Weyerhaeuser/Air Base Plant has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2001–2023
Latest incident
Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
80
citations
12
significant & substantial
$9,373
proposed penalties
$9,373
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 994 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Weyerhaeuser/Air Base Plant has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
80 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $709 in penalties contested before the Commission, $649 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-12.
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.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 67%
Stood as issued
1 · 33%
8%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$709 proposed, $649 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2008-03-12.
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.
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: 2023-10-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (20)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2023-10-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-10-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-10-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2021-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2021-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Screen/Scalper Operator
2021-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2017-12-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
2.4
0.14
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2010-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2003-12-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.75
0.17
Truck Driver
2003-12-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
1.15
0.31
Truck Driver
2003-12-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-12-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2003-12-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2003-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.34
0.53
Truck Driver
2003-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.7
0.40
Washer Operator
2003-06-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2003-06-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-06-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader 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.
Weyerhaeuser/Air Base Plant recorded 6.98 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.
Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ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.
6.98
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Mississippi, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.47 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
2023 *
6.98
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
9.34
9.34
0.000
2019 *
9.53
9.53
0.000
2012 *
9.11
0.00
0.000
2011 *
15.81
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
7.08
7.08
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
16
2025
12
2024
20
2023
24
2022
13
2021
8
2020
9
2019
9
2018
8
2017
8
2016
8
2015
8
2014
8
2013
7
2012
10
2011
12
2010
11
2009
12
2008
11
2007
11
2006
11
2005
10
2004
10
2003
9
2002
9
2001
8
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Weyerhaeuser/Air Base Plant sits in Lowndes 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.
Lowndes County, Mississippi · Population 58,187
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$54,460
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
4,127
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
3,026
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
1,450
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,081
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
4,858
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
3,829
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
3,741
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,615
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
5,651
1
0
177.0
2024 Q1
5,913
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
6,282
1
0
159.2
2023 Q3
7,967
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
7,406
1
0
135.0
2023 Q1
6,985
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
7,118
3
0
421.5
2022 Q3
5,463
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
5,250
4
0
761.9
2022 Q1
4,297
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
4,593
3
0
653.2
2021 Q3
4,394
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
5,007
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
4,529
2
0
441.6
2020 Q4
4,671
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,426
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
5,548
1
0
180.2
2020 Q1
5,762
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
5,618
2
1
356.0
2019 Q3
5,663
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
5,351
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
4,355
2
0
459.2
2018 Q4
4,526
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
4,573
2
0
437.3
2018 Q2
5,133
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
4,934
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
5,028
5
0
994.4
2017 Q3
4,509
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
4,865
1
1
205.5
2017 Q1
4,980
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
4,768
1
0
209.7
2016 Q3
4,381
2
0
456.5
2016 Q2
4,244
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
3,958
3
0
758.0
2015 Q4
3,676
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
3,859
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
3,922
2
0
509.9
2015 Q1
3,978
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
4,095
1
0
244.2
2014 Q3
4,275
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,302
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
4,002
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,137
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
4,168
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,316
2
0
463.4
2013 Q1
2,475
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
3,500
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
5,790
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
6,414
3
1
467.7
2012 Q1
6,256
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
5,592
2
0
357.7
2011 Q3
6,489
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,856
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
6,371
2
1
313.9
2010 Q4
6,618
1
0
151.1
2010 Q3
6,276
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
6,558
2
1
305.0
2010 Q1
6,207
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
6,845
2
0
292.2
2009 Q3
6,682
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,554
2
1
264.8
2009 Q1
7,157
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
6,896
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
7,138
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
7,251
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
7,036
2
0
284.3
2007 Q4
5,915
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
6,594
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
7,061
8
2
1133.0
2007 Q1
7,102
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
6,179
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
6,704
4
0
596.7
2006 Q2
6,501
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
6,066
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
5,686
3
2
527.6
2005 Q3
5,890
3
1
509.3
2005 Q2
6,145
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,062
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
4,910
1
1
203.7
2004 Q3
5,381
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
6,027
1
0
165.9
2004 Q1
5,150
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
5,317
1
0
188.1
2003 Q3
5,602
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,455
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
5,488
1
0
182.2
2002 Q4
5,352
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,591
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,517
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
4,840
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,763
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,283
1
0
189.3
2001 Q2
4,770
2
0
419.3
2001 Q1
4,615
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,381
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,206
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,360
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,551
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2023 · 1 incident
August 12, 2023MS · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerOTHER
APAC-MS INC. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Emp strained a muscle in Rt shoulder when emp jumped after a mild shock from welder caused emp to jerk away from it.
2021 · 1 incident
April 13, 2021MS · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Employee was exiting water truck when employee spotted a snake in the area. Employee hurried to get back into the truck and sprained ankle while entering.
2017 · 1 incident
June 13, 2017MS · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Miner was in the shop using a hand-held grinder to prep a metal surface. EE moved to another section and felt pain in lower back. EE was taken to a medical clinic, examined, given anti-inflammatory meds and released to light duty work. On June 19th EE returned to the clinic and was released to return to full duty work.
Employee set grinder down before wheel stopped. Grinder kicked back & hit finger (L index). Stitches required. Guard in place. Eye/face protection worn.
Employee was removing a tire from the rim using a tire tool. When tire broke loose from the rim the tire tool hit employee on the left cheek, approximately 2" below the eye. The result was a contusion and laceration on his cheek.
Employee was assisting in changing out a 4" check valve in the water piping to a log washer. A rope was used to aid in lowering the valve to the work platform. While lowering the valve it came loose from the rope, falling and hitting the employee on the left fore foot causing a contusion and bruising of the foot,
EE was assisting his foreman remove a damaged spray baiz when the pipe wrench being used to remove the pipe fell and hit employee above his upper lip on the left side of his mouth causing laceration just above his lip.