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Plant No 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James E Clemons Jr
Forala, Covington County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103276

Plant No 1 has $240K in proposed MSHA penalties and $139K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2003–2019
Latest incident
May 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
258
citations
96
significant & substantial
$239,708
proposed penalties
$82,520
paid to date
34% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $157,188 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
69
inspections on record
1,418
inspection hours
18.2
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.
258 citations across 1,418 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plant No 1 has $240K in proposed MSHA penalties and $139K outstanding across 4 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.
$240K
proposed penalties
$221K
current assessed
$83K
paid to date
$139K
outstanding
252 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-04-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2022 Q1 8,450 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,162 15 7 2434.3
2021 Q3 7,569 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 8,453 8 3 946.4
2021 Q1 7,593 4 3 526.8
2020 Q4 8,864 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,072 14 8 1979.6
2020 Q2 7,833 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1 6,673 13 7 1948.1
2019 Q4 5,535 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,882 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 11,356 1 0 88.1
2019 Q1 8,435 6 3 711.3
2018 Q4 9,680 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 11,259 4 2 355.3
2018 Q2 13,744 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 12,145 7 4 576.4
2017 Q4 12,349 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 12,973 6 2 462.5
2017 Q2 17,588 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 16,975 4 0 235.6
2016 Q4 16,825 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 16,483 9 4 546.0
2016 Q2 17,669 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 18,157 8 3 440.6
2015 Q4 16,847 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 15,295 6 2 392.3
2015 Q2 19,986 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 11,931 4 0 335.3
2014 Q4 11,451 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 10,595 5 1 471.9
2014 Q2 9,380 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,754 5 1 869.0
2013 Q4 6,671 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,400 5 2 675.7
2013 Q2 9,074 2 0 220.4
2013 Q1 9,373 14 5 1493.7
2012 Q4 12,362 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 13,685 18 3 1315.3
2012 Q2 18,254 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 15,716 5 1 318.1
2011 Q4 13,512 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 14,901 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 15,665 3 0 191.5
2011 Q1 12,069 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 13,620 9 3 660.8
2010 Q3 12,745 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 12,968 3 2 231.3
2010 Q1 8,589 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 10,209 2 1 195.9
2009 Q3 11,288 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 12,226 3 2 245.4
2009 Q1 9,352 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 11,461 3 0 261.8
2008 Q3 10,396 2 0 192.4
2008 Q2 8,056 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 8,040 1 0 124.4
2007 Q4 9,958 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,904 7 0 706.8
2007 Q2 10,086 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9,552 9 1 942.2
2006 Q4 9,180 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,820 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,504 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,939 3 0 607.4
2005 Q4 5,297 18 7 3398.1
2005 Q3 3,570 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,730 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,034 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 3,305 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,852 2 0 291.9
2004 Q1 5,768 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,448 26 18 5845.3
2003 Q3 3,791 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 4, 2005 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Rock & Lime, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

The victim was being task trained to operator a haul truck and lost control of the truck while backing down a ramp. The truck ran through a berm, overturned, and fell approx. 30 feet to the bench below.

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2019 · 1 incident

May 30, 2019 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Southern Rock & Lime, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Incident Report On Thursday May 30th around 10:20am IE switched from driving 410E off-road truck to 972 CAT loader. Moments after an EE found IE with the bucket down parked on the side of the road about 50 yards from where IE got in the loader.

2011 · 3 incidents

July 25, 2011 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Rock & Lime, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

employee was working on a semi truck with hand tools when he was trying to loosen a nut on a U bolt resulting in torn bicep on his right arm.

April 18, 2011 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Rock & Lime, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

walking around plant when he twisted his left ankle. Employee was taken to Emergency Room, put on crutches for twisted ankle. He did not miss any days of work as he was placed on office work. Did not report this to Workman's Compensation. Bill was pain by company.

January 21, 2011 AL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Rock & Lime, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

employee was in the company shop and was lifting a tractor tire to mount on tractor and felt pain and strain in his groin.

2003 · 1 incident

December 27, 2003 AL · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Rock & Lime, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

OFF ROAD TRUCK WAS HAULING LIME ROCK FROM QUARRY & HIT A ROCK W/TRUCK WHEEL CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO SNATCH LEFT WRIST. EE DID NOT WANT TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTN. THE DATE OF ACCIDENT, WHEN HE RET URNED TO WORK ON MONDAY,12/29/03, HE SAID HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTN. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SPRAINED WRIST & RETURNED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

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