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: 313 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Oneonta Quarry has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $120 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-05-03.
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.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Stood as issued
2 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$120 proposed, $0 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2004-09-22.
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: 2000-12-11, 25 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2000-12-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
1
0.39
Washer Operator
2000-12-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Washer Operator
2000-12-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Washer Operator
2000-12-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Washer Operator
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.
Oneonta Quarry recorded 13.76 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ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.
13.76
total case rate
13.76
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.87 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
2004 *
13.76
13.76
0.000
2003 *
4.10
4.10
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
7.89
3.95
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
2005
10
2004
14
2003
22
2002
22
2001
21
2000
24
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Oneonta Quarry sits in Blount 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.
Blount County, Alabama · Population 59,292
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$61,096
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
2005 Q3
3,543
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
5,604
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,832
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
5,423
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,558
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,774
9
3
1157.7
2004 Q1
7,314
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
7,048
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3
8,996
1
0
111.2
2003 Q2
20,871
4
3
191.7
2003 Q1
11,821
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
11,595
4
1
345.0
2002 Q3
15,085
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
13,019
6
3
460.9
2002 Q1
12,363
3
0
242.7
2001 Q4
12,052
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
13,209
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
12,956
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
12,456
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
14,801
4
0
270.3
2000 Q3
19,140
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
11,866
26
10
2191.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2005 · 1 incident
April 22, 2005AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED PARTY WAS TALKING TO BOBCAT OPERATOR & THE OPERATOR MOVED THE MACHINE BEFORE THE PERSON WAS CLEAR. THE RT. FORK OF THE MACHINE HIT HIS RT. LEG. OPERATOR ERROR.
EE WAS MOVING A ROCK OVER ON ROLLERS NO LIFTING AND HAD A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. HE TOLD CO WORKERS IT WAS AN OLD INJURY AND HE KNEW WHAT TO DO . HAD WIFE PICK HIM UP AND TAKE HIM TO ER. HE FILED ON HIS OWN INSURANCE. E.R. REPORT STATED HE MOVED WRONG AND HAD LOWER BACK PAIN.
2001 · 2 incidents
August 7, 2001AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ONE PERSON HOLDING STEEL WITH OTHER MAN USING HAMMER TO HIT STEEL TO SPLIT ROCK. INJURED USING HAMMER HIT STEEL, STEEL BROKE FORM MALL GOING INTO INJURED'S LEG(RIGHT LEG BELOW KNEE) CAUSE OF A CCIDENT STEEL TOOL BROKE.(CHIP BROKE OFF HAMMER)
January 19, 2001AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
SAW OPERATOR WAS TURNING SAW BED. UNKNOWN REASONBED TURNED SLIGHTLY THEN JAMMED CAUSING HAND AND WRIST TO BE TURNED OVER. ORIGINAL INJURY DIAGNOSED AS A DISLOCATED THUMB. X-RAY SHOWED A BROKEN WRIST.
2000 · 1 incident
October 31, 2000AL · Metal/Non-Metalstone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS LIFTING LIMESTONE KEYS FROM A PALLET ONTOA WORK BENCH. HE WAS LIFTING 3 KEYS (16 LB EACH)AT A TIME. HE SAT THE KEYS ON THE WORK BENCH. BEING OVERCENTERED, TWO OF THE KEYS FELL ONTO HIS RIGHT PALM CAUSING A BRUISE.