Batesville: 12 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
Batesville has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2013
- Latest incident
- Jul 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
3
significant & substantial
$1,593
proposed penalties
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $208 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 68 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Batesville has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
12 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $700 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-08-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
25.0%
significant & substantial
8.3%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
41.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 83.3% moderate, 8.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
8
citations taken to the federal commission · 67% of citations on record
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Settled
7 · 88%
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Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 13%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
31%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $700 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2014-09-30.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket |
Decision |
Judge |
Year |
Proposed / upheld |
| SE 2014-0518 |
Settlement |
Gill |
2015 |
$708 → $500 |
| SE 2014-0258 |
Settlement |
Gill |
2015 |
$200 → $200 |
| SE 2013-326M |
Withdrawal |
McCarthy |
2013 |
$100 → $0 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
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Baldwin Sand and Gravel
2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2014 |
8 |
| 2013 |
7 |
| 2012 |
6 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Batesville sits in Panola County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 1.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Panola County, Mississippi · Population 32,965
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$43,990
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2014 Q3 |
3,302 |
5 |
1 |
1514.2 |
| 2014 Q2 |
7,160 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 |
6,758 |
2 |
0 |
295.9 |
| 2013 Q4 |
6,596 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 |
6,922 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 |
3,415 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 |
906 |
4 |
2 |
4415.0 |
| 2012 Q4 |
1,366 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2013 · 1 incident
Baldwin Sand and Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was cleaning sand and gravel buildup from a conveyor. A sharp shooter type shovel was being used. the shovel slipped and caught his left little finger between the shovel handle and the conveyor frame. Tip of finger was mashed and required stitches. and minor surgery.