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Krystal Gravel-Harmony: 233 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Krystal Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Amy Sojourner Eversole
Crystal Springs, Copiah County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200585

Krystal Gravel-Harmony has $148K in proposed MSHA penalties and $559 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1991–2017
Latest incident
Aug 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
233
citations
82
significant & substantial
$148,381
proposed penalties
$103,223
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $45,158 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Krystal Gravel's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
1,015
inspection hours
23.0
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.
233 citations across 1,015 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Krystal Gravel-Harmony has $148K in proposed MSHA penalties and $559 outstanding across 7 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.
$148K
proposed penalties
$104K
current assessed
$103K
paid to date
$559
outstanding
226 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $79K in penalties contested before the Commission, $31K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-06-10.
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.
36.3%
significant & substantial
7.1%
high negligence or reckless
38.5%
reasonably likely or greater
55.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.3% low, 87.6% moderate, 7.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
34 citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
  • Settled 32 · 94%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 3%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 3%
89%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 19 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
60%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$75K proposed, $30K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-06-11.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2008-843M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $34K → $12K
SE 2017-0115 Settlement Miller 2017 $19K → $6K
SE 2010-1033M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $15K → $6K
SE 20000117M Settlement Melick 2000 $4K → $400
SE 2014-0240 Settlement Lesnick 2014 $3K → $3K
SE 2017-0202 Dismissal Miller 2017 $2K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2017-08-08, 9 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-06-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.23 1.26 Mechanic
2017-08-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Mechanic
2017-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2017-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2010-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.96 0.30 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2005-02-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-02-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Backhoe Operator
2005-02-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-02-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer 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.

Krystal Gravel-Harmony recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.

Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Mississippi, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.55 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 6.52 6.52 0.000
2016 * 5.72 5.72 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Krystal Gravel 1986 to present
  2. Southwest Paving Inc 1990 to 1992
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 18
2018 17
2017 15
2016 22
2015 14
2014 14
2013 15
2012 16
2011 14
2010 21
2009 20
2008 20
2007 20
2006 30
2005 25
2004 21
2003 15
2002 14
2001 12
2000 19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Krystal Gravel-Harmony sits in Copiah County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Copiah County, Mississippi · Population 27,994
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$47,994
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
2019 Q3 6,454 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 9,524 1 1 105.0
2019 Q1 8,426 3 0 356.0
2018 Q4 10,159 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,755 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 9,178 3 1 326.9
2018 Q1 6,736 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,647 3 1 451.3
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 6,765 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,995 6 1 750.5
2017 Q1 9,266 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 9,169 9 5 981.6
2016 Q3 7,426 2 0 269.3
2016 Q2 10,408 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 7,986 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 10,668 4 3 375.0
2015 Q3 6,734 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,688 16 7 3413.0
2015 Q1 3,774 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,931 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,808 11 3 1615.7
2014 Q2 6,842 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 7,354 5 2 679.9
2013 Q4 7,117 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,756 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,820 3 0 383.6
2013 Q1 5,346 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,939 2 1 288.2
2012 Q3 5,444 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,234 1 0 191.1
2012 Q1 6,397 11 1 1719.6
2011 Q4 5,759 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,399 3 0 468.8
2011 Q2 5,222 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,159 3 3 721.3
2010 Q4 8,018 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,862 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 9,630 4 3 415.4
2010 Q1 8,302 2 0 240.9
2009 Q4 9,207 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,777 8 6 911.5
2009 Q2 9,396 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,324 3 1 360.4
2008 Q4 10,414 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 9,646 8 2 829.4
2008 Q2 10,876 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 11,298 18 8 1593.2
2007 Q4 10,630 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 10,056 6 3 596.7
2007 Q2 10,498 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 10,719 10 5 932.9
2006 Q4 13,748 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 14,618 6 2 410.5
2006 Q2 14,591 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 12,463 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 12,751 2 0 156.9
2005 Q3 13,702 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 14,458 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 12,851 2 0 155.6
2004 Q4 13,328 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 14,694 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 12,816 36 13 2809.0
2004 Q1 10,266 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,704 1 0 129.8
2003 Q3 9,107 3 1 329.4
2003 Q2 5,748 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,629 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,635 3 0 452.1
2002 Q3 4,577 9 1 1966.4
2002 Q2 10,382 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,981 5 0 716.2
2001 Q4 4,680 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,961 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,811 2 0 293.6
2001 Q1 5,200 4 1 769.2
2000 Q4 3,916 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,967 4 1 401.3
2000 Q2 1,716 1 1 582.8
2000 Q1 3,681 1 0 271.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2017 · 2 incidents

August 10, 2017 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Krystal Gravel · Fall from machine

Employee had replaced a fuel filter on a dozer during routine preventative maintenance. During this process, ee gloves became wet with diesel fuel. When ee attempted to stand up, ee hands slipped off of the hand rails. This caused ee to fall backwards and land on the left side of ee body, and the left side of ee head.

March 15, 2017 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Krystal Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Not paying attention when departing truck/vehicle that was parked and not running. Missed last step and right ankle twisted.

2016 · 1 incident

April 25, 2016 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Krystal Gravel · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Employee was turning a nut with a wrench while performing routine maintenance on shaker. Employee slipped during this process and fell to the walkway causing lower back pain.

1998 · 1 incident

December 15, 1998 MS · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Krystal Gravel · Fall from machine

EE WAS FUELING A 980B CAT FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF THE LOADER AND FELL TO THE GROUND. CARRIED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE XRAY REVEALED THAT EE HAD BROKEN PELVIC BONE. SENT HOME TO RECOV ER.

1992 · 1 incident

February 24, 1992 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwest Paving Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER,HELPING REMOVE CENTER SECTION FROM REAR OF DIFFERENTIAL OF LOADER EMPLOYEE WORKED ALL DAY.

1991 · 2 incidents

April 24, 1991 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwest Paving Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE REMOVING PUMP FROM CREEK DUE TO HIGHWATER FROM EXCESSIVE RAIN WATER GOT IN FACE GETTING ROCK IN EAR CAUSING INFECTION.