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: 29 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Williams-Plt 5 has $573 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$573
proposed penalties
$573
current assessed
$573
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-05-03.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2001
0
2000
7
1999
12
1998
9
1997
15
1996
13
1995
14
1994
10
1993
19
1992
31
1991
30
1990
32
1989
33
1988
28
1987
29
1986
32
1985
27
1984
26
1983
25
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Williams-Plt 5 sits in Copiah County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Copiah County, Mississippi · Population 27,994
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$47,994
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
0
0
0
2000 Q3
1,332
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
7,781
3
2
385.6
2000 Q1
9,231
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
28 on file
1999 · 3 incidents
June 25, 1999MS · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS DRILLING HOLES WITH DRILL RIG. HE WAS LETTING DOWN THE AUGER. IT DIDN'T LINE UP WITH THE CUCK ON DRILL. HE REACHED OVER TO LINE THEM UP WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND DIDN'T LET THE PRESSURE O FF AND IT PINNED HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST DRILLE FRAME & AUGER, BREAKING THUMB & CUTTING OPFF 1ST JOINT OF INDEX FINGER.
WAS DRIVING AN IN PIT DUMP TRUCK WAS GOING UP A SMALL INCLINE TRUCK JUMPED OUT OF GEAR & ROLLEDBACKWARD HITTING A PILE OF GRAVEL CAUSING HIM TO T URN OVER BATTERY WAS SITTING ON FLOOR OF TRUC K & IT HIT HIM IN THE HEAD
1992 · 3 incidents
June 12, 1992MS · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED WAS WORKING ON A SCRAPER IT HAD BEEN RAINING, AND HE WENT TO GET OFF THE SCRAPER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE GRABED IT TO KEEP FROM FALLING PULLING HIS LOWER BACK.
May 19, 1992MS · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS STANDING BESIDE CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE STARTED TO WALK AWAY FOOT SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND HE FELL ON THE BELT. HIS ARM WENT UNDER THE WIPER ON THE BUTT. IT BROKE SOME BONES INTOP OF HIS HAN D AND SCRAPED ALL SKIN OFF BOTTOM OF WRIST. SOME PIN WAS PUT IN HAND WITH SOME SKIN GRAFT. POSSIBLE LOSS OF HAND NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
1989 · 1 incident
January 6, 1989MS · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
I.NAME AND I.NAME WERE LOOKING TO SEE IF THEY COULD MOVE SOME SAND TO GET TO THE GRAVEL THEY WERE JUST STANDING THERE WHEN THE GROUND GAVE WAY CAUSING I.NAME TO FALL 20 TO 25 FT TO THE GROUND
HE WAS CHECKING3BELTS BEFORE STARTING UP CUTTING OFF SOME OLD PIECES. A HELPER TURNED THE BELTS ON BEFORE HE TOLD HIM TO NOTHING IS SUPPOSE TO START-UP UNTIL FOREMAN SAYS FOR THEM TO START.
THE INJURED WAS3STANDING ON A BLOCK WORKING ON A MOTOR.HE MADE A MISS STEP AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
1986 · 7 incidents
October 13, 1986MS · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
STORM HAD BLOWN3TOP OFF OF SWITCH HOUSE I.NAME WAS REPLACING TOP LEANING ON A BRACE AND BRACE BROKE I.NAME FELL TO GROUND WITH ALL WEIGHT LANDING ON HIS RT ARM
February 11, 1986MS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
HAD A FLAT ON T9UCK HAD GOTTEN DAR. JACKED UP TRUCK HIT WHEN HE WENT TO PUT GOOD TIRE ON TRUCK NEED TO BE JACKED UP HIGHER. COULD NOT HE PUT OLD TIRE UNDER AXLE AND CLIMBED UNDER TANK TO INSEI