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Ohatchee Quarry: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Alexandria, Calhoun County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0100012

Ohatchee Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1986–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
23
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,551
proposed penalties
$2,551
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
59
inspections on record
831
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: 831 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ohatchee Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $55 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-13.
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.
8.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
8.7%
reasonably likely or greater
30.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.1% low, 73.9% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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 20010096M Withdrawal Barbour 2001 $55 → $0
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: 2024-04-02
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (16)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-04-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Utility Man
2024-04-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2016-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2010-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2002-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.47 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
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.

Ohatchee Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.

Injury rate, 2022
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.25 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
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Apac Alabama Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 8
2024 9
2023 8
2022 12
2021 7
2020 9
2019 12
2018 12
2017 14
2016 13
2015 11
2014 9
2013 12
2012 10
2011 14
2010 10
2009 11
2008 15
2007 14
2006 13
2005 16
2004 16
2003 17
2002 17
2001 17
2000 17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ohatchee Quarry sits in Calhoun County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Calhoun County, Alabama · Population 116,141
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$55,826
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 3,514 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,604 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,351 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,135 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,631 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,168 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,135 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,988 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,451 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,897 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,553 1 0 281.5
2023 Q3 3,365 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,079 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,624 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,008 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,696 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,039 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,919 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,764 2 1 531.3
2021 Q3 3,303 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,155 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,253 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,747 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,261 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,408 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,616 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,709 1 0 149.1
2019 Q3 7,325 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,706 2 0 298.2
2019 Q1 6,620 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,431 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,392 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,613 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 7,768 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,668 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,561 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,099 1 0 164.0
2017 Q1 6,002 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8,379 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,539 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,513 1 1 181.4
2016 Q1 5,683 1 0 176.0
2015 Q4 4,908 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,431 1 0 155.5
2015 Q2 6,554 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,074 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,541 1 0 220.2
2014 Q3 6,576 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,510 1 0 153.6
2014 Q1 4,634 1 0 215.8
2013 Q4 4,301 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,310 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,746 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,823 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,377 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,146 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,395 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6,132 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,195 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 8,638 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,765 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 8,902 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,300 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,595 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,165 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,610 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,037 1 0 165.6
2009 Q3 6,499 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 8,626 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,084 1 0 479.8
2008 Q4 8,055 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,055 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,861 2 0 254.4
2008 Q1 8,143 1 0 122.8
2007 Q4 7,975 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,036 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,341 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9,480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,862 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 11,979 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,883 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,479 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8,790 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 10,507 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,779 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10,909 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 9,411 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,443 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 10,674 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 13,891 1 0 72.0
2003 Q4 13,351 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 17,025 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 14,788 1 0 67.6
2003 Q1 12,389 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 11,125 1 0 89.9
2002 Q3 14,819 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 13,894 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 9,436 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 11,156 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 12,145 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,740 2 0 186.2
2001 Q1 11,207 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 9,327 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 12,229 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 11,590 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 9,541 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

May 30, 2002 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING LOADER & CLIMBED UP ON BACK BUMPER TO WASH ENGINE WITH HIGH PRESSURE WATER HOSE; WHEN HE FINISHED WASHING, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TURNED HOSE OFF, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE. INJURED EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.

2001 · 2 incidents

September 8, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING BEHIND TIRES AND OVER A HOSE TO GET A TIRE WHEN CHANGING A FLAT.

February 15, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL OFF CONVEYOR BELT AND PLACING IT IN A SAMPLE BAG TAKING A BELT CUT TO DETERMINE QUALITY AND TONNAGE RATE. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 2-28-01.

2000 · 1 incident

October 14, 2000 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A WORN PLATE IN CHUTE. WHILE USING A PRY BAR TO PRY IT LOOSE, THE PLATE POPPED LOOSE AND HIT HIM ON THE UPPER LIP.

1999 · 1 incident

January 26, 1999 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HELPING TURN BLOW BARS IN CRUSHER. BLOW BAR FLIPPED OVER IN TOOL WHEN HE TOOK RIGHT HAND OFF BAR CAUSING LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN TOOL AND BAR

1997 · 1 incident

March 18, 1997 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

VICTIM WAS WELDING WEAR BLOCKS ON PITMAN AT THE JAW CRUSHER. THE HOPPER AND FEEDER PAN WERE BOTH FULL OF SHOTROCK. EE HAD PULLED THE WELDING LEADS ACROSS THE HOPPER AND FEEDER PAN. HE WAS WELD ING ON THE BLOCK AND A 250-300 LB ROCK ROLLED OFF THE PILE TOWARDS THE CRUSHER. EE HEARD THE MOVEMENT, MADE ATTEMPT TO GET OUT OF ROCK'S PATH, BUT COULDN'T. SUFFERED BRUSIED AND FRACUTRE TO F

1996 · 2 incidents

June 19, 1996 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE LOST GRIP OF 15 LB ROCK HE WAS CARRYING TO SECURE AS TIE OFF OF QUARRY PUMP ELECTRODES. ROCK FELL ON RIGHT FOOT. X-RAY REVEALED FRACTURED BONES AT 3RD AND 5TH DIGITS ON RIGHT FOOT.

June 1, 1996 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS USING UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT RUBBER WASHERS FOR TENSION SPRING RODS ON JAW CRUSHER. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CAUSED A LACERATION TO RIGHT THIGH REQUIRING 5 STITCHES TO CLOSE. INJURED WA SPE RFORMING THIS WORK AT THE OHATCHEE QUARRY.

1993 · 1 incident

November 8, 1993 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING REPAIRS TO CHUTE. HE REACHED TO TURN ON THE OXYGEN VALVE ON TORCH AND AS HE TURNED, AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED FROM BACK OF VALVE FROM UNKNOWN CAUSES. A BURN RESULTED ON LEFT ARM.

1988 · 1 incident

April 16, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE MOUNTG ED AD-7 DOZER & START ED ENGINE HE THEN PROCEEDED TO DISMOUNT FACING OUTWARD HE STEPPED ONTO THE T RACK & THEN DOWN ONTO THE PUSH ARM WHERE HIS FOOT SLIPPED HE FELL TO THE GROU ND STRIKING HIS LEFT ELBOW CAUSING A HAIRLINE FX.TO THE LEFT XXXXBALL

1986 · 1 incident

November 5, 1986 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL VIOLATED S5FETY RULE APPLYING AEROSOL BELT DRESSING TO CONVEYOR BELT HEAD PULLEY.BELT SPLICE LACERATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER.