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TUSCUMBIA QUARRY: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Tuscumbia, Colbert County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0100045

TUSCUMBIA QUARRY has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1985–2019
Latest incident
Oct 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
37
citations
2
significant & substantial
$4,081
proposed penalties
$3,886
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $195 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
1,015
inspection hours
3.6
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.
37 citations across 1,015 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

TUSCUMBIA QUARRY has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $510 in penalties contested before the Commission, $315 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-11-29.
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.
5.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
2.7%
reasonably likely or greater
35.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 2.7% none, 21.6% low, 75.7% moderate, 0.0% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 33%
50%
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%
38%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$510 proposed, $315 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 2021-05-02.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2013-32M Settlement Harner 2013 $285 → $215
SE 2021-0120 Dismissal Paez 2021 $125 → $0
SE 2008-746M Settlement Miller 2010 $100 → $100
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: 2025-01-15
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (24)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2025-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-05-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Cleanup Man
2022-05-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2021-09-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 Utility Man
2021-09-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-09-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2016-05-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Utility Man
2016-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2012-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.73 0.16 Truck Driver
2012-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2012-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 1.09 0.38 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2012-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2009-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.26 0.20 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.

TUSCUMBIA 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 * 6.94 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.
Ownership history
  1. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 10
2024 13
2023 13
2022 14
2021 13
2020 13
2019 12
2018 11
2017 12
2016 13
2015 15
2014 15
2013 14
2012 15
2011 15
2010 13
2009 14
2008 15
2007 14
2006 13
2005 12
2004 13
2003 15
2002 14
2001 13
2000 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

TUSCUMBIA QUARRY sits in Colbert County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Colbert County, Alabama · Population 57,648
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$56,736
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 4,225 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,989 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,134 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,272 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,090 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,052 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,402 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,736 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,558 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,530 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,334 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,115 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,757 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 7,015 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,751 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,195 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,456 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 9,598 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,194 1 0 122.0
2021 Q3 8,010 3 0 374.5
2021 Q2 7,506 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 8,356 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,303 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,596 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,110 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,056 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7,063 1 0 141.6
2019 Q3 7,097 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,248 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,414 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 7,447 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,124 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,747 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,864 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,004 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,407 1 0 184.9
2017 Q2 6,175 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,814 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,276 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,238 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,536 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 7,485 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,079 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,184 1 0 122.2
2015 Q2 8,261 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 7,756 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,838 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 8,589 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 9,360 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 7,396 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 7,200 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,958 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,825 1 0 146.5
2013 Q1 6,898 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 7,678 2 0 260.5
2012 Q3 7,002 4 0 571.3
2012 Q2 7,136 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 7,071 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,625 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,291 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,404 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 7,040 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 7,117 1 0 140.5
2010 Q3 7,676 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,996 4 0 571.8
2010 Q1 6,124 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,977 3 0 501.9
2009 Q3 7,404 1 0 135.1
2009 Q2 7,146 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,318 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,213 2 0 277.3
2008 Q3 7,852 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,497 2 1 266.8
2008 Q1 7,966 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,371 3 0 358.4
2007 Q3 8,691 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,245 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,986 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,208 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,204 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,020 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8,407 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8,923 3 0 336.2
2005 Q3 11,431 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 9,627 1 0 103.9
2005 Q1 9,492 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 9,619 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 11,488 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,914 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,369 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,852 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 9,736 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,507 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,136 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,167 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 9,098 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,622 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,972 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,484 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,216 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,769 2 0 346.7
2001 Q1 6,089 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,762 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,948 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,789 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,973 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2019 · 1 incident

October 22, 2019 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking toward the office at the end of shift and tripped on some plastic stripping straps that had blown out of the dumpster, injuring shoulder. EE received results from an MRI on November 26, 2019 and was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff. EE is currently working full duty awaiting appointment with an Orthopedic specialist.

2015 · 1 incident

June 19, 2015 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Contact with heat

Employee was performing regular maintenance on the blending tower. After taking several water breaks he began feeling ill and sought medical attention. He was diagnosed with heat exhaustion.

2012 · 2 incidents

April 17, 2012 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee injured his right 5th finger while opening a sliding chain link gate. He was diagnosed with a mallet finger and it was placed in a stack splint. No restrictions or lost time. This incident is being reported within 10 days of seeking medical attention.

February 7, 2012 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

EE slipped when he was stepping down from the crusher platform hitting his right shin on the flange of a column. He received sutures at a local clinic and is currently on restricted duty.

2008 · 1 incident

December 16, 2008 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was trying to turn blow bar by rocking it over to check another blow bar. While he had his hand on the rotor, the rotor rocked back, his hand was caught between blow bar and frame.

2007 · 2 incidents

March 22, 2007 AL · Metal/Non-Metal boomcat operator, stripping shovel operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was moving a boulder, when the boulder slipped off the bucket causing the loader to jerk and the employee bounced up losing his hard hat and bounced again and hit his head on the fan switch, lacerating the right side of his scalp.

January 24, 2007 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A Vulcan Contractor Services employee ID #01-03226 fractured his R fibula while working at Tuscumbia Quarry #01-00045. Employee threw a tie-down chain over a load to be hauled. The chain swung back under the load toward employee; he jumped back and feet became entangled in hoses attached to trailer causing him to fall.

2006 · 1 incident

February 7, 2006 AL · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was removing plate from tunnel feeder, had wrench on bolt and wrench slipped and caught left pinkie finger between beam and wrench.

2005 · 1 incident

September 22, 2005 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee and three others were installing a feeder pan onto the Hazmag feeder vibrator. Injured employee was prying feeder pan with a pry bar away from the feed box, so it could be picked up higher. The pry bar got caught against a piece of metal which pinched his right thigh.

1998 · 2 incidents

November 19, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCRAPPING WET MATERIAL OFF THE GRAVITY ROLLER IWTH A BAR, BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEES HAND BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR FRAME AND BAR.

October 12, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

IMPROPER USE OF EQUIPMENT (BOOM TRUCK AND MAN BASKET) CABLE SLIPPED OFF HOIST DRUM CAUSING MANBASKET TO FALL APPROX 30'

1992 · 1 incident

April 13, 1992 AL · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE REACHED INTO THE BED OF A TRUCK AND RECEIVED A LACERATION FROM A PIECE OF BANDING MATERIAL STICKING OUT OF A BOX.

1985 · 1 incident