Mining Incidents

Dry Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Picayune, Pearl River County, MS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2200811

Dry Plant has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2014–2015
Latest incident
Jul 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
108
citations
24
significant & substantial
$26,015
proposed penalties
$23,304
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,711 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
30
inspections on record
568
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: 568 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dry Plant has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
108 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-12.
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 14,358 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 18,339 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 16,333 3 1 183.7
2025 Q1 14,115 7 3 495.9
2024 Q4 10,371 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,621 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 13,404 7 3 522.2
2024 Q1 13,490 0 0 0.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 12,777 9 0 704.4
2023 Q3 16,786 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 17,894 4 1 223.5
2023 Q1 13,982 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 11,027 3 0 272.1
2022 Q3 10,730 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,187 2 0 244.3
2022 Q1 7,433 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 134 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,012 1 0 988.1
2021 Q2 7,171 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 13,101 3 0 229.0
2020 Q4 11,026 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 14,312 2 0 139.7
2020 Q2 27,216 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 38,638 1 0 25.9
2019 Q4 30,600 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 34,360 3 0 87.3
2019 Q2 40,791 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 38,930 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 35,287 6 1 170.0
2018 Q3 37,923 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 31,840 2 0 62.8
2018 Q1 27,596 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 23,337 2 0 85.7
2017 Q3 17,821 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 16,716 6 1 358.9
2017 Q1 16,290 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 17,369 5 1 287.9
2016 Q3 17,296 2 0 115.6
2016 Q2 12,408 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 13,415 10 1 745.4
2015 Q4 20,405 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 16,446 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 17,922 4 1 223.2
2015 Q1 17,132 9 4 525.3
2014 Q4 22,104 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 14,564 5 2 343.3
2014 Q2 17,201 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,430 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,032 9 3 1492.0
2013 Q2 10,579 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 10,194 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2015 · 1 incident

July 31, 2015 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shale Support Holdings LLC. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The operator was climbing the silo ladder to get a measurement on product level. Once he reached the second ladder platform, he twisted he took a step, twisted his left knee and heard a pop. He said he did not need a doctor, but the following day, he did go to a doctor which diagnosed a broken kneecap.

2014 · 1 incident

July 14, 2014 MS · Metal/Non-Metal steel worker, iron metal worker, iron worker MACHINERY
Shale Support Holdings LLC. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Contractors were installing a belt on a conveyor. While pulling the belt, the cable being used snapped, whipping back, striking the contractor on the left side of the head.

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