Mining Incidents

Dependable Abrasives Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Charles G Evans
Wiggins, Stone County, MS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2200635

Dependable Abrasives Inc has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 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 2000
147
citations
38
significant & substantial
$42,932
proposed penalties
$39,285
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,647 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
929
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: 929 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dependable Abrasives Inc has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 outstanding across 1 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$39K
current assessed
$39K
paid to date
$2
outstanding
147 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-23.
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
2025 Q4 1,173 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,303 4 1 3069.8
2025 Q2 1,898 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,800 2 0 714.3
2024 Q4 1,499 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,168 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 761 3 1 3942.2
2024 Q1 850 3 0 3529.4
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 981 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,454 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,650 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,282 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 955 2 0 2094.2
2022 Q3 1,037 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 976 2 0 2049.2
2022 Q1 914 2 0 2188.2
2021 Q4 976 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,126 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 984 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 936 2 0 2136.8
2020 Q4 396 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 681 4 0 5873.7
2020 Q2 1,551 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,040 4 0 3846.2
2019 Q4 1,693 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,286 1 0 777.6
2019 Q2 1,411 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,292 2 0 1548.0
2018 Q4 1,268 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 625 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,046 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,935 1 0 516.8
2017 Q4 1,467 2 0 1363.3
2017 Q3 1,603 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,714 2 1 1166.9
2017 Q1 1,646 3 0 1822.6
2016 Q4 1,969 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,002 6 1 2997.0
2016 Q2 1,417 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,288 3 1 2329.2
2015 Q4 2,334 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,119 3 1 1415.8
2015 Q2 2,238 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,209 6 5 2716.2
2014 Q4 2,310 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,128 1 1 469.9
2014 Q2 1,406 1 1 711.2
2014 Q1 1,955 8 4 4092.1
2013 Q4 2,237 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,115 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,759 5 1 2842.5
2013 Q1 2,706 8 3 2956.4
2012 Q4 2,644 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,610 2 2 766.3
2012 Q2 2,263 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,392 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,694 4 1 1484.8
2011 Q3 2,687 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,515 10 3 3976.1
2011 Q1 1,869 8 2 4280.4
2010 Q4 2,449 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,855 1 0 539.1
2010 Q2 1,910 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,953 3 0 1536.1
2009 Q4 3,358 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,257 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,121 4 1 1281.6
2009 Q1 2,713 1 0 368.6
2008 Q4 3,004 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,532 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,552 3 0 1175.5
2008 Q1 2,639 2 0 757.9
2007 Q4 2,771 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,813 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,798 3 0 1072.2
2007 Q1 2,867 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,292 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,434 1 0 225.5
2006 Q2 2,818 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,587 4 1 1546.2
2005 Q4 2,487 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,294 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,648 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,051 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,376 1 0 296.2
2004 Q3 3,914 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,120 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,475 6 2 1340.8
2003 Q4 5,312 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,521 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,073 2 0 394.2
2003 Q1 6,231 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,943 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,744 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,288 3 2 567.3
2002 Q1 4,224 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,811 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,134 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,270 2 0 611.6
2001 Q1 2,911 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,866 5 1 1744.6
2000 Q3 2,755 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,208 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,981 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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