Columbus Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Limestone Red Bay, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Thomas G Comer Jr
Columbus,
Lowndes County,
MS
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200748
Columbus Mine has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 1 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 2004
52
citations
28
significant & substantial
$21,202
proposed penalties
$10,270
paid to date
48% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,932 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
17
inspections on record
221
inspection hours
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: 221 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Columbus Mine has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 1 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.$21K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-04-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q1 | 633 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 635 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 632 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,229 | 8 | 4 | 6509.4 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,733 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,951 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,764 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,860 | 13 | 5 | 6989.2 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Q1 | 1,885 | 8 | 6 | 4244.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 1,476 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,169 | 7 | 5 | 5988.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,567 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1,615 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,417 | 2 | 2 | 1411.4 |
| 2004 Q3 | 1,085 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,676 | 4 | 2 | 2386.6 |
| 2004 Q1 | 1,231 | 10 | 4 | 8123.5 |
| 2003 Q4 | 688 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,056 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 822 | 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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