Mining Incidents

Day River Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Valley Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Robert Cunningham
Columbus, Lowndes County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200182

Day River Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1994–2000
Latest incident
May 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
35
citations
11
significant & substantial
$2,748
proposed penalties
$2,748
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
18
inspections on record
223
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: 223 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Day River Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-06-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 0 0 0
2005 Q4 1,110 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,222 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,491 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,357 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,640 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,121 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,218 5 2 2254.3
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1 2,049 15 4 7320.6
2003 Q4 2,264 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,292 7 4 3054.1
2003 Q2 2,319 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,000 2 0 1000.0
2002 Q4 2,290 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,288 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,786 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,517 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,895 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,650 3 1 821.9
2001 Q2 3,701 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,167 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,455 1 0 289.4
2000 Q3 4,236 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,563 2 0 438.3
2000 Q1 4,515 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2000 · 1 incident

May 8, 2000 MS · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHANGING SCREEN ON HOPPER AND CUT HIS HAND ON EDGE. HAD 4 STITCHES.

1994 · 2 incidents

November 14, 1994 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES WERE TWISTING A MOTOR FROM ITS SUPPORTS. INJURED PUT HIS FINGER BETWEEN MOTOR AND ALTERNATOR.

January 21, 1994 MS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FIRE
Valley Gravel · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS ON LUNCH BREAK. HE BACKED UP TO A HEATER TO GET WARM. THE WIND BLEW THE FIRE AND CAUGHT HIS COVERALLS ON FIRE. HE HAD SO MANY CLOTHES ON HE DID NOT REALIZE HIS COVERALLS HAD CAUGH T ON FIRE.

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