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: 540 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
R&S Sand & Gravel has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $41K in penalties contested before the Commission, $16K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-11-13.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
5%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $997 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2012-02-14.
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: 2012-05-31, 14 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Arsenic fumes2
Beryllium fumes2
Show the individual readings (47)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2012-05-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2012-05-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
0.72
0.42
Mechanic
2012-05-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2011-05-19
Vanadium fumes
0
50
0.00
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-19
Vanadium fumes
0
50
0.00
Mechanic
2011-05-19
Zinc oxide fumes
0
10
0.00
Mechanic
2011-05-19
Arsenic fumes
0
1500
0.00
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-19
Beryllium fumes
0
6
0.00
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-19
Cadmium oxide fumes
0
100
0.00
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-19
Chromium, insoluble
0
3
0.00
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-19
Cobalt fumes
0
300
0.00
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-19
Copper fumes
0
300
0.00
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-19
Iron oxide fumes
0.38
20
0.02
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-19
Lead fumes
0
450
0.00
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-19
Magnesium oxide fumes
0.01
20
0.00
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-19
Manganese fumes
0.07
5
0.01
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-19
Molybdenum fumes
0
20
0.00
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-19
Nickel fumes
0
3
0.00
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-19
Zinc oxide fumes
0
10
0.00
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-19
Arsenic fumes
0
1500
0.00
Mechanic
2011-05-19
Beryllium fumes
0
6
0.00
Mechanic
2011-05-19
Cadmium oxide fumes
0
100
0.00
Mechanic
2011-05-19
Chromium, insoluble
0
3
0.00
Mechanic
2011-05-19
Cobalt fumes
0
300
0.00
Mechanic
2011-05-19
Copper fumes
0
300
0.00
Mechanic
2011-05-19
Iron oxide fumes
0.19
20
0.01
Mechanic
2011-05-19
Lead fumes
0
450
0.00
Mechanic
2011-05-19
Magnesium oxide fumes
0.01
20
0.00
Mechanic
2011-05-19
Manganese fumes
0.03
5
0.01
Mechanic
2011-05-19
Molybdenum fumes
0
20
0.00
Mechanic
2011-05-19
Nickel fumes
0
3
0.00
Mechanic
2006-02-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.28
0.68
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
1.04
0.19
Washer Operator
2004-10-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.18
0.94
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2003-11-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.38
0.10
Washer Operator
2003-11-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-11-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.86
0.22
Washer Operator
2002-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2002-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2002-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
R&S Sand & Gravel recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2013.
Injury rate, 2013
ⓘ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 2.46 and the all-US-mining average was 2.99 cases per 100 workers.
In Mississippi, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.58 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
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
4.68
0.00
0.000
2007 *
4.47
0.00
0.000
2006 *
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
2015
3
2014
5
2013
16
2012
16
2011
13
2010
12
2009
13
2008
20
2007
20
2006
19
2005
20
2004
21
2003
20
2002
20
2001
20
2000
20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
R&S Sand & Gravel sits in Itawamba County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Itawamba County, Mississippi · Population 23,942
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$59,508
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
Employee was helping move a pump. He was hooking a cable attached to the pump to an excavator tooth. His left index finger was caught between the cable and the tooth when slack was taken up.
2007 · 1 incident
May 16, 2007MS · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE cut his left arm with a pocket knife, he was cutting off a piece of rope. holding the rope in his left hand and pulling the knife when the knife cut thru the rope. it slipped and cut his left arm.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE BELLY PAN FROM UNDER DOZER. ON THE LAST BOLT, THE BELLY PAN CAME LOOSE AND THE RATCHET SLIPPED, STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
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