Mining Incidents

Columbia Plant: 89 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heyward C Green
Columbia, Marion County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200115

Columbia Plant has $18K 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
19
Years on record
1983–2016
Latest incident
Jul 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
89
citations
28
significant & substantial
$17,660
proposed penalties
$17,660
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
36
inspections on record
474
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: 474 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Columbia Plant has $18K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
89 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-10-02.
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.
31.5%
significant & substantial
10.1%
high negligence or reckless
31.5%
reasonably likely or greater
43.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.5% low, 76.4% moderate, 10.1% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 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 2013-06-17.
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 2013-463M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $200 → $200
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: 2013-01-08, 13 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-01-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-01-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2011-01-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Belt Cleaner
2011-01-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge 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.

Columbia Plant recorded 8.98 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.

Injury rate, 2014
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.
8.98
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Mississippi, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.53 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.
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. Hammett Gravel Company Inc 1950 to 1993
  2. Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 3
2017 6
2016 6
2015 7
2014 9
2013 7
2012 7
2011 7
2010 8
2009 6
2008 8
2007 5
2006 4
2005 5
2004 5
2003 7
2002 5
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Columbia Plant sits in Marion County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Marion County, Mississippi · Population 24,303
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$42,320
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
2018 Q2 486 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,951 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,906 3 0 768.0
2017 Q3 3,889 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,091 3 0 733.3
2017 Q1 3,776 1 0 264.8
2016 Q4 4,054 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,740 2 0 421.9
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 3,340 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,244 2 0 471.3
2015 Q4 4,133 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,253 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,449 2 0 367.0
2015 Q1 5,385 2 0 371.4
2014 Q4 5,741 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,294 6 5 953.3
2014 Q2 5,228 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,008 6 2 1198.1
2013 Q4 4,772 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,646 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,322 1 0 231.4
2013 Q1 3,085 1 0 324.1
2012 Q4 5,693 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,253 4 2 940.5
2012 Q2 3,602 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,993 1 0 334.1
2011 Q4 3,334 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,697 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,345 2 1 597.9
2011 Q1 3,313 1 0 301.8
2010 Q4 3,416 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,438 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,017 1 1 199.3
2010 Q1 5,247 2 1 381.2
2009 Q4 3,388 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,414 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,487 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,220 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,508 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,997 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,047 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,614 3 1 650.2
2007 Q4 3,309 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,876 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,321 2 0 462.9
2007 Q1 3,278 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,919 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,559 16 4 4495.6
2006 Q2 888 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,825 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,024 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,206 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,352 6 3 2551.0
2005 Q1 2,662 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,794 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,209 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,295 7 3 2124.4
2004 Q1 3,178 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,527 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,266 1 0 234.4
2003 Q2 4,489 7 3 1559.4
2003 Q1 4,879 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,314 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,854 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,260 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,153 2 0 634.3
2001 Q4 3,844 1 1 260.1
2001 Q3 2,811 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,763 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,259 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,261 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,270 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,258 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,957 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2016 · 1 incident

July 29, 2016 MS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Contact with heat

They were working on the dredge hooking the pipe line up to the dredge and EE got too hot. EE was taken to the Hospital in Columbia and was given a drip. They did some blood work and said there was a problem not pertaining to EE getting too hot and told EE to follow up with family Doctor on Monday 8/1/16. Which EE did.

2014 · 1 incident

November 5, 2014 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was helping to change the runner on gravel plant on the dredge when the jaws on the pipe wrench broke and hit him on the hand and chest.

2013 · 1 incident

April 30, 2013 MS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

They were changing screens on the sand plant. Employee's foot sliped and he caught his leg on a piece of iron and cut it.

2011 · 1 incident

November 4, 2011 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Was working on pump on dredge went to put front face plate on. Where it slides to connect got hand caught between the plate and face plate.

2008 · 1 incident

January 23, 2008 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

He was jacking the track back on the trackhoe with a come-a-long and the chain broke on the come-a-long. The track fell on his left leg hitting him on the leg about the shin area.

2003 · 1 incident

June 10, 2003 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS COMING DOWN A LADDER OFF THE PLANT - WAS ON THE BOTTOM STEP & HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND HIS KNEE HIT A PIECE OF STEEL ON PLANT.

1999 · 1 incident

July 12, 1999 MS · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A HEADACHE BALL FOR THE DRAGLINE. HE PICKED UP THE DRAGLINE TO MOVE IT AND PULLED HIS BACK. HE DID NOT EXPEREICNE A LOT OF PAIN AT FIRST, BUT IT GOT WORSE OVER TIME.

1995 · 2 incidents

August 17, 1995 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ACTICING AS THE WATCH PERSON WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING AN OLD CONTROL HOUSE FROM A DREDGE. THE INSULATION IN THE TOP OF THE HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE AND FELL ON THE EMPLOYE E.

August 4, 1995 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING A CHAIN CLAMP FROM A PIPELINE WITH A STILSON WRENCH. CLAMP TURNED SIDEWAYS-EMPLOYEE LET GO AND IT JERKED HIS LEFT ARM.

1994 · 3 incidents

October 26, 1994 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE CLIMBING UP ON THE EAGLE SAND SCREW, WHICH WAS NOT OPERATING AT THE TIME TO CHECK FOR ROCKS IN THE MASON SAND. HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A STEEL GUARD AND SUSTAINED THREE SMALL SCRATCHES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

May 11, 1994 MS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS REMOVING CHAIN WHICH SECURED A LOAD ON A TRAILER. HE YANKED THE CHAIN THE CHAIN FLEW OFF AND THE HOOK HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT 2 INCH ABOVE THE LITTLE TOE. IT IS BADLY BRUISED AND THE INJURY HAS CAUSED GOUT AND ARTHRISTIS IN HIS ANKLE TO BECOME WORSE.

March 15, 1994 MS · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT THE ANGLE IRON SUPPORTS THAT HELD A 1/4IN PLATE ATTACHED TO A VIBRATING SCREEN AS HE CUT THE LAST TACK WELD HOLDING THE PLATE THE PLATE SWUNG LOOSE & FELL ON TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT

1992 · 2 incidents

September 23, 1992 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hammett Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO MOVE A PUMP LINER WITH END LOADER. HE WAS RUNNING A CHAIN THROUGH THE LINER WHILE PUMP SUPPLY SALESMAN HELD THE LINER UP. SALESMAN COULD NOT HOLD LINER UP AND IT FELL ON EMPLOYEES FOOT BRUISING.

June 23, 1992 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hammett Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAND SLIPPED OFF OF WINCH HANDLE UNDER TENSION HANDLE HIT RT WRIST CAUSING IMPACE SPRAIN WINCH WAS MOUNTED ON WORK BARGE WHICH EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER

1991 · 2 incidents

August 30, 1991 MS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hammett Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPOSITIONING DREDGE BY SUING MANUAL WINCH CONNECTED BY LINE TO BANK.HE DID NOT NOTICE THAT WINCH LINE HAD TENSION IN IT.HE TOOK SAFETY CHAIN OFF WINCH BUT DID NOT HOLD HANDLE WHI LE HE DID SO.BECAUSE HE DID NOT HOLD THE HANDLE,IT SPUN AROUND AND HIT HIS ARM.

March 1, 1991 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Hammett Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CRUSHER PARTS INTO LOADER BUCKET. OPERATOR TILTED LOADER BUCKET BACK TO KEEP PARTS IN AND EMPLOYEE FELL TO BUCKET. HE HURRIED BY GOT OUT OF BUCKET TO KEEP PARTS FROM FAL LING ON HIM. WHILE HE WAS GETTING OUT HIS LOWER LEFT LEG GOT WEDGED BETWEEN LOADER TEETH CAUSING THE INJURY.

1988 · 2 incidents

May 23, 1988 MS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hammett Gravel Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF TRUCK WHEN HE STOPPED ONTO STEP DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING L HIMFOR FELL OUT OF TRUCK STRIKING HIS BACK ON SEDDER TANK FUEL OR GREASE ON SHOES PROBABLY CAUSED FOOT TO SLIP SUSTAINED BRUISE TO BACK.

January 29, 1988 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hammett Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE ALONG 4ITH HELPER WAS LIFTING PUMP SHAFT OFF OF 6 X 12 TIMBERS SET ON FLOOR EMPLOYEES FOOT STRUCK ONE OF THE TIMBERS CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE PUMP SHAFT AND OTHER EMPLOYEE FELL ON HIS LEFT LE1 WHEN HE TRIPPED

1983 · 1 incident

July 12, 1983 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hammett Gravel Company Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

INSTALLING BELT ON VIBRATOR,SLIPPED AND FELL FROM PLATFORM FELL OVER WING WALL THEN TO GROUND.