Mining Incidents

Baldwin Sand & Gravel: 92 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William G Yates Jr
Columbus, Lowndes County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200724

Baldwin Sand & Gravel has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2003–2005
Latest incident
Jan 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
92
citations
35
significant & substantial
$17,230
proposed penalties
$17,230
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
30
inspections on record
425
inspection hours
n/a
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: 425 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Baldwin Sand & Gravel has $17K 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
90 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-05-22.
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.
38.9%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
38.9%
reasonably likely or greater
68.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.3% low, 90.0% moderate, 6.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2005-11-16, 20 years ago
22%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz92 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-02-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.24 1.75 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 0.2 2.05 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.41 Backhoe Operator
2005-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2005-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.83 0.18 Washer Operator
2005-04-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.25 0.92 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2005-01-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.04 0.23 Washer Operator
2005-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2005-01-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.15 Backhoe Operator
2004-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.31 0.10 Washer Operator
2004-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.1 0.12 Backhoe Operator
2004-01-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.87 0.21 Truck Driver
2004-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 2.06 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Baldwin Sand & Gravel recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Mississippi, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.74 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 8.88 0.00 0.000
2004 * 15.46 7.73 0.000
2003 * 7.16 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Baldwin Sand & Gravel 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 0
2007 2
2006 8
2005 11
2004 11
2003 12
2002 14
2001 11
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Baldwin Sand & Gravel sits in Lowndes County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Lowndes County, Mississippi · Population 58,187
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$54,460
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, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. 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
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 1,973 1 0 506.8
2007 Q1 1,728 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,971 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,106 6 0 982.6
2006 Q2 6,407 5 2 780.4
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 6,824 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,056 12 5 11363.6
2005 Q3 7,175 3 3 418.1
2005 Q2 7,418 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,884 7 4 1016.9
2004 Q4 7,152 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,180 1 0 139.3
2004 Q2 6,171 10 4 1620.5
2004 Q1 5,366 3 1 559.1
2003 Q4 6,968 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,083 4 2 494.9
2003 Q2 6,750 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,127 3 0 489.6
2002 Q4 5,963 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,996 2 1 222.3
2002 Q2 9,468 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,068 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,029 6 2 853.6
2001 Q3 7,391 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,719 8 3 1398.8
2001 Q1 4,189 3 1 716.2
2000 Q4 4,787 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,009 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,488 17 7 3787.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2005 · 1 incident

January 8, 2005 MS · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baldwin Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee twisted his left knee when he slipped while walking on an elevated walkway.

2004 · 2 incidents

June 29, 2004 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baldwin Sand & Gravel · Struck against stationary object

Employee was cleaning under the rock crusher, he hit his head on a steel beam and strained his neck.

March 2, 2004 MS · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baldwin Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing into equipment holding on to hand rail. Slipped on clay on tracks and jerked neck.

2003 · 1 incident