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: 451 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Marx Plant #22 has $32K 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
104 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-12-06.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
20%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2008-04-02.
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: 2005-10-19, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-10-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.39
0.44
Screen/Scalper Operator
2005-10-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.83
0.17
Screen/Scalper Operator
2005-10-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.04
0.15
Screen/Scalper Operator
2005-10-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2002-04-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Belt Crew
2002-04-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Marx Plant #22 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.
Injury rate, 2010
ⓘ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 2.68 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In Mississippi, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.53 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
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
2.54
2.54
0.000
2004 *
3.64
0.00
0.000
2003 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2013
1
2012
5
2011
8
2010
12
2009
11
2008
18
2007
21
2006
33
2005
30
2004
21
2003
26
2002
28
2001
28
2000
23
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Marx Plant #22 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
2013 Q1
253
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
602
6
2
9966.8
2012 Q3
2,965
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,923
1
1
520.0
2012 Q1
4,439
4
1
901.1
2011 Q4
4,830
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,862
1
0
349.4
2011 Q2
3,644
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1
6,019
4
4
664.6
2010 Q4
6,073
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
7,543
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
6,325
1
0
158.1
2010 Q1
5,871
4
0
681.3
2009 Q4
8,091
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
6,441
6
5
931.5
2009 Q2
6,661
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
3,339
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,931
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
9,628
5
2
519.3
2008 Q2
12,848
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
14,227
8
3
562.3
2007 Q4
12,217
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
13,399
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
14,071
8
3
568.5
2007 Q1
13,532
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
16,409
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
19,802
6
2
303.0
2006 Q2
23,201
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
19,761
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
19,586
3
0
153.2
2005 Q3
19,155
3
3
156.6
2005 Q2
22,072
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
18,054
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
13,896
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
13,249
3
1
226.4
2004 Q2
14,606
9
3
616.2
2004 Q1
13,176
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
13,002
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
14,962
2
1
133.7
2003 Q2
18,987
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
16,819
2
0
118.9
2002 Q4
15,375
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
19,396
4
0
206.2
2002 Q2
19,078
5
0
262.1
2002 Q1
15,582
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
17,798
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
19,557
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
21,232
7
2
329.7
2001 Q1
17,090
3
1
175.5
2000 Q4
15,459
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
18,282
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
15,086
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
14,169
6
0
423.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2005 · 1 incident
June 25, 2005MS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Some more workers were taking a rubber sleeve off a pipe with a chain band. He was standing in front of them leaning aganist a belt winder when the sleeve came off it just hit his leg and pinned it up aginst the belt winder breaking his right leg just above the ankle.
2004 · 1 incident
April 8, 2004MS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was standing by the belt. a loader was pulling the belt. the chain broke and the chian hit him on. the hand breaking the index finger on his left hand. they were putting in a new belt line.
HE WENT TO GET OFF LOADER AND STEPPED THE WRONG WAY AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. WENT TO DOCTOR AND DOCTOR TOLD HIM TO JUST STAY OFF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. L BOTHERING HIM SO HE WENT BACK TO DOCTOR. SENT HIM TO BONE AND JOINT DOCTOR, DID SURGERY ON FEB13, 01. WAS GIVEN FIRST AID UNTIL HE WENT TO BONE DOCTOR.
July 14, 2000MS · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS