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SPEEDWAY QUARRY: 111 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Eastaboga, Talladega County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0102956

SPEEDWAY QUARRY has $33K 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
9
Years on record
2000–2018
Latest incident
Jul 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
111
citations
29
significant & substantial
$33,268
proposed penalties
$31,953
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,315 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See VULCAN MATERIALS ASPHALT AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
83
inspections on record
1,262
inspection hours
8.8
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.
111 citations across 1,262 inspection hours.
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: 2013-07-24.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

SPEEDWAY QUARRY has $33K 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.
$33K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
109 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-10-26.
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.
26.6%
significant & substantial
5.5%
high negligence or reckless
25.7%
reasonably likely or greater
63.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.1% low, 84.4% moderate, 5.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
16%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $5K 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 2009-02-17.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2008-729M Settlement Miller 2009 $4K → $4K
SE 2009-298M Settlement Miller 2010 $1K → $363
SE 20030132 Withdrawal 2003 $475 → $0
SE 2005-192M Settlement Weisberger 2005 $468 → $468
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2024-06-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
37
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz19
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (37)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-06-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Lab Technician
2024-06-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-06-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Utility Man
2022-06-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-06-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2020-06-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.47 10 0.05 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2020-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.95 1.15 0.83 Utility Man
2019-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2018-03-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-03-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-03-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-03-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2017-01-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 2.35 0.21 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-01-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 1.67 0.26 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-01-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 1.49 0.28 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-04-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-04-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 1.18 0.33 Diamond Drill Operator
2016-04-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 2.23 0.11 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-04-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 1.27 0.41 Drill Helper
2009-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.26 1.41 0.89 Utility Man
2009-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2009-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 2.17 0.22 Utility Man
2009-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2009-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.68 1.73 0.39 Utility Man
2007-12-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.15 Cleanup Man
2007-12-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 2.31 0.11 Cleanup Man
2007-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2004-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.75 0.17 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.94 1.32 0.71 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 2.66 0.15 Hammer Mill Operator
2004-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.83 1.42 0.58 Laborer, Bullgang
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.

SPEEDWAY 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
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 * 8.35 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.
Ownership history
  1. McCartney Construction Co., Inc. 1992 to 2021
  2. Vulcan Materials Asphalt and Construction, LLC 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 16
2025 17
2024 19
2023 19
2022 16
2021 17
2020 18
2019 22
2018 19
2017 22
2016 20
2015 22
2014 24
2013 25
2012 24
2011 23
2010 18
2009 36
2008 24
2007 23
2006 22
2005 24
2004 26
2003 31
2002 27
2001 30
2000 26
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SPEEDWAY 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
2026 Q2 10,592 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 10,031 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 9,417 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,671 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 11,122 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 9,715 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 9,127 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,622 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 12,782 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 11,635 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 9,011 1 0 111.0
2023 Q3 9,755 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 11,811 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 11,520 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 7,913 1 0 126.4
2022 Q3 9,659 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,530 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,804 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,681 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 10,347 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 10,269 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 8,928 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 9,368 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,492 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 10,025 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 10,373 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 10,835 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 16,450 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 13,978 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 15,016 1 0 66.6
2018 Q4 13,189 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 12,677 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 11,797 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 10,263 1 0 97.4
2017 Q4 11,044 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 12,221 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 12,816 5 4 390.1
2017 Q1 16,217 4 2 246.7
2016 Q4 11,084 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 11,071 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 10,933 3 1 274.4
2016 Q1 10,627 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 11,603 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 9,007 4 1 444.1
2015 Q2 12,014 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10,198 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 14,245 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 17,301 4 2 231.2
2014 Q2 14,486 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 13,205 4 1 302.9
2013 Q4 13,213 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 18,105 4 2 220.9
2013 Q2 11,695 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 10,561 3 0 284.1
2012 Q4 11,012 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 12,785 3 0 234.6
2012 Q2 14,107 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 13,063 2 0 153.1
2011 Q4 14,158 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 16,295 1 0 61.4
2011 Q2 15,116 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 10,940 2 0 182.8
2010 Q4 12,995 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 14,086 3 0 213.0
2010 Q2 13,873 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 9,340 5 1 535.3
2009 Q4 12,460 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 12,575 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 12,045 4 2 332.1
2009 Q1 11,192 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 16,059 3 0 186.8
2008 Q3 17,971 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 15,750 3 0 190.5
2008 Q1 14,801 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 14,177 3 1 211.6
2007 Q3 17,011 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 20,702 8 1 386.4
2007 Q1 17,389 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 17,024 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 17,334 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 17,621 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 16,436 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 15,425 6 5 389.0
2005 Q3 17,518 1 0 57.1
2005 Q2 13,919 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 16,686 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 14,349 8 2 557.5
2004 Q3 15,331 1 0 65.2
2004 Q2 14,826 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 14,408 4 0 277.6
2003 Q4 19,177 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 23,446 4 0 170.6
2003 Q2 24,215 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 16,600 1 0 60.2
2002 Q4 15,564 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 18,597 2 0 107.5
2002 Q2 17,748 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 18,080 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 20,444 3 1 146.7
2001 Q3 20,511 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 21,022 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 21,548 2 1 92.8
2000 Q4 20,788 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 19,995 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 20,668 1 1 48.4
2000 Q1 20,259 1 0 49.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2018 · 2 incidents

July 10, 2018 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
McCartney Construction Co., Inc. · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee had a periodic screening chest x-ray read by two B-readers using the ILO procedures. The x-ray was characterized as consistent with pneumoconiosis. Damage or impairment cannot be determined soley by reading chest x-ray films. This report is being submitted to satisfy MSHA program policy letter P92-III-2

July 10, 2018 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
McCartney Construction Co., Inc. · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee had a periodic screening chest x-ray read by two B-readers using the ILO procedures. The x-ray was characterized as consistent with pneumoconiosis. Damage or impairment cannot be determined soley by reading chest x-ray films. This report is being submitted to satisfy MSHA program policy letter P92-III-2

2017 · 1 incident

March 9, 2017 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
McCartney Construction Co., Inc. · Fall from machine

WHILE EXITING ROCK TRUCK EMPLOYEE LOST GRIP WITH LEFT HAND WHILE RIGHT HAND WAS MOVING DOWN TO NEXT HAND RAIL. THIS CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO LOSE BALANCE AND FALL TO GROUND. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON LEFT SHOULDER.

2013 · 1 incident

July 19, 2013 AL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
McCartney Construction Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was removing a hammer from drill rotary head when the hammer slipped and pinched his right pinky finger.

2011 · 1 incident

2010 · 1 incident

August 12, 2010 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
McCartney Construction Co., Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing a grease fitting on the pugmill. He was in a squatting position with his left knee on the ground. When he stood up his knee "popped."

2009 · 1 incident

August 30, 2009 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
McCartney Construction Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee lifted a light generator to attach to the ball on a truck. When he set the generator down, he felt something pull in his back.

2007 · 1 incident

September 26, 2007 AL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
McCartney Construction Co., Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was turning on the water on the wet screen. As he turned to leave the wet screen he hit his head on a ladder causing him to fall. The fall broke his leg in two places. An ambulance was called and transported him to the emergency room at Stringfellow Hospitol in Anniston, Alabama. Employee is scheduled for surgery later today.

2000 · 1 incident

April 7, 2000 AL · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
McCartney Construction Co., Inc. · Fall from machine

MAN WAS HELPING WITH REPAIRS TO CONE CRUSHER ANDHE JUST DID NOT WATCH WHAT HE WAS DOING AND STEPPED BACKWARDS FROM THE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER AND STEPPED RIGHT OFF THE MAIN FRAME OF THE CRUSHER A ND FELL OFF TO THE CONCRETE PAD UNDER THE CRUSHER. HE FELL 6 1/2 FEET.