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Riverside Gravel Pit: 95 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Tylertown, Walthall County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200648

Riverside Gravel Pit has $58K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2007
Latest incident
Oct 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
95
citations
29
significant & substantial
$58,425
proposed penalties
$58,425
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Dickerson & Bowen, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
48
inspections on record
591
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: 591 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Riverside Gravel Pit has $58K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$58K
proposed penalties
$58K
current assessed
$58K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
95 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-07-17.
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.
30.5%
significant & substantial
22.1%
high negligence or reckless
30.5%
reasonably likely or greater
48.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.2% low, 73.7% moderate, 22.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 5 · 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%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2008-04-28.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2008-629M Default Lesnick 2010 $3K → $3K
SE 2008-630M Default Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2013-01-24, 13 years ago
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.27 1.41 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2013-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2013-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2013-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2011-01-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.65 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-01-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2008-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2008-09-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 2.51 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-07-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.15 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.55 0.58 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.77 1.07 0.72 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.

Riverside Gravel Pit 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
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 24.49 24.49 0.000
2006 * 8.80 8.80 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Dickerson & Bowen Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 12
2013 13
2012 16
2011 14
2010 10
2009 11
2008 11
2007 11
2006 11
2005 13
2004 10
2003 10
2002 12
2001 16
2000 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Riverside Gravel Pit sits in Walthall County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Walthall County, Mississippi · Population 13,864
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$45,444
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
2014 Q3 4,940 2 1 404.9
2014 Q2 4,861 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,094 6 2 1465.6
2013 Q4 6,015 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,113 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,851 3 0 512.7
2013 Q1 4,360 8 2 1834.9
2012 Q4 6,730 0 0 0.0
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3 5,004 4 0 799.4
2012 Q2 6,180 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,707 4 1 700.9
2011 Q4 5,703 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,857 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,150 6 0 1445.8
2011 Q1 2,921 2 0 684.7
2010 Q4 3,793 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,218 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,910 2 0 1047.1
2010 Q1 2,951 2 1 677.7
2009 Q3 6,171 1 1 162.0
2009 Q2 4,868 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,458 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,097 1 0 196.2
2008 Q3 5,517 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,260 1 1 159.7
2008 Q1 4,948 5 2 1010.5
2007 Q4 5,981 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,487 1 1 154.2
2007 Q2 5,750 12 6 2087.0
2007 Q1 6,281 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,464 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,610 8 5 1210.3
2006 Q2 6,101 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,561 4 1 877.0
2005 Q4 5,437 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,422 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,145 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,169 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,726 2 0 423.2
2004 Q2 5,861 4 1 682.5
2004 Q1 4,759 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,050 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,862 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,741 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,634 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,924 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,978 4 0 573.2
2002 Q2 7,279 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,785 2 0 256.9
2001 Q4 8,427 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,888 2 1 225.0
2001 Q2 9,158 4 1 436.8
2001 Q1 7,612 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,769 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,731 3 2 308.3
2000 Q2 9,200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 9,873 2 0 202.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2007 · 3 incidents

October 10, 2007 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dickerson & Bowen Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Moving mud balls from hopper. Arm felt like needles shooting down it. Had sharp pain in joint.

June 25, 2007 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dickerson & Bowen Inc · Struck against a moving object

Back end of loader bounced up and came back down hard.

January 26, 2007 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dickerson & Bowen Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was getting clogs out of the hopper when he stepped off into a hole and twisted his ankle. Which resulted in him having a sprained ankle.

2006 · 1 incident

June 27, 2006 MS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dickerson & Bowen Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cleaning under belt with shovel, he pulled a muscle in his shoulder.

2001 · 1 incident

March 30, 2001 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator ELECTRICAL
Dickerson & Bowen Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE HAD CAN OD STARTED FLUID RESTING ON TOP OF HEATER UNIT IN CAB OF 966D LOADER. HEATER UNIT WAS ON. THE CAN RUBBED WIRES FOR HEATER CAUSING SHORT THAT IGNITED CONTENTS OF CAN CAUSING FIRE IN THE CAB OF LOADER.