Mining Incidents

Springville Quarry: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Springville, St Clair County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103218

Springville Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Oct 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
10
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,044
proposed penalties
$1,044
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
7
inspections on record
121
inspection hours
n/a
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: 121 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Springville Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-05-10.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.0% low, 90.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 2
2006 3
2005 1
2004 6
2003 5
2002 0
2001 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Springville Quarry sits in St. Clair County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
St. Clair County, Alabama · Population 92,903
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$78,993
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
2007 Q2 1,618 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,066 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,155 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 122 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,094 1 1 477.6
2006 Q1 970 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2 1,880 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,795 5 1 1788.9
2004 Q3 3,207 1 0 311.8
2004 Q2 2,366 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,564 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,663 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,618 3 0 534.0
2003 Q2 1,386 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

October 9, 2003 AL · Metal/Non-Metal

ON 10/20/03 SAFETY & HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED EE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL ON 10/19/03. HE THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. ER PHYSICIAN DETERMINED IT WAS A BROKEN RIB. EE STATED T HE ONLY THING HE COULD REMEMBER THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE BROKEN RIB WAS FALLING AGAINST THE AIR CONDITIONER WHEN HIS CHAIR BROKE. AT THE TIME HE FELT OK. HE WORKED 7 DAYS & HAD NO PROBLEMS.

October 7, 2003 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS BENDING OVER TO ADJUST CONVEYOR TAILPULLEY WITH A SCREW TYPE ADJUSTMENT. HE WAS USING A 3/4" RATCHET WHILE BENDING OVER AND PULLING WITH BOTH HANDS.