Mining Incidents

Plaster Mine: 5 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Donald R Raughton Sr
Autaugaville, AL, Autauga County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102757

Plaster Mine has $590 in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
Feb 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$590
proposed penalties
$472
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $118 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
4
inspections on record
44
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: 44 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plaster Mine has $590 in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 outstanding across 0 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.
$590
proposed penalties
$590
current assessed
$472
paid to date
$118
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-07.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
20.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 80.0% low, 20.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Pan-Atlantic Minerals Inc 1987 to 1991
  2. Pan Atlantic Minerals 1991 to 1992
  3. Pan Atlantic Minerals Inc 1992 to 1995
  4. John Anderson Enterprises 1995 to 2017
  5. Alabama Aggregate Inc. 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 3
2019 3
2018 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plaster Mine sits in Autauga 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.
Autauga County, Alabama · Population 59,285
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$69,841
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
2020 Q1 288 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,362 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,560 1 0 641.0
2018 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,000 1 0 333.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1994 · 1 incident

February 26, 1994 AL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Pan Atlantic Minerals Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPIGN MAINTENANCE WELDER HOLD DOWN EMTAL STRAP TO BE WELDED. EMPLOYEE WAS IN OPEN AREA ATOP A SHAKER SCREEN, EMPLOYEE RECEIVED BURN TO EYES. EN, EMPLOYEE RECEIVED BURN TO EYES.

1993 · 1 incident

October 12, 1993 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pan Atlantic Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE (INJURED) AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING TAIL SHAFT BEARING ASSEMBLY TOREPLACE WORN ASSEMBLY O LOG WASHER. LATER DURIG THE SHIFT, EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF BACK HURTING.