Mining Incidents

Winfield Yard Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas G Comer Jr
Winfield, Marion County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102563

Winfield Yard has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1988–2007
Latest incident
Jan 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
147
citations
24
significant & substantial
$28,423
proposed penalties
$8,570
paid to date
30% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $19,853 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
609
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: 609 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Winfield Yard has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K outstanding across 9 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$17K
outstanding
147 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-06-04.
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
2013 Q4 78 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 547 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 733 2 0 2728.5
2013 Q1 801 4 3 4993.8
2012 Q3 1,931 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,917 8 4 4173.2
2012 Q1 1,918 7 1 3649.6
2011 Q4 2,116 0 0 0.0
Show 47 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 2,178 1 0 459.1
2011 Q2 1,921 2 0 1041.1
2011 Q1 1,926 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,877 1 0 532.8
2010 Q3 1,907 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,928 2 1 1037.3
2010 Q1 1,972 1 0 507.1
2009 Q4 1,630 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,650 4 2 1509.4
2009 Q1 3,850 5 1 1298.7
2008 Q4 3,970 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,120 3 1 728.2
2008 Q2 4,360 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,280 5 0 1168.2
2007 Q4 4,080 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,160 1 0 240.4
2007 Q2 4,240 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,931 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,220 6 1 1421.8
2006 Q3 4,290 9 0 2097.9
2006 Q2 4,130 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,240 20 0 4717.0
2005 Q4 4,150 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,240 7 2 1650.9
2005 Q2 4,340 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,265 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,380 12 3 2739.7
2004 Q3 4,660 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,840 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,060 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,460 9 1 2017.9
2003 Q3 5,210 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,130 3 0 584.8
2003 Q1 4,700 5 1 1063.8
2002 Q4 4,560 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,700 5 0 1063.8
2002 Q2 4,660 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,000 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,270 15 3 3512.9
2001 Q3 4,400 2 0 454.5
2001 Q2 4,770 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,770 8 0 2122.0
2000 Q3 4,440 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,300 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2007 · 1 incident

2006 · 1 incident

August 22, 2006 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Ridge Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Working on dragline bucket, hit bucket tooth with hammer, chip hit employee in the chin.

1993 · 1 incident

December 28, 1993 AL · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Blue Ridge Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

USING GRINDER ON CLASSIFYING TANK ON REPAIR WORK. HIT RIGHT FOREARM ON PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND CAUSIED SOME INTERNAL BLEEDING ON ARM.

1990 · 1 incident

February 16, 1990 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Ridge Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED DOWN FROM DOZIER AND STRAINED BACK.

1988 · 2 incidents

September 22, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Ridge Sand & Gravel Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GREASE LINE ON GUN CAME APART INJECTING GREASE INTO FINGER ON LEFT HAND

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The full compliance file on Winfield Yard

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.