Mining Incidents

Sledge Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Unimin Corp · Surface
Controlled by Covia Holdings LLC
Sledge, Quitman County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200630

Sledge Mine has $549 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1991–1998
Latest incident
Jun 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$549
proposed penalties
$549
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
7
inspections on record
58
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: 58 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sledge Mine has $549 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$549
proposed penalties
$549
current assessed
$549
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-07-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 1,620 2 0 1234.6
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 1 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 2,243 2 1 891.7
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 1 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

1998 · 1 incident

June 9, 1998 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
United Clays Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE ON PALLET REWORK AREA REWORKING PALLETS WHEN STEP ON A BOARD WHICH HAD A NAIL POINTED UP HE STEP ON IT.

1997 · 2 incidents

December 11, 1997 MS · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
United Clays Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUTTING BEARING OUT OF SHREDDER WHEN SLAG POPPED UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AND HIT EYE.

April 18, 1997 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Clays Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BAGS WERE COMING OFF ROLLER CONVEYOR AND EE WAS TRYING TO STACK TOO FAST.

1996 · 3 incidents

August 1, 1996 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Clays Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE STRUCK KNEE AGAINST ADJUSTING SCREW ON GLUE CONTAINER STAND WHILE ADJUSTING POSITION OF GLUE CONTAINER.

June 17, 1996 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Clays Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE DROPPED BAG AND REARTED TOO QUCIKLY TO RETAIN BAG FROM FLOOR.

February 27, 1996 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Clays Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PULLING A PALLET FROM STACK NEAR BAGGING STACK ORGANIZER LEFT LITTLE FINGER GOT CAUGHT B ETWEEN PALLET AND METAL STACK ORGANIZER.

1995 · 3 incidents

October 18, 1995 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Clays Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING BAG FROM SPOUT & STAKING ON CONVEYOR. STRAINED MUSCLES IN LEFT SIDE.

September 6, 1995 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United Clays Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHREDDER BELTS BEGAN SLIPPING OPERATOR. WAS HURRING TO GET TO SHUT OFF SWITCH. SLIPPED COMING OUT OF LOADER & CAUGHT WEIGHT WITH LEFT ARM.

April 18, 1995 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Clays Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE RIGHT SHOULDER HAD BEEN OPERATED ON IN APRIL FOR PINCHED NERVE. DR HAD RELEASED HIM TO FULL DUTY. HE WSA DOING NORMAL DUTIES IN A MANNER.

1994 · 2 incidents

December 1, 1994 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Clays Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING AN EMPTY PALLET OFF OF STACK. THE PALLET WAS STUCK. HE THEN SNATCHED PALLET AND COMPLAINED OF BACK HURTING.

March 1, 1994 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Clays Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

BAG SLIPPED OUT OF HAND WHILE STACKING. TRIED TO PUSH BAG ON TO PALLET WITH LEFT ARM.

1993 · 3 incidents

November 16, 1993 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
United Clays Inc · Struck by flying object

WELDING AND GRINDING DURING ENTIRE SHIFT (HAD CLEANED AND INSPECTED HOOD). WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WHEN GRINDING. HE DIDN'T KNOW METAL HAD GOTTEN IN EYE UNTIL FOUND BY DR AFTER EYE DIDN'T GET BETTER ON. ORIGINALLY HE THOUGHT IT WAS WELDING BURN. DR SAID IT WAS NOT.

May 19, 1993 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
United Clays Inc · Struck against a moving object

ICG SWITCH ENGINE SLAMMED INTO CAR CONNECTED TO CAR BEING LOADED. CHOCKS WITH MARKERS WERE IN PLACE AT BOTH ENDS OF CAR BEING LOADED. RAMP WAS IN DOORWAY.

March 11, 1993 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Clays Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING AND STACKING 50# BAGS. TURNING AND ARRANGING THEM ON PALLET FOR CUSTOMER.

1991 · 1 incident

June 27, 1991 MS · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Clays Inc · Fall from machine

ORE BRIDGED IN DUMP HOPPER USED TO FEED CONVEYOR TO MILL FEED H OPPER ORE STUCK TO HOPPER SIDEWALLS EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FIND CAUSE & REMEDY FOR THIS PROBLEM ORE SLID DOWN & HE INJURED HIMSE LF GETTING OUT OF HOPPER ON SIDEWALL

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