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: 325 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
RAGLAND QUARRY has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-05-27.
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.
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: 2001-08-02, 25 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2001-08-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.04
2.66
0.39
Drill Operator, Rotary
2001-08-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
10
0.02
Bulldozer Operator
2001-08-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.63
2.53
0.25
Truck Driver
2001-08-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2001-08-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.22
0.18
Front-end Loader 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.
RAGLAND QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ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 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.23 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
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2004
12
2003
13
2002
12
2001
11
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
RAGLAND QUARRY sits in St. Clair 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.
St. Clair County, Alabama · Population 92,903
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$78,993
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
EMPLOYEE HAD A SUDDEN SHARP PAIN TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD AND A TINGLING SENSATION TO HIS RIGHT ARM AND LEG. AT THIS TIME, HE DROVE THE ROCK TRUCK OVER A 3-4 FOOT DIRT BERM AND A 15' HIGH WALL. THE ROCK TRUCK LANDED ON IT'S TOP. EMPLOYEE HAD A SEIZURE WHILE THE THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCYROOM.
EE WORKING IN CYCLONE AREA WHEN HE TWISTED AND BENT OVER TO LAY A CANVASS TOOL BAG WEIGHING AND 20 LBS. ONTO THE FLOOR. HE IMMEDIATLEY EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A MUSCLE STRAIN.
HE STEPPED OFF THE DOZER AND STEPPED ON A ROCK HURTING HIS LEFT FOOT.
March 14, 1989AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EMPL WAS PUTTING BREAKER BARS IN CRUSHER WHEN BAR ROLLED ON HIS LITTLE FINGER LEFT HAND HE HAD ACCIDENT ON 6/04/88 BUT DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 06/04/88.
January 8, 1988AL · Metal/Non-Metalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING OFF SUCTION HOSE FOR STORAGE TANK, WHEN HE PICKED UP A PIECE OF TIMBER AND DROPPED IT ON LINE TO GIVE MORE TENSION WHILE LIFTING THE TIMBER, THE EMPLOYEE FELT SOMETHING PUL L IN HIS BACK. 7HE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT ALKALI POND.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9NING THE BUCKLE LATCH AT THE LURGI TOWER WITH A LONG BAR, WHEN THE DOOR FELL OPEN.THE DOOR HIT THE BACK END OF THE BAR HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.
November 3, 1986AL · Metal/Non-Metalshaft repair, skip tender, station tenderPOWERED HAULAGE
WHILE CLIMBING 3NTO CRUSHER EE BUMPED HIS KNEE & TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE WAS HURT ON 9-18-86 WENT TO DOCTOR ON 19TH WORRKED ON 19TH & WAS PAID FOR THE DAY RETURNED ON 9-24-86. 3
July 24, 1986AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE INSTALLIN1 QUARRY BELT LINE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING COUNTER WEIGHT WHEN THE CABLE CLAMPS SLIPPED & COUNTER WEIGHT FELL ABOUT TEN FEET WITH MAN INSIDE
October 7, 1985AL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DRIVER IN HOPPER PUNCHING ROCK THROUGH - FOOT SLIPPED THROUGH GRIZZLY INJURING BACK
September 3, 1985AL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED WAS WORKING THE BUCKET TO GET IT FILLED.IN THE PROCESS THE KNUCKLE ON THE STAB CYCLINDER SNAPPED DOWN,JARRING INJURED.
February 13, 1985AL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON