Mining Incidents

DIRTWORKS, INC.: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

DIRTWORKS, INC. · Surface
Controlled by Murray Moran
Fayette, Adams County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200734

DIRTWORKS, INC. has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $56 outstanding across 0 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
34
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,500
proposed penalties
$3,444
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $56 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
19
inspections on record
222
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: 222 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DIRTWORKS, INC. has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $56 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$56
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-06-23.
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.
20.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.6%
reasonably likely or greater
70.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.6% low, 82.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2000-10-24, 25 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2000-10-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2000-10-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.47 0.51 Tractor 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.
Ownership history
  1. DIRTWORKS, INC. 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 2
2004 1
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DIRTWORKS, INC. sits in Adams County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.
Adams County, Mississippi · Population 29,098
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$40,250
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
2005 Q4 324 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 74 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 510 1 0 1960.8
2005 Q1 484 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 503 3 1 5964.2
2004 Q3 360 9 3 25000.0
2004 Q2 530 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 530 2 0 3773.6
2003 Q3 385 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 480 4 0 8333.3
2003 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 490 2 1 4081.6
2002 Q3 529 1 1 1890.4
2002 Q2 547 3 1 5484.5
2002 Q1 565 1 0 1769.9
2001 Q4 535 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 520 1 0 1923.1
2001 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 520 7 0 13461.5

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.