Russellville Sand Pit has $117K in proposed MSHA penalties and $489 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1991–2008
Latest incident
Nov 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
101
citations
50
significant & substantial
$116,918
proposed penalties
$44,042
paid to date
38% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $72,876 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: 497 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Russellville Sand Pit has $117K in proposed MSHA penalties and $489 outstanding across 4 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.
$117K
proposed penalties
$45K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$489
outstanding
100 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $104K in penalties contested before the Commission, $32K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-11-04.
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.
22citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
Settled
17 · 77%
Stood as issued
5 · 23%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 15 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
69%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$104K proposed, $32K 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 2008-03-11.
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: 2007-10-10, 18 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
25
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (25)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2007-10-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2007-10-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.22
0.11
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-10-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.98
0.16
Truck Driver
2007-08-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2007-08-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.89
0.38
Truck Driver
2007-08-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-01-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-01-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1.11
0.14
Washer Operator
2005-01-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-08-10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.32
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2004-08-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-08-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.16
0.14
Mechanic
2003-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.56
0.39
Washer Operator
2003-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
2.54
0.20
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
0.99
0.43
Bulldozer Operator
2003-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
1.35
0.23
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-02-07
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.86
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-02-07
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-02-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2001-02-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.99
0.21
Bulldozer 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.
Russellville Sand Pit recorded 17.88 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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.
17.88
total case rate
5.96
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.05 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
2008 *
17.88
5.96
0.000
2007 *
5.78
5.78
0.000
2006 *
11.99
6.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
7.63
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
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
2009
7
2008
16
2007
16
2006
14
2005
13
2004
12
2003
11
2002
10
2001
12
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Russellville Sand Pit sits in Franklin County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Franklin County, Alabama · Population 31,978
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$51,493
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 moving equipment cylinder using a forklift and harness. The harness broke and fell on employee's fingers on both hands. Employee was taken to the hospital. Broken bone in right ring finger & laceration to middle left finger. He was treated and released. Returned to work on 11/21/08.
August 13, 2008AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was climbing into the bed of the maintenance truck to clean it out. He states that he felt a "pull" in the left side of his stomach and it started hurting. He kept on working for awhile but it didn't stop hurting. He reported the injury and left work at 1:30 pm and went to the doctor. (This 7000-1 is being submitted late due to an oversight.)
January 11, 2008AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE driving 773 B cat haul truck with window down, and felt something go into his left eye. He left work went to dr. Flushed out foreign body prescribed eye drops.
May 1, 2006AL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While getting on a 980g front end loader he slipped and his left knee hit the door latch causing contusion. 5/2/06 EE received medical attention. 5/8/06 he missed first day of work.
2004 · 1 incident
June 11, 2004AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was taking drive shaft out of a sand loader to repair it. He reached in to retrieve a seal when the drive shaft fell on his left hand. His left hand was cut.
1991 · 1 incident
August 1, 1991AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT THE CUTTING BLADES ON A RUBBER TIRE LOADING BUCKET WHEN HE STRUCK THE BLADE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK IT LOOSE,A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE HAMMER BROKE LOOSE AND ST RUCK HIM IN THE LEFT LOWER JAW CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND.