ROCK PRODUCTS QUARRY has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Jan 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
77
citations
31
significant & substantial
$25,663
proposed penalties
$8,684
paid to date
34% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,979 gap.
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: 495 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
ROCK PRODUCTS QUARRY has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 3 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$16K
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-09-17.
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.
30citations taken to the federal commission · 39% of citations on record
Settled
27 · 90%
Stood as issued
1 · 3%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 7%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 21 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
13%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $9K 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 2015-03-11.
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: 2006-05-25, 20 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Fibers, >5um1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-05-25
Fibers, >5um
0.03
Forklift 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2015
13
2014
7
2013
9
2012
4
2011
3
2010
4
2009
2
2008
5
2007
7
2006
6
2005
4
2004
4
2003
5
2002
4
2001
5
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
ROCK PRODUCTS QUARRY sits in Talladega County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Talladega County, Alabama · Population 81,170
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$56,249
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
2015 Q1
3,634
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,036
1
1
329.4
2014 Q3
3,451
7
4
2028.4
2014 Q2
3,178
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,349
23
16
9791.4
2013 Q4
3,254
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,799
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,494
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1
4,572
2
1
437.4
2012 Q4
2,697
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
0
0
0
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2012 Q1
2,091
4
1
1913.0
2011 Q4
1,957
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,550
1
0
392.2
2011 Q2
2,100
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1,963
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
2,153
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
1,989
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
240
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
192
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1,200
1
0
833.3
2008 Q3
960
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,040
1
0
328.9
2008 Q1
2,600
3
1
1153.8
2007 Q4
3,360
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,360
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,360
2
1
595.2
2007 Q1
3,360
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,120
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,520
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
2,520
1
0
396.8
2006 Q1
2,220
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
2,300
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
2,100
2
0
952.4
2005 Q2
2,100
3
0
1428.6
2005 Q1
2,100
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
2,100
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,100
1
1
476.2
2004 Q2
2,300
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,300
4
1
1739.1
2003 Q4
2,300
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,700
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,700
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,700
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
2,700
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,300
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,400
3
0
1250.0
2002 Q1
2,400
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,800
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,800
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,800
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,800
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,800
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,800
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,800
5
0
1785.7
2000 Q1
2,800
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2013 · 1 incident
January 10, 2013AL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A Team Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE had come out of the loader to help co-worker replace blow bars in crusher. They were standing on bars that were blocked but not secure enough. EE was trying to get off crusher when the weight shifted and his right foot and leg was caught by a blow bar.