HAMILTON PIT
Metal/Non-Metal
Lowndes County,
MS
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200619
MSHA record for HAMILTON PIT (mine ID 2200619). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1990–2000
- Latest incident
- Jan 2000
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
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: 22 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2001 Q2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q3 |
1,054 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
1,806 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
1,815 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
December 12, 1995
MS · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
Fatality · OTHER
DREDGE OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE SAND ROCK FROM SUCTION WHEN HE FELL OVERBOARD FROM SKIFF NO WITNESSES ACTUALLY SAW HIM FALL OUT HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS LIFE JACKET THAT WAS PROVIDED.
Reportable incidents
7 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2000 · 1 incident
January 31, 2000
MS · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Triangle Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
VICTIM WAS IN BOAT UNHOOKING CHAIN FROM PIPELINE, WHEN OPERATOR LIFTED. CHAIN WITH LOADER TO MOVE OVER HOOK CAUGHT CAUSING CHAIN TO MASH VICTIMS FINGER BTWEEN CHAIN AND SIDE OF BOAT. WE DID NT THINK HE WAS HURT BADY BUT SWELLING A FEW DAYS LATER CAUSED US TO SENT TO DR ON 2-7-00.
1995 · 1 incident
November 17, 1995
MS · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
MACHINERY
DISENGAGED CLUTCH - FLYING PART HIT FOREHEAD NEEDED X-RAY - BUTTERFLY CLOSURES - PAIN PILL.
1992 · 3 incidents
November 16, 1992
MS · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Triangle Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WE FLIPPED OVER A PORCH FLOOR TO LOAD ONTO TRAILOR AND METAL PLATE ON BOTTOM OF THE PORCH FLOOR LEG AT EMPLOYEES UPPER ARM AS IT WENT OVER CAUSING A LACERATION THAT NEEDED 21 STITCHES AND A TE TANUS SHOT.
July 24, 1992
MS · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
MACHINERY
HE WAS GUIDING CHAIN AS LOADER LIFTED IMPELLER AND SHAFT FROMT HE DREDGE. THE IMPELLER SLIPPED OFF IT'S KEYWAY AND SHAFT ABOUT 2' ABOVE THE DECK AND BOUNCED ON HIS FOOT BRUISING TOES AND SLIG HTLY CUT ONE.
March 12, 1992
MS · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Triangle Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CLEANING UP METAL WENT TO PULL OTHER ONE IT SSLID OVER MASHING HIS KNUCKLE ON SECOND FINGER OF R HAND POSS CARTILAGE OF LIGAMENT DAMAGE
1990 · 2 incidents
September 17, 1990
MS · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON CONVEYOR HOPPER ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A CHUTE ON THE END OF THE SHALER WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL ACROSS THE CONVEYOR HOPPER BRUISING HIS SHOULDER AND HAIR LINE FRACTURE OF COLLAR BONE.
May 31, 1990
MS · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WORKER WAS USING HAMMER TO BREAK AWAY BLOCKAGE OF SCREENS.
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