Russellville Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $116 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2016–2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
29
citations
1
significant & substantial
$7,525
proposed penalties
$3,958
paid to date
53% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,567 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: 122 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2018-08-20.
On record since 2018.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Russellville Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $116 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$116
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $619 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-05-07.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 75%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 25%
0%
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%
85%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $619 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 2018-11-19.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2020
5
2019
7
2018
5
2017
6
2016
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Russellville Plant sits in Lawrence 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.
Lawrence County, Alabama · Population 33,182
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,040
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
2,449
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
3,530
1
0
283.3
2019 Q3
3,192
2
0
626.6
2019 Q2
4,524
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
2,591
2
0
771.9
2018 Q4
2,292
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
2,696
1
0
370.9
2018 Q2
2,367
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1
1,797
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,720
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
2,142
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
3,598
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
2,358
4
0
1696.4
2016 Q4
4,842
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,865
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,366
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2019 · 1 incident
August 29, 2019AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was lifting a box of parts weighing approximately 40-50 pounds, and turned to hand the box to co-worker and felt a pop in lower back with pain centralized to lower back.
2016 · 2 incidents
August 3, 2016AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miner was unloading a delivery truck, and was lifting equipment for rigging purposes. Miner states that they felt a "pop" in their low back, and then felt immediate pain in the buttock area.
June 20, 2016AL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Miner was operating CAT D-8 Dozer and was backing up to move some concrete and struck berm behind them. Miner was jarred when Dozer struck berm. Miner strained low back.