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: 990 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Red Bluff Pit has $18K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $446 in penalties contested before the Commission, $446 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-28.
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 · 3% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$446 proposed, $446 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2009-07-29.
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: 2022-08-23, 4 years ago
15
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2022-08-23
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.41
Truck Driver
2022-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2022-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2021-04-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Shovel Operator
2021-04-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-04-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Truck Driver
2018-05-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2018-05-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2018-05-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2011-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
Backhoe Operator
2007-09-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2007-09-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-09-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Red Bluff Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.
Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.27 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
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
5.94
0.00
0.000
2020 *
4.92
0.00
0.000
2019 *
5.05
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
6.16
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
2024
13
2023
16
2022
17
2021
17
2020
17
2019
16
2018
15
2017
13
2016
13
2015
13
2014
12
2013
11
2012
11
2011
11
2010
11
2009
11
2008
12
2007
14
2006
14
2005
14
2004
13
2003
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Red Bluff Pit 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
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CRANE TO MOVE A GENERATOR THAT WAS POSITIONED ON THE BANK OF A SETTLING POND. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE GENERATOR WITH THE CRANE, THE CRANE TIPPED OVER. THE CAB WAS CRUSHED ON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND FATALLY INJURING THE EMPLOYEE.
Reportable incidents
5 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2021 · 1 incident
August 20, 2021AL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The employee was looking at a welder and had propped the engine cover open. While looking at the engine the cover fell and fractured the employee's right wrist.
2019 · 1 incident
March 28, 2019AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Employee was cutting on a boom on a Cat 749 Excavator with a torch. The torch hose blew a hole in the line, caught fire and burned the employee on EE's left forearm.
2016 · 1 incident
May 20, 2016AL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
The employee was walking near the shop building and stepped on a loose nail on the ground. They were taken to an emergency clinic where the wound was cleaned, a tetanus shot was administered and given oral antibiotics. They were then released back to full duty on the same day.
Note: Form 7000-1 is being filed only to record the incident on our property (6/11/12). The dump truck driver (customer) was on our property to obtain a load of aggregate. He is neither an employee or independent contractor. While on our property in his dump truck, the individual apparently had a heart attack which resulted in his death.
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