Mining Incidents

Verbena Plant: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Frank Foley
Clanton, Chilton County, AL  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 0103627

MSHA record for Verbena Plant (mine ID 0103627). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2026
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
3
inspections on record
47
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: 47 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections 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.
100.0%
significant & substantial
100.0%
high negligence or reckless
100.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 0.0% moderate, 100.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Foley Materials Company 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Verbena Plant sits in Chilton County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Chilton County, Alabama · Population 45,500
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$61,873
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 2,800 2 1 714.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

May 1, 2026 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Unknown operator · Struck against a moving object

Employee was getting sloped plant area fixing washouts and ready for hydroseeding. Employee backed up to far to an area that had a weathered berm and slid off backwards when the wet ground shifted causing the dozer to fall off an approx 7' drop. Dozer landed on the back cab and remained in vertical position. Employee suffered compressed vertebrae fracture