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Rare Red Rock Metal/Non-Metal

Rare Red Rock · Surface

Controlled by Tanya Fuller

Graysville, Jefferson County, AL · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0103273

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2008–2012
Latest incident: Feb 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2004

192

citations

significant & substantial

$267,439

proposed penalties

$84,468

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4	4,897	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	4,867	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	4,850	2	1	412.4
2015 Q1	3,046	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	1,004	2	2	1992.0
2014 Q3	3,811	2	0	524.8
2013 Q4	5,344	4	1	748.5
2013 Q3	5,784	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

February 14, 2012 AL · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Rare Red Rock · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

The victim was operating an excavator with a rock breaker attachment. He was scaling rock from the highwall face when the face fell onto the cab of excavator crushing him.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2010 · 1 incident

July 10, 2010 AL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Rare Red Rock · Fall onto or against objects

Employee reached down to get prybar. He was holding on the catwalk and when he stood back up his right shoulder popped and he fell in conveyer belt frame.

2009 · 1 incident

December 29, 2009 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

Rare Red Rock · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

using trackhoe bucket to lift cylinder. Operator or trackhoe lowered bucket too low and struck employee in head.

2008 · 1 incident

February 19, 2008 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Rare Red Rock · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was helping mechanic put tracks back on dozier when he strained himself.