South Russellville Quarry has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1999–2017
Latest incident
Apr 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
36
citations
11
significant & substantial
$6,950
proposed penalties
$6,950
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 987 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
South Russellville Quarry has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $687 in penalties contested before the Commission, $466 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-10-06.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 67%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 33%
32%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$687 proposed, $466 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2023-02-28.
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: 2025-09-03
9%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz31 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (23)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2020-08-04
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
45.6
10
4.56
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2020-08-04
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.25
10
0.13
Truck Driver
2020-08-04
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
3.38
10
0.34
Mechanic
2010-11-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.67
2.39
0.28
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-11-17
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Cleanup Man
2004-12-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-12-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.32
10
0.03
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-12-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-10-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-10-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-02-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Utility Man
2001-02-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-02-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
10
0.02
Utility Man
2001-02-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2001-02-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Truck Driver
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.
South Russellville Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.52 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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
2026
16
2025
14
2024
13
2023
12
2022
12
2021
11
2020
11
2019
11
2018
11
2017
12
2016
13
2015
14
2014
13
2013
13
2012
12
2011
13
2010
14
2009
14
2008
16
2007
17
2006
18
2005
18
2004
17
2003
14
2002
18
2001
12
2000
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
South Russellville Quarry 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
9,212
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
9,334
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
8,662
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
9,543
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
8,492
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
6,874
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
6,716
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
6,687
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
7,629
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
7,148
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
6,666
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
7,143
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
6,603
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,311
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
5,523
1
0
181.1
2022 Q3
6,289
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
6,616
1
0
151.1
2022 Q1
5,980
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
5,484
2
0
364.7
2021 Q3
5,346
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
5,874
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
5,356
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
4,776
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,672
1
0
176.3
2020 Q2
4,281
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
5,905
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
6,068
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
6,242
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
5,981
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,888
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
5,742
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
5,971
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
6,763
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
6,300
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
6,240
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
6,500
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
6,559
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
6,514
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
6,531
1
0
153.1
2016 Q3
7,681
1
0
130.2
2016 Q2
9,215
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
7,602
2
0
263.1
2015 Q4
7,388
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
8,562
1
0
116.8
2015 Q2
7,489
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
6,321
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,900
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
8,096
1
0
123.5
2014 Q2
7,881
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
6,961
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
6,767
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
7,827
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
7,812
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
8,416
2
1
237.6
2012 Q4
7,274
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
7,616
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
6,890
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
7,469
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
7,597
2
0
263.3
2011 Q3
7,572
1
0
132.1
2011 Q2
7,586
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
7,468
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
6,644
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
7,586
1
1
131.8
2010 Q2
8,131
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
7,449
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
6,705
2
0
298.3
2009 Q3
7,018
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,085
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
7,095
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
7,436
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
7,650
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
8,735
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
8,877
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
7,687
2
2
260.2
2007 Q3
10,819
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
10,489
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
9,002
2
0
222.2
2006 Q4
9,351
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
11,639
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
9,696
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
10,257
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
9,958
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
13,059
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
11,387
2
1
175.6
2005 Q1
11,462
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
11,568
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
13,759
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
13,647
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
11,901
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
8,702
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
7,486
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,049
1
1
124.2
2003 Q1
7,112
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
7,840
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
8,259
1
0
121.1
2002 Q2
12,870
6
3
466.2
2002 Q1
9,513
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
12,221
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
10,599
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
9,951
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
8,980
1
0
111.4
2000 Q4
6,430
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
8,873
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,721
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,652
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2017 · 1 incident
April 26, 2017AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee adjusted the grizzly bars at the primary crusher and failed to close the access door before the feeder started back up. While closing it a rock fell onto the door and injured EE's finger, requiring two stitches.
2016 · 1 incident
April 16, 2016AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
On April 21, 2016 employee reported to supervisor that ee injured back the prior week when ee was pulling on a wrench while installing a fan motor on a drill.
2005 · 1 incident
February 16, 2005AL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was helping with maintenance on feeder. While climbing on the second step of a four foot , the ladder shifted and caused him to fall back against the hitch on the welding truck. Employee suffered from a cracked rib and contusion to his back.
2000 · 1 incident
January 10, 2000AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)