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SARDIS PLANT: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Panola County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200686

MSHA record for SARDIS PLANT (mine ID 2200686). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1998–1999
Latest incident
Jun 1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
47
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: 47 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Memphis Stone & Gravel Company 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 0
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SARDIS PLANT sits in Panola County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Panola County, Mississippi · Population 32,965
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$43,990
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
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 2,432 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,925 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,817 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,357 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1999 · 3 incidents

June 4, 1999 MS · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Fall from machine

RIGHT LEG BRUISED. DRAGLINE WAS GOIND DOWN GRADEINTO PIT, JUMPED OUT OF TRAVEL MACHINE OVERSPEED& OPERATOR & TRAINEE JUMPED FROM MAHCHINE

June 4, 1999 MS · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Fall from machine

DISLOCATED LEFT ANKLE, BROKE BONE IN LEFT FOOT, BROKEN NOSE AND CUTS ON RIGHT ELBOW AND FOREARM.MOVING DRAGLINE BACK INTO PIT AND IT WAS ON SHARP GRADE, JUMPED OUT. CLUTCHES WOULD NOT HOLD MACHINE AFTER THEY GOT OUT

January 12, 1999 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BOLTS OFF SHAKER DECK SLIPPED AND FELL INTO DISCHARGE CHUTE-LANDED ON AND DISLOCATED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

1998 · 1 incident

November 3, 1998 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

SCRAPER DOOR SHOT ON EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT THUMB.