Mining Incidents

Wallace-Pit #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Wallace, Escambia County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103114

Wallace-Pit #3 has $2K 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
4
Years on record
1998–2000
Latest incident
Apr 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
21
citations
9
significant & substantial
$1,993
proposed penalties
$1,993
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
11
inspections on record
132
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: 132 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wallace-Pit #3 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-12-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 5,627 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,701 3 1 810.6
2005 Q3 3,106 4 3 1287.8
2005 Q2 3,690 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,851 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,053 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,236 3 1 927.1
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 4,002 1 0 249.9
2004 Q1 3,430 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,564 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 1,597 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,180 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,558 2 1 781.9
2001 Q2 3,601 5 2 1388.5
2001 Q1 3,436 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,179 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,685 3 1 1117.3
2000 Q1 1,963 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2000 · 1 incident

April 12, 2000 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sand & Gravel Materials Llc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

NOT POSITIVE WHAT ACTUALLY CAUSED THE NECK MUSCLE INJURY. ONE THIS PARTICULAR DAY HE SET A WATER PUMP AND WAS PULLING ON A PIPE WRENCH, WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON.

1999 · 2 incidents

September 20, 1999 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Sand & Gravel Materials Llc · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS OBSERVING THE FOREMAN WELDING ON A HOPPER. THE REFLECTION OF THE WELD BURNED HIS EYES.

February 26, 1999 AL · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
South Alabama Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING A BLOCK OF WOOD FOR AN EXTENSION TO PUSH. THE BLOCK SLIPPED AND THE TRACKHOE BUCKET PRESSED AGAINST HIS HEAD. THIS PUT HIS HEAD IN BETWEEN THE TRACKHOE BUCKET AND A METAL FRAME ON THE SETUP HE WAS WORKING ON.

1998 · 1 incident

August 10, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
South Alabama Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON A PIECE OF METAL SCREEN, WRENCH SLIPPED AND EE'S RT THUMB WAS CUT ON METAL SHEET AT BOTTOM OF METAL SCREEN.

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