Mining Incidents

Sanders Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Leon Ellis
Columbus, Lowndes County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200626

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2006
Latest incident
Feb 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
21
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,337
proposed penalties
$2,337
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
2006 Q3 441 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,966 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,625 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,271 1 0 440.3
2005 Q3 2,966 6 2 2022.9
2005 Q2 3,637 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,954 1 1 338.5
2004 Q4 2,626 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

4 on file

2006 · 1 incident

February 7, 2006 MS · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ellis Construction Company, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was cleaning hopper, shoveling material out of the area, moved to get down, slipped & fell on his right side. It was wet from rain from the day before.

2004 · 1 incident

September 3, 2004 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ellis Construction Company, Inc. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EE WAS MOVING STEEL FOR THE SANDERS PIT. ONE PIECE OF STEEL SLID DOWN AND HIT EE'S LEFT FOOT, BREAKING A BONE.

2003 · 1 incident

2001 · 1 incident