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: 312 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Plant 1348-Goss has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-12.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 50%
Stood as issued
3 · 50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
4%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2018-12-12.
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: 2020-01-16, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2020-01-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-01-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2015-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.56
0.41
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.55
0.47
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
7
2025
7
2024
7
2023
7
2022
6
2021
6
2020
6
2019
6
2018
5
2017
4
2016
4
2015
4
2014
3
2013
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Plant 1348-Goss sits in Marion County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Marion County, Mississippi · Population 24,303
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$42,320
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
3,389
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
3,247
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
2,990
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
3,393
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
3,765
1
1
265.6
2025 Q1
3,570
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
3,148
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,233
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
3,290
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
3,333
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
3,561
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
3,528
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
3,247
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
3,013
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
2,904
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
3,696
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
3,199
1
0
312.6
2022 Q1
3,180
1
0
314.5
2021 Q4
3,253
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
3,271
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
3,758
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
3,907
1
1
256.0
2020 Q4
3,999
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
3,785
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,268
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
4,080
2
0
490.2
2019 Q4
4,253
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
3,434
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
3,534
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
3,279
2
0
609.9
2018 Q4
2,930
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,304
2
1
605.3
2018 Q2
3,175
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
2,886
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,691
3
0
1114.8
2017 Q3
2,607
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,769
3
0
1083.4
2017 Q1
2,566
3
3
1169.1
2016 Q4
2,058
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,407
2
0
830.9
2016 Q2
2,205
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,950
1
0
512.8
2015 Q4
1,558
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
2,589
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
3,432
5
0
1456.9
2015 Q1
1,741
2
1
1148.8
2014 Q4
1,814
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,897
4
1
2108.6
2014 Q2
666
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1,044
1
0
957.9
2013 Q4
1,727
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2026 · 1 incident
August 6, 2026MS · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee stated that EE was checking and repairing the screens in the shaker. EE was in a seated position and proceeded to stand up when EE slipped. EE reached for the belt with EE's right hand to catch self. The belt moved and EE's finger contacted the pulley causing a laceration to EE's right 5th digit. The plant was not in operation at the time of the incident.
2024 · 1 incident
February 2, 2024MS · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was stepping from a paddle boat being used as a temporary access to get onto the dredge. The boat shifted in the water as they were stepping onto the dredge. EE pulled the boat back with right leg, felt their knee pop, lost balance, and fell onto their knee. The dredge was inoperable and staged close to the bank. The boat was located between the bank and the dredge.
2018 · 1 incident
October 4, 2018MS · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
A can of starter fluid was tossed to employee. He missed catching it and it hit a motor, bounced off and stuck him above his left eye. He had 6 stitches above eyebrow to close up the cut.
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