Mining Incidents

LOFLIN PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kenneth Laird
Crystal Springs, Copiah County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200492

LOFLIN PIT has $750 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1993–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
13
citations
1
significant & substantial
$750
proposed penalties
$750
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
7
inspections on record
67
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: 67 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LOFLIN PIT has $750 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$750
proposed penalties
$750
current assessed
$750
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-06-13.
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
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q2 1,812 2 0 1103.8
2002 Q1 1,663 7 0 4209.3
2001 Q4 1,737 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,669 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,776 2 1 1126.1
2001 Q1 1,440 2 0 1388.9
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 1,564 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,731 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,791 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,701 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2002 · 1 incident

May 10, 2002 MS · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Loflin Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING A PIPE UP, HOOKED TO A CHAIN, THE CHAIN BROKE AND THE PIPE HIT THE TOP OF THE CAB AND GLASS FROM THE WINDOW OF TRACKHOE SHATTERED AND THAT'S WHAT CUT EMPLOYEE.

1998 · 1 incident

May 19, 1998 MS · Metal/Non-Metal loader head operator, roscoe operator POWERED HAULAGE
Loflin Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE OPERATOR WAS BACK DRAGGING MAIN ROAD. IT APPEARS THE BACK TIRES ON LOADER GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE BERM AND BEGAN TO GO DOWN THE CLIFF. THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT AND WHEN THE LOAD ER LANDED IT FELL OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE. THE OPERATOR CLIMBED OUT AND WALKED TO THE OFFIC.E

1993 · 1 incident

February 23, 1993 MS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Loflin Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

INJURED STUCK HIS HAND BETWEEN THE GUARD AND BELT INTO THE TAIL PULLEY ON THE HOPPER IN WHICH GRAVEL IS FED INTO. HE THEN WAS PULLED UP INTO THE TAIL PULLEY. INJURED HAD BEEN TOLD NEVER TO P UT HIS IN OR AROUND THE PULLEY.

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