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Twelve Oaks Pit: 98 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Picayune, Pearl River County, MS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200547

Twelve Oaks Pit has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1990–2005
Latest incident
Jun 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
98
citations
33
significant & substantial
$19,743
proposed penalties
$15,747
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,996 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Huey P Stockstill LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
55
inspections on record
757
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: 757 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Twelve Oaks Pit has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
97 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-01-06.
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.
34.0%
significant & substantial
2.1%
high negligence or reckless
34.0%
reasonably likely or greater
45.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.2% low, 91.8% moderate, 2.1% 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.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K proposed, $5K 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 2009-07-22.
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 2007-361M Settlement Melick 2007 $3K → $947
SE 2009-462M Settlement Moran 2013 $3K → $3K
SE 2008-80M Settlement Weisberger 2008 $1K → $315
SE 2008-508M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $425 → $375
SE 2009-730M Settlement Melick 2011 $243 → $185
SE 2008-509M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $200 → $200
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: 2012-06-19, 14 years ago
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
25
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz162 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (25)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.37 0.44 5.39 Pelletizer Operator
2003-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 0.61 1.08 Bagging Operator
2012-06-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2012-06-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 2.13 0.38 Bagging Operator
2008-09-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.26 0.85 Bagging Operator
2008-09-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.17 3.03 0.72 Bagging Operator
2008-04-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.62 2.78 0.94 Bagging Operator
2008-04-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.88 2.29 0.38 Bagging Operator
2008-04-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.98 2.72 0.73 Bagging Operator
2007-07-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 2.4 0.14 Pelletizer Operator
2007-07-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.12 10 0.21 Bagging Operator
2007-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.63 0.67 Pelletizer Operator
2007-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.67 0.67 Pelletizer Operator
2007-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.49 0.63 Bagging Operator
2007-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.58 0.52 Pelletizer Operator
2003-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.45 0.56 Bagging Operator
2003-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.52 0.50 Bagging Operator
2003-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift Operator
2001-04-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 1.23 0.41 Bagging Operator
2001-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2001-04-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Dredge/Barge Operator
2001-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2001-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift 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.

Twelve Oaks Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ 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 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Mississippi, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.68 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
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 3.18 3.18 0.000
2004 * 3.43 3.43 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 2.35 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. Huey Stockstill, Inc 1983 to 2015
  2. Huey P Stockstill LLC 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 0
2021 0
2020 3
2019 6
2018 4
2017 6
2016 6
2015 6
2014 6
2013 6
2012 7
2011 8
2010 9
2009 4
2008 14
2007 29
2006 33
2005 23
2004 23
2003 26
2002 35
2001 33
2000 29
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Twelve Oaks Pit sits in Pearl River County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Pearl River County, Mississippi · Population 56,781
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$56,535
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
2022 Q1 0 1 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 166 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 326 0 0 0.0
Show 81 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1 404 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 518 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 374 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 593 2 0 3372.7
2019 Q1 384 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 569 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 978 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,649 1 1 606.4
2018 Q1 1,745 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,101 2 1 1816.5
2017 Q3 1,666 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,699 2 0 1177.2
2017 Q1 1,673 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,681 1 0 594.9
2016 Q3 1,717 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,729 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,519 1 0 397.0
2015 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,853 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,108 3 0 1423.1
2015 Q1 2,721 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,820 2 1 709.2
2014 Q3 2,557 5 4 1955.4
2014 Q2 2,558 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,521 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,867 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,874 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,791 2 2 716.6
2013 Q1 2,912 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,018 1 0 331.3
2012 Q3 2,818 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,973 4 4 1345.4
2012 Q1 3,024 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,986 2 0 669.8
2011 Q3 3,293 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,370 1 0 296.7
2011 Q1 2,880 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,194 3 2 939.3
2010 Q3 3,257 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,063 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,608 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,886 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,781 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,771 1 1 360.9
2009 Q1 2,884 3 1 1040.2
2008 Q4 3,048 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,049 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 19,914 9 2 451.9
2008 Q1 19,374 3 1 154.8
2007 Q4 19,805 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 23,065 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 25,545 7 2 274.0
2007 Q1 21,604 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 22,982 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 25,050 10 4 399.2
2006 Q2 26,309 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 22,373 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 17,029 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 12,991 7 2 538.8
2005 Q2 17,781 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 15,018 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 10,628 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 15,177 1 1 65.9
2004 Q2 16,183 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 16,384 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 16,385 6 1 366.2
2003 Q3 13,971 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 16,390 8 2 488.1
2003 Q1 16,025 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 18,315 2 0 109.2
2002 Q3 20,186 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 21,101 1 0 47.4
2002 Q1 19,310 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 25,701 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 19,077 2 0 104.8
2001 Q2 20,661 4 1 193.6
2001 Q1 19,621 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 19,753 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 20,281 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 15,338 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 18,846 1 0 53.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2005 · 1 incident

June 29, 2005 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Huey Stockstill, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE PINCHED HAND BETWEEN TWO PALLETS.

2004 · 1 incident

October 18, 2004 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Huey Stockstill, Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

AS MINER WAS TIGHTENING BELT ON PTO DREDGE HE STATED THAT HE FELT A POP ON HIS LOWER BACK.

2001 · 1 incident

February 22, 2001 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Huey Stockstill, Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE FORKLIFT WAS STRAIGHTENING THE PALLET RACKTHE EE'S FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE PALLET FRAME & THE BAGGING TURNTABLE

2000 · 1 incident

May 3, 2000 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Huey Stockstill, Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF RIGHT WRIST ACHING AS A RESULT OF TOSSING 80 LB BAGS OF SAND.

1998 · 1 incident

February 23, 1998 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Huey Stockstill, Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING JAM, WHERE SAND HAD ACCUMLATED IN BOTTOM OF SILO. WHILE EE HAD HAND IN THE AIR GATE, EE 2 GOT A HI LITE AND TURNED SWITCH TO CLOSE THE AIR GATE, NOT KNOWING THAT EE 1 WAS CLEAN ING JAM.

1997 · 1 incident

December 4, 1997 MS · Metal/Non-Metal OTHER
Huey Stockstill, Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE MASHED FINGER. DOES NOT RMEMBER WHEN. UPON LACK OF TREATMENT & CARE TO FINGER IT SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME INFECTED AND HAD TO BECOME AMPUTATED EE DID NOT TELL ANYONE OF INJURY UNTIL FINGER WAS AMPUTATED EE INSISTED HE HAD HANDLED IT

1996 · 1 incident

September 14, 1996 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Huey Stockstill, Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR HAD CLIMBED BETWEEN MAST AND ROPS CANOPY AND ACCIDENTLY HIT TILT LEVER WITH FOOT. SUBSEQUENTLY CRUSHING OPERATOR BETWEEN MAST AND ROPS CANOPY.

1995 · 2 incidents

October 20, 1995 MS · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent ELECTRICAL
Huey Stockstill, Inc · Flash burns (electric)

WORKER WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A FUSE FROM ELECTRIAL PANEL. THE FUSE PANEL CAUSED AN ARE AND BURNED THE EE.

March 30, 1995 MS · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Huey Stockstill, Inc · Struck against stationary object

WORKER WAS REACHING INTO A PIECE OF 8IN PIPE TO CLEAN DIRT & DEBRIS FROM PIPELINE HE SHOVED HIS HAND INTO THE END OF THE PIPE WHICH CONTAINED A SHARP EDGE CUTTING 2 OF HIS FINGERS ON THE KNUCK LE

1993 · 2 incidents

September 16, 1993 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Huey Stockstill, Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOWER EE INTO A SAND STORAGE TANK W/O PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT. EE WANTED TO RETRIEVE HIS HAT. WORKERS WERE ACTING ON THEIR OWN JUDGEMENT. NO SUPERVISOR WAS INFORMED OF INTENDED ACTIONS. WORKERS NEGLECTED TO USE SAFETY HARNESS OR LIFELINE.

April 23, 1993 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Huey Stockstill, Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLIMBING ONTO FORKLIFT AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE OVERHEAD PROTECTION CANOPY.

1990 · 1 incident

June 19, 1990 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Huey Stockstill, Inc · Contact with heat

LOADING SAND BAGS ONTO PALLETS TEMPERATURE WAS 98 DEG.