Mining Incidents

LOFLIN PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kenneth Laird
Crystal Springs, Copiah County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200492

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
13
citations
1
significant & substantial
$750
proposed penalties
$750
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
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q2 1,812 2 0 1103.8
2002 Q1 1,663 7 0 4209.3
2001 Q4 1,737 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,669 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,776 2 1 1126.1
2001 Q1 1,440 2 0 1388.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

May 10, 2002 MS · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Loflin Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING A PIPE UP, HOOKED TO A CHAIN, THE CHAIN BROKE AND THE PIPE HIT THE TOP OF THE CAB AND GLASS FROM THE WINDOW OF TRACKHOE SHATTERED AND THAT'S WHAT CUT EMPLOYEE.