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Wedowee Quarry: 56 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

APAC-Alabama,Inc. · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Wedowee, Randolph County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0103264

Wedowee Quarry has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2020–2022
Latest incident
Feb 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
56
citations
13
significant & substantial
$24,105
proposed penalties
$13,597
paid to date
56% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,508 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See APAC-Alabama,Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
61
inspections on record
792
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: 792 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wedowee Quarry has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 6 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-11.
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.
23.6%
significant & substantial
1.8%
high negligence or reckless
23.6%
reasonably likely or greater
52.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.7% low, 85.5% moderate, 1.8% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 86%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 14%
75%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
29%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K proposed, $6K 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 2014-07-03.
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 2007-112M Settlement Hodgdon 2007 $7K → $5K
SE 2014-0390 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $585 → $527
SE 2008-567M Settlement Feldman 2009 $327 → $200
SE 2008-566M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $285 → $285
SE 2010-328M Settlement Zielinski 2011 $243 → $100
SE 2026-0140 Decision pending
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: 2023-10-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
38
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg25
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (38)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2023-10-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.56 0.41 Welder, etc.
2023-10-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 52.8 Supervisor, Co. Official
2023-06-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2023-06-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Truck Driver
2023-06-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.63 0.57 Utility Man
2022-01-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.67 Mechanic
2022-01-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1 Mechanic
2019-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 0.8 0.71 Utility Man
2019-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-02-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-02-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-02-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.41 0.51 Cleanup Man
2018-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2016-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-10-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.54 0.31 Cleanup Man
2016-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.51 0.27 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-10-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.2 0.23 Jackhammer Operator
2009-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-06-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.79 0.22 Bobcat Operator
2009-06-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2003-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2003-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2003-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
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.

Wedowee 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
2021 * 7.67 0.00 0.000
2020 * 8.38 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 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. Wedowee Quarry, Inc. 2003 to 2005
  2. APAC Southeast Inc Alabama Division 2005 to 2008
  3. APAC-Alabama,Inc. 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 23
2025 18
2024 15
2023 14
2022 11
2021 13
2020 11
2019 11
2018 11
2017 10
2016 11
2015 7
2014 7
2013 10
2012 11
2011 11
2010 9
2009 8
2008 9
2007 12
2006 10
2005 6
2004 6
2003 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wedowee Quarry sits in Randolph County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Randolph County, Alabama · Population 22,310
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,551
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 8,262 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 6,216 5 1 804.4
2025 Q4 8,006 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,460 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,859 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,816 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,903 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,804 0 0 0.0
Show 83 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,907 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,386 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,918 4 1 578.2
2023 Q3 6,202 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,670 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,525 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,249 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,655 1 0 176.8
2022 Q2 5,975 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,798 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,086 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,236 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,951 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,686 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,666 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,267 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,261 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,388 7 1 1299.2
2019 Q3 4,954 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,357 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,103 1 0 196.0
2018 Q4 5,048 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,011 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,781 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,408 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,009 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,194 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,766 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,910 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,704 2 0 425.2
2016 Q3 6,636 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,473 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,778 1 0 209.3
2015 Q4 4,715 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,374 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,426 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,460 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,191 1 0 456.4
2014 Q3 1,429 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,169 1 0 315.6
2014 Q1 1,244 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,967 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,696 1 0 212.9
2013 Q2 4,899 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,659 3 0 530.1
2012 Q4 5,966 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,743 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,354 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,238 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,664 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,475 3 0 463.3
2011 Q1 5,767 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,389 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,270 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,686 1 1 175.9
2010 Q1 6,376 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,693 1 1 175.7
2009 Q3 5,468 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,227 1 0 236.6
2009 Q1 2,198 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,601 3 1 1153.4
2008 Q3 6,998 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,324 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,550 4 1 720.7
2007 Q4 6,447 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,286 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,217 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,544 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,464 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,468 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,540 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,475 1 0 223.5
2005 Q4 4,195 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,990 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,850 3 2 1052.6
2004 Q4 2,850 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,360 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,360 4 0 1190.5
2003 Q1 460 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2022 · 1 incident

February 22, 2022 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
APAC-Alabama,Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

technician was torquing lug nuts on a haul truck when They put their fingers in the path of the reaction arm causing them to be caught in the pinch point.

2021 · 1 incident

July 22, 2021 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
APAC-Alabama,Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was cutting water hose with personal pocket knife when knife closed on right index finger.

2020 · 1 incident

April 27, 2020 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
APAC-Alabama,Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE lost 3 point contact when accessing Excavator. EE caught self with left arm, causing injury.