Mining Incidents

Blackwell Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Meridian, Lauderdale County, MS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2200480

Blackwell Sand & Gravel has $4K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
33
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,579
proposed penalties
$3,579
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
53
inspections on record
545
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: 545 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blackwell Sand & Gravel has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 1,884 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,104 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,280 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,376 2 0 1453.5
2024 Q4 488 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,520 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 635 1 0 1574.8
2024 Q1 224 0 0 0.0
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 448 2 0 4464.3
2023 Q3 1,984 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 512 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 488 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 464 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 512 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 609 1 1 1642.0
2022 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 432 1 0 2314.8
2021 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 553 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 540 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,360 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,052 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 757 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 944 1 0 1059.3
2019 Q3 728 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 593 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 178 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 570 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,052 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 584 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 613 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 613 1 0 1631.3
2017 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 392 1 0 2551.0
2017 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 406 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 396 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 32 3 0 93750.0
2015 Q3 287 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 350 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 189 1 1 5291.0
2014 Q3 260 3 2 11538.5
2014 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 185 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 690 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,080 1 0 925.9
2012 Q2 1,160 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,144 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,240 1 0 806.5
2011 Q2 1,152 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,194 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,152 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,152 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,152 1 0 868.1
2009 Q4 1,072 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,184 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,192 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,088 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,720 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,724 1 1 580.0
2008 Q2 1,692 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,113 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,113 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,113 2 0 1796.9
2007 Q2 1,113 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,280 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,113 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,113 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,113 2 0 1796.9
2006 Q1 1,111 4 2 3600.4
2005 Q4 1,113 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,113 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,113 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,108 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,108 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,107 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,107 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,113 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,113 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,134 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,113 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,147 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,130 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,122 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,113 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,113 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,113 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,110 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,113 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,113 4 1 3593.9
2000 Q2 1,120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,113 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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