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Cherokee Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

SRM Materials, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Michael Hollingshead

Cherokee, Colbert County, AL · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 0103552

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2023–2025
Latest incident: Jun 2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2023

citations

significant & substantial

$2,081

proposed penalties

$2,081

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
2025 Q4	17,569	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	16,669	2	1	120.0
2025 Q1	14,020	1	0	71.3
2024 Q2	15,319	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	6,800	1	0	147.1
2023 Q1	6,031	2	0	331.6
2022 Q4	4,472	0	0	0.0

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

June 16, 2025 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS

SRM Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Operator was helping reset the nose cone on the scalping deck, and EE's finger was pinched between both.

2023 · 1 incident

June 8, 2023 AL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

SRM Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The miner was stepping up from ground level onto the foundation of a concrete conveyor foundation support. The distance was approximately 24 inches. No other contributing factors. The miner was holding a metal wedge weighing approximately one pound.