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Tuscaloosa Quarry/Howton Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Bunn Brothers Materials Inc · Surface

Controlled by S T Bunn Jr

Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Active

MSHA Mine ID: 0103258

Tuscaloosa Quarry/Howton Pit has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $226 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

2

Years on record

2003–2022

Latest incident

Jul 2022

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2003

151

citations

46

significant & substantial

$36,782

proposed penalties

$32,092

paid to date

87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,690 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2003

80

inspections on record

1,230

inspection hours

12.3

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

151 citations across 1,230 inspection hours.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tuscaloosa Quarry/Howton Pit has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $226 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$37K

proposed penalties

$32K

current assessed

$32K

paid to date

$226

outstanding

147 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-25.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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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
2025 Q4	12,058	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	13,038	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	11,650	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	11,913	1	0	83.9
2024 Q4	15,741	4	1	254.1
2024 Q3	13,108	1	1	76.3
2024 Q2	13,016	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	11,220	1	0	89.1

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	10,237	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	10,523	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	11,263	1	0	88.8
2023 Q1	10,735	2	0	186.3
2022 Q4	10,274	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	11,973	5	1	417.6
2022 Q2	11,823	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	10,262	5	2	487.2
2021 Q4	9,558	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	10,470	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	10,951	1	0	91.3
2021 Q1	11,790	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	10,995	0	0	0.0
2020 Q3	12,128	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	1,135	2	0	1762.1
2020 Q1	10,790	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	10,691	9	2	841.8
2019 Q3	11,411	2	0	175.3
2019 Q2	10,597	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	8,150	4	0	490.8
2018 Q4	8,604	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	10,609	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	8,416	4	0	475.3
2018 Q1	8,794	0	0	0.0
2017 Q4	8,389	3	0	357.6
2017 Q3	9,326	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	8,456	3	0	354.8
2017 Q1	9,073	4	1	440.9
2016 Q4	10,507	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	11,236	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	11,054	2	1	180.9
2016 Q1	11,002	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	11,318	4	1	353.4
2015 Q3	11,527	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	10,374	4	1	385.6
2015 Q1	10,031	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	9,225	2	0	216.8
2014 Q3	10,103	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	9,216	1	0	108.5
2014 Q1	9,297	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	10,490	5	1	476.6
2013 Q3	11,577	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	9,700	2	1	206.2
2013 Q1	7,510	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	5,901	5	2	847.3
2012 Q3	5,701	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	3,890	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	3,984	1	0	251.0
2011 Q4	4,659	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	5,777	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	4,279	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	4,488	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	5,767	3	0	520.2
2010 Q3	6,630	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	7,205	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	6,942	3	2	432.2
2009 Q4	6,684	2	1	299.2
2009 Q3	6,930	0	0	0.0
2009 Q2	6,599	5	3	757.7
2009 Q1	6,078	4	1	658.1
2008 Q4	6,836	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	6,693	2	2	298.8
2008 Q2	8,067	2	1	247.9
2008 Q1	6,274	1	0	159.4
2007 Q4	6,731	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	8,675	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	7,699	2	0	259.8
2007 Q1	7,684	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	7,677	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	10,793	6	4	555.9
2006 Q2	9,903	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	8,912	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	8,002	6	2	749.8
2005 Q3	9,478	2	0	211.0
2005 Q2	6,454	3	2	464.8
2005 Q1	6,952	0	0	0.0
2004 Q4	5,134	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	4,101	0	0	0.0
2004 Q2	5,263	20	9	3800.1
2004 Q1	3,663	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	2,935	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	2,888	7	0	2423.8
2003 Q2	3,529	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	0	3	3

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2022 · 1 incident

July 27, 2022 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Bunn Brothers Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removing bolt from engine panel. Bolt would not back out. Employee grabbed the other end of the bolt without looking and bumped the impact. A piece of metal that was on the bolt punctured the cut resistant glove and cut their ring finger.

2003 · 1 incident

March 26, 2003 AL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Bunn Brothers Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE TOUCHED HOT WIRE THAT HAD BEEN HEATED. WITHOUT GLOVES, HE BURNED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

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