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Tremont Pit: 66 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

APAC, MS INC. · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Tremont, Itawamba County, MS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2200784

Tremont Pit has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2018–2024
Latest incident
Nov 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
66
citations
9
significant & substantial
$45,203
proposed penalties
$19,117
paid to date
42% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $26,086 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See APAC, MS INC.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
54
inspections on record
666
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: 666 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tremont Pit has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$45K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $37K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-10.
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.
13.6%
significant & substantial
3.0%
high negligence or reckless
13.6%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 80.3% moderate, 3.0% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 43%
  • Stood as issued 3 · 43%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 14%
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%
71%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$37K proposed, $11K 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 2022-07-28.
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 2022-0175 Settlement McCarthy 2022 $36K → $10K
SE 2009-359M Dismissal Lesnick 2010 $699 → $699
SE 2011-261M Settlement Zielinski 2011 $312 → $212
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: 2024-09-27
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Building Repair/Maint.
2024-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2012-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Tractor Operator
2009-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-05-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.2 0.80 Utility Man
2009-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2009-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant 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.

Tremont Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Mississippi, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 0.78 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 6.39 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 17.62 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 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. APAC, MS INC. 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 28
2025 25
2024 23
2023 24
2022 23
2021 20
2020 13
2019 12
2018 12
2017 11
2016 10
2015 11
2014 10
2013 10
2012 10
2011 9
2010 13
2009 11
2008 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Tremont Pit 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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 8,158 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 9,912 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 8,311 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,425 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12,270 1 0 81.5
2025 Q1 10,026 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 8,622 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,069 0 0 0.0
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,612 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,976 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,508 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,865 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 11,229 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 10,450 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,643 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 10,169 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,697 2 0 206.2
2022 Q1 7,452 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,918 2 1 338.0
2021 Q3 4,264 1 0 234.5
2021 Q2 7,391 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,125 14 0 2731.7
2020 Q4 6,802 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,068 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,471 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,259 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,623 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,418 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,426 1 0 155.6
2019 Q1 5,902 3 0 508.3
2018 Q4 6,053 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,100 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,698 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,358 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,589 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,417 1 0 155.8
2017 Q2 6,579 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,897 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,718 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,986 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,179 1 1 193.1
2016 Q1 5,012 8 2 1596.2
2015 Q4 5,272 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,646 1 0 150.5
2015 Q2 6,062 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,915 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,857 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,172 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,950 1 0 202.0
2014 Q1 3,465 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,815 2 0 524.2
2013 Q3 4,179 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,966 1 0 252.1
2013 Q1 3,064 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,588 2 1 557.4
2012 Q3 4,555 5 0 1097.7
2012 Q2 5,184 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,519 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,756 1 0 266.2
2011 Q3 3,935 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,584 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,104 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,626 2 0 355.5
2010 Q3 6,134 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,008 3 1 428.1
2010 Q1 2,009 1 0 497.8
2009 Q4 5,269 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,269 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,390 1 0 156.5
2009 Q1 5,685 4 1 703.6
2008 Q4 922 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 167 2 1 11976.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2024 · 1 incident

November 8, 2024 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
APAC, MS INC. · Struck by falling object

Emp was injured when a box holding a bearing fell off a tailgate and struck the top of EE's left foot causing a laceration and fracture to EE's toe.

2021 · 2 incidents

December 18, 2021 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
APAC, MS INC. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was pulling a wrench, tightening a bolt on the pump at the plant and the wrench slipped causing EE to stumble. EE then fell onto right hand, cause a clean break to EE's right hand.

December 10, 2021 MS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
APAC, MS INC. · Struck against a moving object

Pit loader backed into the Track hoe causing damage to both and minor injury to the track hoe operator.

2018 · 1 incident

November 2, 2018 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
APAC, MS INC. · Struck by flying object

Technician was driving a track pin in because the track press didn't push it in all the way. While hitting the pin with a sledge hammer, a flake of metal flew off the pin and stuck in the Tech's left hand.