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 11,676 2 0 171.3
2013 Q3 8,700 1 0 114.9
2013 Q2 7,932 1 0 126.1
2013 Q1 7,474 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 7,502 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,592 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,808 4 0 512.3
2012 Q1 7,698 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,809 1 0 128.1
2011 Q3 7,828 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,814 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,902 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,581 1 0 152.0
2010 Q3 6,951 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,879 1 0 126.9
2010 Q1 7,318 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 8,771 1 1 114.0
2009 Q3 9,819 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 9,915 2 0 201.7
2009 Q1 11,441 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 13,170 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 13,890 1 0 72.0
2008 Q2 13,315 2 0 150.2
2008 Q1 13,377 1 0 74.8
2007 Q4 13,412 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 15,378 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 16,186 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 16,111 5 1 310.3
2006 Q4 15,072 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 15,224 3 1 197.1
2006 Q2 14,658 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 12,803 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 12,387 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 13,496 2 1 148.2
2005 Q2 12,752 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 11,568 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 13,548 1 0 73.8
2004 Q3 12,457 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 11,645 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 11,647 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,519 2 0 210.1
2003 Q3 9,493 3 0 316.0
2003 Q2 8,276 1 0 120.8
2003 Q1 6,716 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,279 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,532 2 0 234.4
2002 Q2 3,677 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 10,399 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 10,803 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 11,642 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,903 1 0 91.7
2001 Q1 12,156 7 0 575.8
2000 Q4 12,012 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,789 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 9,459 5 1 528.6
2000 Q1 6,473 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 16, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SRM Aggregates, Inc. · Fall from machine

DRIVER CLIMBED ON BACK TIRE OF TRUCK TO FINISH TARPING HIS LOAD AND SLIPPED & FELL OFF TRUCK HITTING HIS HEAD

Reportable incidents

20 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2024 · 1 incident

June 13, 2024 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Miner states was bit by a tick on the back of the neck while inspecting fire extinguishers at the pug mill located at the O'Neal Quarry on 06-13-2024. EE was absent from work on Monday 06-24-2024 and has not returned to work.

2022 · 1 incident

2018 · 1 incident

December 10, 2018 AL · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Fall down stairs

As EE was exiting the tower using the stairway, EE rolled right ankle off the edge of the stair tread causing EE to fall backwards hitting head.

2011 · 1 incident

December 14, 2011 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Fall from machine

When dismounting EX-0543 (Excavator) operator slipped and fell about 4 ft onto rocky ground, spraining his left ankle.

2007 · 1 incident

September 4, 2007 AL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was installing a motor on the primary feeder. As the motor was being positioned onto the motor base, it shifted and pinched the tip of the employees left ring finger between the motor and an adjacent beam.

2006 · 1 incident

July 24, 2006 AL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was coupling railcar airlines. When air was applied to the airline it separated at the coupling. The airline coupling swung back and hit his left middle finger causing a cut that needed 10 stitches.

2004 · 1 incident

June 18, 2004 AL · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHET TO REPAIR VSI. OPENED FIRST DOOR AND AS HE WAS OPENING THE SECOND DOOR, THE FIRST DOOR FELL AND HIS HAND WAS SMASHED BETWEEN BOTH DOORS.

2002 · 2 incidents

August 19, 2002 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELTING TO MOUNT ON BACK OF THE DRY SCREEN WITH A BOX KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT PALM.

January 18, 2002 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SRM Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER JAW AND A ROCK HIT HIM IN THE HEAD REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

2001 · 1 incident

November 10, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SRM Aggregates, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING SOME WIRE TO REBUILD THE DRY SCREEN DISCHARGE CHUTE AND STRAINED HIS GROIN (RIGHT).

2000 · 1 incident

March 1, 2000 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
SRM Aggregates, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

MOTION OF LOADER CAUSED NERVE IN BACK TO BECOME AGGRAVATED.

1999 · 2 incidents

May 6, 1999 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SRM Aggregates, Inc. · Fall from machine

GETTING INTO BOBCAT AND FOOT SLIPPED AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

1998 · 3 incidents

May 27, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SRM Aggregates, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE FELL OVER A STONE BACKWARDS.

March 19, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
SRM Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SAID HE WAS CUTTING A SKIRT RUBBER OUT OF A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT. HE WAS CUTTING BELT, PULLING KNIFE TOWARD HIM, WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED.

1997 · 3 incidents

September 29, 1997 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
SRM Aggregates, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WALKING UP STAIRS TO JAW CRUSHER AND DID NOT SEE ADJUSTING RODS STICKING OUT AND WALKED INTO ROD, HITTING KNEE AREA. RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION AND TENDONITIS.

July 2, 1997 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
SRM Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by flying object

HEARD NOISE ON #3 SCREEN. WENT TO INVESTIGATE AND THE OIL FILL TUBE CAP SHOT OFF AND HIT EE IN CHIN/JAW AREA. SENT TO THE DR AND IT REQUIRED A COUPLE OF STITCHES.

March 31, 1997 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
SRM Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRUCKBY METAL SHAFT WHILE WORKING ON A BEARING.TAKING BEARING OFF OF HEAD PULLEY SHAFT USING 6LB SLEDGEHAMMER. EE HOLDING SHAFT WHIL OTHER EE WAS HITTING SHAFT TO BREAK BEARING LOOSE, SHE N SPRING LOADED BLOCK FOR DIRT HAWG LAYIN ON SERVICE TRUCK FELL OVER AND STRUCK EE'S HAND.

1996 · 1 incident

September 16, 1996 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SRM Aggregates, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ON 09-16-96 INJURED STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING A CONVEYOR ROLLER.UNDER PHYSICIANS ADVISE HE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 09-23-96.THE PHYSICIAN THEN DID NOT RELEASE HIM TO WORK UNTIL 10-01-96.