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: 225 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
CRYSTAL SPRINGS has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-08-24.
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.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Stood as issued
1 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2004-08-24.
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.
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: 2002-04-02, 24 years ago
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-04-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2002-04-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2002-04-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-04-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Oiler, Greaser
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.
CRYSTAL SPRINGS recorded 6.72 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ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.
6.72
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Mississippi, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.35 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
2004 *
6.72
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
3.42
3.42
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2006
3
2005
3
2004
10
2003
22
2002
25
2001
24
2000
29
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
CRYSTAL SPRINGS sits in Copiah County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Copiah County, Mississippi · Population 27,994
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$47,994
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
2006 Q1
1,541
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,494
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,691
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,656
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,580
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,616
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,964
1
0
509.2
2004 Q2
12,592
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1
13,602
5
1
367.6
2003 Q4
12,505
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
14,889
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
11,791
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
12,144
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
13,734
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
13,248
2
0
151.0
2002 Q2
22,657
4
0
176.5
2002 Q1
12,958
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
13,817
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
14,480
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
13,815
2
0
144.8
2001 Q1
13,803
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
14,931
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
15,316
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
14,187
1
1
70.5
2000 Q1
14,100
1
1
70.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
31 on file
2004 · 1 incident
April 15, 2004MS · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE PARKED SERVICE TRUCK ON A SLOPE. WHEN HE OPENED TOOL BOX AND LET GO, TOOLBOX LID FELL CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S FINGER, ONE NEXT TO LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. IT CUT FINGER ON TIP PART. I CARRIED EMPLOYEE TO HOSPITAL. THE CUT REQUIRED 5 SUTURES. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK WITHOUT ANY OTHER MEDICATION REQUIRED.
2000 · 1 incident
March 14, 2000MS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS USING SHOVEL TO CLEAN SAND FROM UNDERNEATH CONVEYOR BELT RESULTING IN HERNIA
1999 · 4 incidents
November 11, 1999MS · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WITH MAINTENENCE BY INSTALLING TAIL PULLEY ON THE G-8 CONVEYOR BELT. EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEN TAIL PULLEY SHAFT AND CONVEYOR FRAME AS TAIL PULLEY WAS BEING P OSITIONED.
July 27, 1999MS · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER TRUCK UNIT. THE DIFFERENCE IN STEERING AND SHIFTIN GREQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW UNIT CAUSED EMPLOYEES HAND AND ARM TO BECOME SORE AND SWOLLEN.
1998 · 2 incidents
October 2, 1998MS · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS ON LADDER TO END LOADER CAB WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF STEPS AND HE FELL STRAIGHT DOWN TO GROUND LANCING ON HIS FEET. EE IS UNDER PHYSICIANS CARE AND REAMINS OFF WORK AS OF THIS DATE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISMOUNT FROM MACHINE & SLIPPED RESULTING IN HIS FOOT STEPPING ON LIFTING CONTROL THIS CAUSED THE LIFTING MECHANISM TO CYCLE RESULTING IN HIS RT LEG BEING CAUGHT BET WEEN MACHINE FRAME & LIFTING MECHANISM
1994 · 1 incident
December 16, 1994MS · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH MAINTENENCE TO WASTE PUMP MOTOR AT GRAVEL PLANT. AS HE WAS WALKING UNDER PLANT STRUCTURE. HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF AND HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST METAL FRAME OF PLANT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK AND WIND BLEW SAND INTO BOTH EYES.EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK.LATER REQUIRED TREATMENT ON 07-09-90 WITH LOST TIME STARTING ON 07-09-90.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DUMP TRUCK HAULING MATERAIL FROM PIT TO PROCESSING PLANT.ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED OVER CENTER LINE IN ROAD CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO RUN OFF ROAD IN ORDER TO AVOID COLLISION.EM PLOYEES TRUCK OVERTURNED RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEE AND SMALL AMOUNT TO DAMAGE TO DUMP TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A SCREEN AT THE SPLITTER PLANT WITH A HOOK THE HOOK CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARDS AND STRUCK HIS BACK AGAINST AN ANGLE IRON CROSS MEMBER BRACE EMPLOYEE WAS EXAMINED BY PHYSICIAN XRAYS
March 18, 1988MS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS CARRYING MACHINERY PARTS UP THE INCLINE CONVEYOR BELT CATWALK AND OVER-EXERTED HIMSELF. HE LATER STARTED EXPERINCING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HIP AND LEG. IT APPEARS THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAS A PINCHED NERVE AND SURGERY WILL BE REQUIRED. THE ORIGIN OF THE EMPLOYEE'S CONDITION HAS ONLY RECENTLY BECOME KNOWN TO HIS EMPLOYER.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1AIRING A GUARD ON THE CONVEYOR BELT LINE. THE GUARD FELL AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS RIGHT LEG RESULTING IN A BRUISE TO SIDE OF LEG.
September 15, 1987MS · Metal/Non-Metalbackhoe operator, trackhoe operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS USING WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON RADIATOR HOSE CONNECTION.EMPLOYEE HAND CAME INTO CONTEST WITH ENGINE FAN BLADE RESULTING IN FRACTURE & LACERATIONS TO THUMB AND THREE FINGERS OF L LEFT HAND.
1984 · 3 incidents
September 6, 1984MS · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED PARTY WAS WORKING ON DRAGLINE OTHER EE WAS OPERATING END LOADER IN AREA. ENGINE ON END LOADER SUDDENLY WENT DEAD ALLOWING END LOADER TO ROLL FORWARD & STRUCK BOOM OF DRAGLINE. ENDLOA DER KNOCKED BOOM INTO EE STANDING ON DRAGLINE PLATFORM.
June 14, 1984MS · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)