Mining Incidents

D & B SAND AND GRAVEL: 194 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Georgetown, Copiah County, MS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2200467

D & B SAND AND GRAVEL has $71K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1985–2022
Latest incident
Jul 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
194
citations
56
significant & substantial
$70,984
proposed penalties
$69,842
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,142 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
85
inspections on record
1,204
inspection hours
16.1
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.
194 citations across 1,204 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

D & B SAND AND GRAVEL has $71K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$71K
proposed penalties
$70K
current assessed
$70K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
192 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-21.
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.
29.2%
significant & substantial
7.8%
high negligence or reckless
30.2%
reasonably likely or greater
57.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.3% low, 84.9% moderate, 7.8% 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 1 · 33%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 67%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$823 proposed, $823 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 2008-04-28.
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 20010025M Settlement Weisberger 2001 $3K → $2K
SE 2008-623M Default Lesnick 2011 $723 → $723
SE 2008-624M Settlement Barbour 2010 $100 → $100
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: 2025-08-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (26)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 Cutting Mach Helper
2021-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2015-07-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2015-07-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2015-07-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2012-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 2.07 0.36 Bulldozer Operator
2012-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.5 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.62 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.83 0.53 Mechanic
2009-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.22 0.77 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-06-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.75 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.6 0.40 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-08-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-08-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2007-08-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2005-11-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.02 0.12 Dump Operator
2005-11-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.79 0.22 Bulldozer Operator
2005-11-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.49 0.33 Mechanic
2005-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Tractor Operator
2005-11-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.35 0.37 Washer 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.

D & B SAND AND GRAVEL 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 * 6.42 6.42 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 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. D & B Sand & Gravel Co Inc 1978 to 2023
  2. Dickerson and Bowen Inc 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 15
2025 15
2024 16
2023 14
2022 13
2021 13
2020 13
2019 14
2018 14
2017 14
2016 14
2015 14
2014 14
2013 14
2012 13
2011 15
2010 12
2009 14
2008 13
2007 13
2006 11
2005 12
2004 10
2003 11
2002 14
2001 17
2000 19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

D & B SAND AND GRAVEL 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
2026 Q2 10,134 1 0 98.7
2026 Q1 9,429 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 8,167 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,994 3 0 375.3
2025 Q2 8,677 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 9,054 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 8,194 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,790 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,170 2 0 218.1
2024 Q1 7,976 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,262 2 0 275.4
2023 Q3 9,479 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,621 2 1 232.0
2023 Q1 6,961 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,042 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,034 9 4 996.2
2022 Q2 7,551 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,515 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,384 6 2 939.8
2021 Q3 6,770 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,275 3 2 478.1
2021 Q1 5,077 3 2 590.9
2020 Q4 5,906 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,371 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,874 2 0 291.0
2020 Q1 5,890 2 0 339.6
2019 Q4 6,278 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,166 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,282 3 1 412.0
2019 Q1 6,753 2 0 296.2
2018 Q4 6,001 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 9,104 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 9,872 3 0 303.9
2018 Q1 6,744 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,414 3 0 467.7
2017 Q3 8,914 3 1 336.5
2017 Q2 7,376 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,460 3 0 402.1
2016 Q4 6,847 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 8,330 4 1 480.2
2016 Q2 7,627 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,597 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,506 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,455 9 2 1394.3
2015 Q2 5,090 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,915 1 0 255.4
2014 Q4 4,519 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,020 3 1 597.6
2014 Q2 5,314 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,032 1 1 198.7
2013 Q4 5,854 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,435 3 0 466.2
2013 Q2 8,915 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 7,515 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 8,410 3 1 356.7
2012 Q3 6,157 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,784 2 0 345.8
2012 Q1 4,873 4 2 820.8
2011 Q4 5,829 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,425 7 3 1089.5
2011 Q2 5,507 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,211 7 3 1343.3
2010 Q4 5,716 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,442 2 1 367.5
2010 Q2 6,136 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,055 4 0 986.4
2009 Q4 5,692 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,555 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,222 4 3 553.9
2009 Q1 5,984 2 0 334.2
2008 Q4 4,599 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,567 2 2 304.6
2008 Q2 7,341 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,599 3 0 1154.3
2007 Q4 6,812 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,851 9 7 1146.4
2007 Q2 7,351 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,326 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,089 13 3 2554.5
2006 Q3 6,697 2 1 298.6
2006 Q2 6,856 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,549 9 0 1374.3
2005 Q4 7,114 12 4 1686.8
2005 Q3 6,716 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,804 4 2 587.9
2005 Q1 6,004 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,035 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,450 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,397 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,467 3 0 1216.1
2003 Q4 4,883 1 0 204.8
2003 Q3 6,598 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,465 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,704 1 0 175.3
2002 Q4 6,931 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 10,034 4 0 398.6
2002 Q2 9,753 7 0 717.7
2002 Q1 8,967 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,383 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 10,036 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 11,532 5 2 433.6
2001 Q1 9,830 3 1 305.2
2000 Q4 8,939 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 11,702 1 1 85.5
2000 Q2 13,379 1 0 74.7
2000 Q1 13,065 2 1 153.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2022 · 1 incident

2012 · 1 incident

August 1, 2012 MS · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D & B Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removing bearing housing from crusher while lifting housing out it shifted and struck miners legs causing cuts to both legs. First aid administered on site. Miner transported to emergency room via pickup for further evaluation by doctor. Wound on left leg needed stitches.

2011 · 1 incident

April 25, 2011 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D & B Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee strained shoulder muscle while removing a clay ball from conveyor belt.

1998 · 1 incident

July 8, 1998 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
D & B Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ROCKING CONVEYOR BELT TO ADJUST INSTRUCTED ANOTHER EE TO "HIT" POWER, IT CAUGHT BOTH HANDS

1990 · 3 incidents

September 6, 1990 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
D & B Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INSECT BITE TO RIGHT ANKLE.

February 16, 1990 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D & B Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL HAD PICKED UP BOX CONTAINING HYDRAULIC PUMP WEIGHING APPROX 150 LBS FROM FORKLIFT AT PUCKET MACHINERY IN JACKSON MS & WAS PLACING BOX IN TRUNK OF CAR WHEN HE FELT MUSCLE PULL IN RIGHT HIP .

1989 · 1 incident

May 4, 1989 MS · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
D & B Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Flash burns (electric)

ELECTRICIAN WAS TESTING HIGH SIDE OF MAIN BREAKER IN PLANT ELECTICAL CONTROL TRAILER TO DTERMINE REASON WATER PUMP MOTORS WOULD NOT TURN ON WHEN BREAKER EXPLODED CAUSING INDIVIDUALS HANDS AND FOREARMS TO BE BURNED 600 AMP BREAKER BOX WAS BE

1987 · 1 incident

August 7, 1987 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D & B Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS 6SING A METAL BAR AGAINST A METAL SIDE PLATE OF GRAVEL CHUTE IN ORDER TO INSERT A PIECE OF BELT FLAP AGAINST WALL OF CHUTE. THE LOWER END OF PRY BAR SLIPPED OFF THE METAL PLA TE CAUSING THE 6PPER END OF BAR TO STRIKE INDIVIDUAL ACROSS LEFT SIDE OF FACE & HEAD CAUSING INJURY.

1986 · 1 incident

July 29, 1986 MS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
D & B Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Struck by falling object

DRIVER OF TRUCK3WAS IN LOADING AREA UNDER TRAILER ADJUSTING BRAKE WHEN END LOADER HIT BACK OF TRAILER CAUSING TRAILER TIRES TO ROLL OVER DRIVER.

1985 · 2 incidents

September 25, 1985 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D & B Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS IN A WORK AREA THAT HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN. INDIVIDUAL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN GRAVEL FROM SIDES OF LOADER HOPPER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO HOPPER CAUSING INJURY.

April 6, 1985 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
D & B Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AN I NAME WAS BLEACHING OUT OF TAIL PULLEY BELT WAS OFF II NAME HIS FORMAN AND OTHER WORKERS WERE RIGHT WITH HIM II NAME TOLD III MCALPHINE TO TURN BOLET ON AS BELT COME ON OTHER WORKER LET F LAT IRON HE WAS USING TO CLEANING WITH HIT BELT IRON HITS I NAME ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD.