Mining Incidents

SOLID ROCK MATERIALS: 64 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

SOLID ROCK MATERIALS, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Bill Vice
New Augusta, Perry County, MS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2200855

SOLID ROCK MATERIALS has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $41K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
64
citations
15
significant & substantial
$40,811
proposed penalties
$168
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $40,643 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
16
inspections on record
178
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: 178 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SOLID ROCK MATERIALS has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $41K 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$168
paid to date
$41K
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $168 in penalties contested before the Commission, $168 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-03.
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.
35.7%
significant & substantial
19.0%
high negligence or reckless
35.7%
reasonably likely or greater
38.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 35.7% low, 45.2% moderate, 19.0% 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.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 13%
  • Still open 7 · 88%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$168 proposed, $168 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 2026-05-24.
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 2025-0067 Settlement Lewis 2025 $168 → $168
SE 2026-0011 Decision pending
SE 2026-0107 Decision pending
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Solid Rock Materials, LLC 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 3
2024 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SOLID ROCK MATERIALS sits in Perry County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Perry County, Mississippi · Population 11,459
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$50,435
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
2025 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 860 5 3 5814.0
2025 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 600 2 1 3333.3
2024 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 280 45 7 160714.3

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.