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: 321 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Love Pit has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 3 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $844 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-24.
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.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 100%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
65%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $844 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2008-01-16.
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.
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: 2024-09-04
13%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz81 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-06-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.18
1.22
Truck Driver
2024-09-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-09-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2010-10-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2010-10-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.74
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.66
0.20
Truck Driver
2005-11-29
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Truck Driver
2005-06-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.4
0.65
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
1.97
0.16
Washer Operator
2002-05-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
1.79
0.13
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
1.81
0.17
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-05-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.9
0.16
Front-end Loader 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.
Love Pit recorded 4.86 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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.
4.86
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Mississippi, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 0.78 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
2025 *
4.86
0.00
0.000
2024 *
11.39
5.69
0.000
2009 *
9.49
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
19.17
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
25
2025
32
2024
31
2013
14
2011
3
2010
2
2009
10
2008
8
2007
11
2006
7
2005
10
2004
6
2003
7
2002
6
2001
6
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Love Pit sits in DeSoto 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.
DeSoto County, Mississippi · Population 188,598
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$82,980
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
2026 Q2
10,623
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
7,271
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
8,113
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
11,314
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
11,489
1
0
87.0
2025 Q1
10,262
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
8,929
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
8,912
0
0
0.0
Show 54 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
9,125
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
8,165
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,672
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
6,878
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,417
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
3,302
2
0
605.7
2011 Q4
6
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
197
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
301
9
5
29900.3
2010 Q3
200
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
75
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,450
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,729
3
3
804.5
2009 Q2
8,796
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
4,093
1
0
244.3
2008 Q4
2,217
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,289
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,853
4
2
1038.2
2008 Q1
4,524
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
6,912
5
3
723.4
2007 Q3
8,661
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
7,387
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,917
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
2,215
5
0
2257.3
2006 Q3
393
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
4,762
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,508
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
4,488
1
0
222.8
2005 Q3
5,933
4
0
674.2
2005 Q2
5,223
6
1
1148.8
2005 Q1
5,223
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
819
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
5,818
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,781
3
0
627.5
2004 Q1
4,121
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,692
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
5,365
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
4,781
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,901
2
0
689.4
2002 Q4
1,930
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,201
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
3,230
3
1
928.8
2002 Q1
2,179
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,054
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
576
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,493
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,511
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
935
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
346
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,528
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,920
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
16 on file
2025 · 1 incident
July 30, 2025MS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanDISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Employee overheated while lacing conveyor belt, claimed they got dizzy and sat down beside the conveyor road, did not communicate to anyone and called 911 themselves! Employee ate and drank throughout the day. With a group of co-workers all day including the supervisor to allow breaks (water, shade, cooling) due to the extreme heat.
2024 · 2 incidents
June 12, 2024MS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking backwards from front of pickup truck along conveyor. Stepped onto the grated ground berm, twisted ankle underneath self landing with all EE's body weight. Believed ankle was just sprained and went home. Two days later (6/14/24) found out it was a nondisplaced fracture of lateral right fibula.
May 22, 2024MS · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laceration to left leg requiring stitches. While attempting to disconnect bucket from skid steer, the bucket slipped off the bucket moment and contacted left leg resulting in a laceration.
2013 · 1 incident
April 16, 2013MS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee states he was driving a hinge pin into an ejector pan with a sledge hammmer.
2006 · 1 incident
May 3, 2006MS · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
RIDING A 4-WEELER ACROSS THE PIT AREA AND RAN OFF A 6 TO 8 FOOT HIGHWALL. THE IMPACT CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS FACE ON THE HANDLE BARS.HE RRECEIVED LACERATIONS TO HIS NOSE AND FACE ALSO BRUISES TO HIS BODY.
1997 · 1 incident
July 1, 1997MS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT