Cotton Fields Metal/Non-Metal
Baldwin Sand and Gravel
· Surface
Controlled by
William G Yates Jr
Columbus,
Lowndes County,
MS
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2200791
Cotton Fields has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6 outstanding across 14 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
58
citations
12
significant & substantial
$8,115
proposed penalties
$7,541
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $574 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
48
inspections on record
554
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: 554 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cotton Fields has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6 outstanding across 14 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.$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$6
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-10-26.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 5,983 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 7,930 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 7,951 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 7,940 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 5,361 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 7,675 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 7,867 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 7,286 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 5,329 | 2 | 0 | 375.3 |
| 2023 Q3 | 7,773 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 8,210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 7,715 | 2 | 0 | 259.2 |
| 2022 Q4 | 7,191 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 8,702 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 8,209 | 2 | 0 | 243.6 |
| 2022 Q1 | 6,720 | 1 | 0 | 148.8 |
| 2021 Q4 | 6,191 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 7,172 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 6,214 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 5,431 | 1 | 0 | 184.1 |
| 2020 Q4 | 6,044 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 6,446 | 3 | 0 | 465.4 |
| 2020 Q2 | 6,807 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 6,788 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 3,821 | 1 | 0 | 261.7 |
| 2019 Q3 | 4,892 | 4 | 0 | 817.7 |
| 2019 Q2 | 6,462 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 5,644 | 2 | 1 | 354.4 |
| 2018 Q4 | 5,506 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 4,166 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 5,141 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 3,408 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 3,768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,693 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 4,392 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 4,418 | 1 | 0 | 226.3 |
| 2016 Q4 | 5,127 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,777 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,493 | 6 | 1 | 1717.7 |
| 2016 Q1 | 3,323 | 2 | 1 | 601.9 |
| 2015 Q4 | 3,274 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 4,613 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 4,670 | 4 | 0 | 856.5 |
| 2015 Q1 | 3,196 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,416 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,845 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,985 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,523 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,919 | 2 | 0 | 685.2 |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,013 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,703 | 1 | 0 | 587.2 |
| 2013 Q1 | 3,726 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 3,166 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 5,728 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 5,471 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 4,675 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 3,644 | 4 | 1 | 1097.7 |
| 2011 Q3 | 5,655 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 4,067 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 4,280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 3,087 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 7,826 | 3 | 2 | 383.3 |
| 2010 Q2 | 4,955 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 3,514 | 4 | 2 | 1138.3 |
| 2009 Q4 | 3,452 | 5 | 2 | 1448.4 |
| 2009 Q3 | 4,909 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 4,492 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 3,211 | 6 | 2 | 1868.6 |
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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The full compliance file on Cotton Fields
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.