Scottsboro Quarry has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1983–2018
Latest incident
Sep 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
51
citations
7
significant & substantial
$16,355
proposed penalties
$14,842
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,513 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.
51 citations across 1,137 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Scottsboro Quarry has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-12-14.
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 · 8% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 75%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 25%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
52%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $1K 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 2018-05-02.
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: 2024-09-26
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
37
samples
24
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz14
Respirable dust, <.1mg12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (37)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary
2024-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2024-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-08-23
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Truck Driver
2023-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-01-26
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0
10
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-01-26
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.97
10
0.10
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2019-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2019-11-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Utility Man
2013-10-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Lab Technician
2013-10-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.11
10
0.01
Utility Man
2011-05-25
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-25
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2007-09-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
2.49
0.17
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-11-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
2.62
0.18
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Truck Driver
2005-11-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.48
10
0.05
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Truck Driver
2004-11-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.33
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
2.01
0.16
Utility Man
2004-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
1.03
0.12
Truck Driver
2004-11-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.35
10
0.04
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
1.81
0.11
Truck Driver
2003-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
1.97
0.18
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-11-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.38
10
0.04
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Truck Driver
2002-05-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-05-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
1.82
0.12
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-05-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Truck Driver
2002-05-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.11
0.13
Truck Driver
2002-01-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2002-01-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2002-01-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
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.
Scottsboro Quarry 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
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
8.07
0.00
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
9.38
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
9.71
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
2026
13
2025
9
2024
10
2023
10
2022
11
2021
9
2020
8
2019
10
2018
11
2017
8
2016
10
2015
9
2014
8
2013
9
2012
10
2011
10
2010
9
2009
9
2008
10
2007
10
2006
10
2005
10
2004
10
2003
11
2002
10
2001
10
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Scottsboro Quarry sits in Jackson County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Jackson County, Alabama · Population 52,839
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,454
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 assisting two others with a wall liner change in the crusher. EE was using a pry bar to line up the holes of the liner when the bar slipped and hit EE in the mouth causing a busted lip and chipped tooth.
2015 · 1 incident
June 9, 2015AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Employee was assisting others with a drive shaft installation on a washing screen. While he was tightening a bolt, the chain holding the counterweight slipped off, allowing the counterweight to rotate clockwise pinching his finger between it and the impact wrench. This caused him to receive a laceration and fracture to his left index finger.
2013 · 1 incident
August 7, 2013AL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
On August 7th, employee slipped on step while entering bobcat, causing a minor laceration to his leg, not requiring medical attention. On August 16th employee stated the wound was not healing and requested medical attention. He was treated for an infection and returned to full duty. This incident is being reported within 10 days of employee seeking medical attention.
2006 · 1 incident
April 6, 2006AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was removing drive line from screen, rolled counter balance to top, wedged off with piece of plate through inspection door. Metal slipped out while employee was cleaning bolts off. Employee's left hand was pinned between counter balance and tube housing.
2004 · 1 incident
January 29, 2004AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
THE EE WAS INJURED USING A PNEUMATIC AIR GUN TO FRAME A WALL IN THE LAB. THE NAIL GUN DOUBLE FIRED WHILE THE EE WAS HOLDING A STUD AGAINST THE TOP PLATE OF THE FRAME. A 16 PENNY FRAMING NAIL W ENT THROUGH THE FLESHY TIP OF THE EE'S MIDDLE FINGER AND PUNCTURED HIS RING FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BY IMPACTOR CRUSHER WHILE DOOR WAS BEING OPENED TO DO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, A SMALL PIECE OF DEBRIS CAME BY EMPLOYEES SAFETY GLASSES AND WENT INTO HIS EYE.
R INDEX FINGER PAD WAS INJURED WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN SUSPENSION SPRING AND 3 SCREEN STAND JACKED UP DUE TO OVERFILLED BIN. UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT DUE TO NO WARNING NOTICE BY STOCKPILE TRUCK DRIVER THAT HE WOULD EMPTY/PULL 810 BIN CAUSED SPRING TO CONTRACT, RELEASING, LOWERING STAND.
1986 · 1 incident
September 25, 1986AL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I,NAME & I,NAME WAS TRYING TO FREE A COVERED WATER HOSE. AS I,NAME WAS ON THE GROUND PULLING ON THE HOSE, THE HOSE BROKE CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE. I,NAME\S FOOT WAS ON STABLE CONCRETE , HE WAS USING HIS FOOT FOR LEVERAGE. AS I,NAME STUMBLED HIS FOOT TWISTED UNDER THE SUDDEN STRAIN CAUSING THE FRACTURE. I,NAME WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO THE DOCTORS FOR X-RAYS.
1983 · 2 incidents
August 6, 1983AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMP HAD MOVED VEHICLE FROM PARKING AREA TO WORK AREA AS EMP DISMOUNTED VEHICLE HIS LEFT FOREARM WAS CUT ON THE DOOR FRAMING RESULTING IN AN INJURY THAT REQUIRED 5 STITCHES
March 30, 1983AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS