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Hazlehurst Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William G Yates Jr
Hazlehurst, Copiah County, MS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2200745

Hazlehurst Pit has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 26 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Feb 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
119
citations
30
significant & substantial
$22,220
proposed penalties
$20,252
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,968 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
54
inspections on record
827
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: 827 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hazlehurst Pit has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 26 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
118 assessments are final orders; 26 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 6,847 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,010 5 0 499.5
2025 Q2 10,137 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 9,403 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,442 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,029 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 8,487 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,097 1 0 109.9
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,730 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,007 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,630 2 0 231.7
2023 Q1 8,188 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,032 1 0 124.5
2022 Q3 8,257 1 0 121.1
2022 Q2 8,431 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,166 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,123 2 0 246.2
2021 Q3 6,015 1 0 166.3
2021 Q2 5,191 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,874 3 0 510.7
2020 Q4 7,410 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,001 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,256 2 0 319.7
2020 Q1 5,485 1 0 182.3
2019 Q4 9,472 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 9,019 2 0 221.8
2019 Q2 7,835 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,485 1 0 133.6
2018 Q4 6,825 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 13,944 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 11,659 3 1 257.3
2018 Q1 7,807 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 14,930 2 0 134.0
2017 Q3 10,774 4 0 371.3
2017 Q2 6,719 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,513 3 0 544.2
2016 Q4 7,358 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,163 2 1 218.3
2016 Q2 6,896 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 7,057 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,901 3 1 337.0
2015 Q3 7,700 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,417 2 0 269.7
2015 Q1 6,331 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,200 1 0 192.3
2014 Q3 4,414 2 0 453.1
2014 Q2 4,520 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,921 1 0 168.9
2013 Q4 4,984 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,114 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,613 6 4 1660.7
2013 Q1 3,724 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,621 1 0 276.2
2012 Q3 4,604 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,443 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,685 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,732 5 0 1339.8
2011 Q3 5,203 5 1 961.0
2011 Q2 4,591 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,776 5 4 1046.9
2010 Q4 3,249 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,825 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,054 6 2 1187.2
2010 Q1 3,503 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,458 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,745 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,098 2 1 488.0
2009 Q1 3,279 3 0 914.9
2008 Q4 2,958 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,559 4 3 1123.9
2008 Q2 3,820 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,077 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,164 3 0 580.9
2007 Q3 5,836 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,200 4 2 769.2
2007 Q1 4,257 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,338 2 0 374.7
2006 Q2 7,619 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,935 5 2 1270.6
2005 Q4 1,116 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,785 13 6 3434.6
2005 Q2 3,881 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,057 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,508 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,121 1 0 242.7
2004 Q2 4,010 5 1 1246.9
2004 Q1 3,752 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,543 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,028 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,766 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,081 3 1 973.7
2002 Q4 2,908 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,090 1 0 323.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

February 13, 2023 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baldwin Sand and Gravel · Struck against stationary object

Miner was using chain come-a-long and while tightening the come-a-long EE's hand struck an adjacent metal frame.

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