Mining Incidents

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
9
citations
3
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.