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CLOVERHILL: 152 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

APAC-MS, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Natchez, Adams County, MS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2200682

CLOVERHILL has $73K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2002–2021
Latest incident
Jul 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
152
citations
43
significant & substantial
$72,947
proposed penalties
$69,835
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,112 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See APAC-MS, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
58
inspections on record
985
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: 985 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CLOVERHILL has $73K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$73K
proposed penalties
$70K
current assessed
$70K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
150 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-26.
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.
28.3%
significant & substantial
10.5%
high negligence or reckless
28.9%
reasonably likely or greater
55.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.3% low, 84.2% moderate, 10.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ 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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
68%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $1K 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 2004-12-20.
Contested penalties
ⓘ 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 2005-46M Settlement Barbour 2005 $5K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2019-10-24, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
22
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (22)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-10-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2019-10-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.27 0.52 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2012-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.28 0.46 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2012-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.35 0.43 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.59 0.22 Truck Driver
2011-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2011-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Utility Man
2009-10-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2005-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2005-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.4 0.48 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.83 1.37 0.61 Truck Driver
2000-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2000-10-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.67 0.37 Bulldozer 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.

CLOVERHILL recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Mississippi, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 0.78 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 6.00 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. Blain Sand & Gravel Inc 1997 to 2023
  2. APAC-MS, Inc. 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 24
2025 19
2024 21
2023 20
2022 15
2021 11
2020 10
2019 15
2018 14
2017 15
2016 14
2015 10
2014 7
2013 7
2012 7
2011 9
2010 10
2009 10
2008 17
2007 18
2006 16
2005 16
2004 17
2003 15
2002 15
2001 12
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CLOVERHILL sits in Adams County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.
Adams County, Mississippi · Population 29,098
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$40,250
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
2026 Q2 4,237 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 6,104 2 2 327.7
2025 Q4 3,058 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,712 2 0 424.4
2025 Q2 7,145 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,882 2 0 290.6
2024 Q4 6,454 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,534 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,532 5 4 903.8
2024 Q1 7,802 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,817 2 0 293.4
2023 Q3 8,538 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,061 2 0 248.1
2023 Q1 7,987 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,394 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,680 4 2 520.8
2022 Q2 6,030 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,311 8 3 1267.6
2021 Q4 6,593 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,129 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,917 4 0 676.0
2021 Q1 5,846 5 1 855.3
2020 Q4 5,333 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,651 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,731 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,461 2 0 309.5
2019 Q4 6,705 2 0 298.3
2019 Q3 9,542 4 0 419.2
2019 Q2 10,297 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 10,218 2 0 195.7
2018 Q4 9,025 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 9,014 6 2 665.6
2018 Q2 8,088 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 7,215 3 0 415.8
2017 Q4 8,286 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,464 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10,489 1 0 95.3
2017 Q1 9,861 3 1 304.2
2016 Q4 7,350 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,617 7 3 727.9
2016 Q2 8,918 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,494 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,451 4 2 620.1
2015 Q2 5,956 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,846 2 0 412.7
2014 Q4 4,320 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,053 3 0 740.2
2014 Q2 4,804 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,409 1 0 293.3
2013 Q4 4,357 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,711 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,303 3 2 697.2
2013 Q1 3,560 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,011 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,062 3 0 738.6
2012 Q2 4,559 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,727 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,313 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,717 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,190 1 0 192.7
2011 Q1 4,367 1 0 229.0
2010 Q4 5,675 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,864 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,486 2 2 445.8
2009 Q4 5,433 1 0 184.1
2009 Q3 5,780 3 2 519.0
2009 Q2 6,651 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,090 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,759 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,242 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,901 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,829 1 0 171.6
2007 Q4 5,038 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,300 8 3 1509.4
2007 Q2 5,202 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,692 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,922 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,995 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,217 1 1 191.7
2006 Q1 4,708 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,072 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,782 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,229 2 1 321.1
2005 Q1 5,213 5 0 959.1
2004 Q4 5,298 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,937 3 1 432.5
2004 Q2 5,792 6 4 1035.9
2004 Q1 5,591 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,610 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,578 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,460 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,134 3 1 584.3
2002 Q4 5,303 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,026 8 3 1138.6
2002 Q2 7,554 8 1 1059.0
2002 Q1 7,010 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,447 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,892 10 1 1697.2
2001 Q2 5,209 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,724 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,974 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,763 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,033 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,368 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2021 · 1 incident

July 20, 2021 MS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was operating a haul truck. Employee complained of headache & light-headedness. Employee was taken to ER and later diagnosed with a sinus infection & BP issues. Employee was placed off-work until Monday, July 26.

2018 · 1 incident

December 4, 2018 MS · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was helping move/set a wooden form in preparation for a concrete pour. EE got finger caught under the form as it was placed on the ground.

2015 · 1 incident

April 3, 2015 MS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE was training a new haul truck driver. EE was sitting in the jump seat next to door. Haul truck encountered a rough road condition and the EE bumped his shoulder against door of truck.

2014 · 1 incident

August 21, 2014 MS · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stood up after kneeling, experienced knee pain (popped). Incident reported 8/25/14. Visit to Dr on 9/2/14, with light duty work.

2012 · 2 incidents

June 1, 2012 MS · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE Chipping slag off weld, got something in eye. Did not report until questioned by foreman 6/5/12. Sent to doctor for check, Received meds and returned to work. Not regular mine Employee

April 19, 2012 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Leaned on pipe that had just been welded & burned spot on left lower forearm. First aid completed. Failed to inform anyone that he went to ER on 4/20/12.

2010 · 2 incidents

2009 · 2 incidents

November 2, 2009 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee put left hand on cable to remove slack. He was holding control in right hand. Employee pressed incorrect button & finger was pulled in sheave. Returned to work (light duty) on 11/9/09.

June 26, 2009 MS · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Moving cutting edge in storage area. Paint caused two (2) new edges to stick together & lifted both - straining shoulder.

2007 · 2 incidents

May 25, 2007 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

Cleaning material chute with punch bar. Hit finger on side of chute.

March 14, 2007 MS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was shoveling material under tunnel belt, strained shoulder. Reported injury to foreman on 3/29/07 in the PM. Doctor vistit on 4/2/07.

2003 · 2 incidents

August 27, 2003 MS · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS HELPING SET A MUD PUMP INTO THE POND AND THE CHAIN LINK BROKE. THE BROKEN LINK FLEW ABOUT 20' AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE.

March 10, 2003 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

USING A WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A BOLT ON THE SAND PUMP.

2002 · 2 incidents

September 18, 2002 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

USING A SHOVEL TO DIG MUG FROM A DRAIN PIPE.

February 14, 2002 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF BELT WHEN THE KNIFE HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEG.