Mining Incidents

Hilltop Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Brookhaven, Lincoln County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200767

Hilltop Pit has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2007–2016
Latest incident
Jul 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
82
citations
25
significant & substantial
$16,059
proposed penalties
$16,059
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
39
inspections on record
594
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: 594 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hilltop Pit has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-06-16.
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
2021 Q4 4,317 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,663 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,784 1 0 209.0
2021 Q1 4,081 10 6 2450.4
2020 Q4 5,432 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,358 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,477 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,794 1 0 263.6
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 4,539 1 0 220.3
2019 Q3 5,216 2 0 383.4
2019 Q2 4,674 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,771 2 0 419.2
2018 Q4 4,552 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,935 3 1 607.9
2018 Q2 4,383 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,242 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,854 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,509 3 1 665.3
2017 Q2 4,693 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,191 2 1 385.3
2016 Q4 5,198 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,034 1 1 142.2
2016 Q2 6,806 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,933 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,150 2 0 388.3
2015 Q3 4,935 3 0 607.9
2015 Q2 4,788 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,423 2 0 452.2
2014 Q4 5,071 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,242 4 0 763.1
2014 Q2 5,276 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,456 3 3 673.2
2013 Q4 4,611 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,835 3 0 620.5
2013 Q2 4,027 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,458 4 3 897.3
2012 Q4 4,201 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,987 5 0 1254.1
2012 Q2 3,718 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,369 2 0 457.8
2011 Q4 5,502 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,210 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,944 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,768 1 0 265.4
2010 Q4 4,026 4 2 993.5
2010 Q3 4,238 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,673 1 0 214.0
2010 Q1 4,544 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,872 3 1 1044.6
2009 Q3 3,701 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,865 3 2 616.6
2009 Q1 8,140 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,827 3 0 621.5
2008 Q3 5,459 5 2 915.9
2008 Q2 6,663 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,282 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,695 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,046 4 2 661.6
2007 Q2 6,383 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,725 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,536 4 0 881.8
2006 Q3 6,229 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,072 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2016 · 1 incident

July 9, 2016 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Oddee Smith Construction, Inc. · Contact with heat

Heat Exhaustion

2007 · 1 incident

September 12, 2007 MS · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Oddee Smith & Sons, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was repairing the hydraulic hose on a Caterpillar D6N Dozer. He was climbing over blade arm to tighten leaking hose and slipped. he fell against tracs and pulled shoulder back.

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The full compliance file on Hilltop Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.