Universal Understanding has $476 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
1
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Jan 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$476
proposed penalties
$476
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: 115 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Universal Understanding has $476 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.
$476
proposed penalties
$476
current assessed
$476
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-06-11.
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 controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2018
3
2017
3
2016
3
2015
4
2014
4
2013
4
2012
5
2011
5
2010
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Universal Understanding sits in Barbour County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Barbour County, Alabama · Population 24,757
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$44,290
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
2018 Q1
560
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
900
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
500
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
128
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
600
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
224
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2016 Q2
592
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1
2,566
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,501
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
2,438
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
703
1
0
1422.5
2013 Q4
1,084
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,263
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,900
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,606
1
0
622.7
2012 Q4
1,247
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2,203
1
0
453.9
2012 Q2
2,570
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
2,190
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
2,140
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,507
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
2,407
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1,213
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,613
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
1,799
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,838
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,126
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2013 · 1 incident
January 15, 2013AL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The miner was preparing to end shift due to a rain shower. When the miner stepped off of a D7G dozer a slip/fall accident occurred. Wet clay, rain and wet metal caused the miner to fall about 4ft. to the ground where he suffered a fracture to the left leg.