Mining Incidents

Love Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Hernando, De Soto County, MS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2200389

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2004–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
53
citations
15
significant & substantial
$8,357
proposed penalties
$6,692
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 8,113 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 11,314 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,343 1 0 107.0
2025 Q1 8,177 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 8,929 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 9,125 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,735 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,672 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2025 · 1 incident

July 30, 2025 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Contact with heat

Employee overheated while lacing conveyor belt, claimed they got dizzy and sat down beside the conveyor road, did not communicate to anyone and called 911 themselves! Employee ate and drank throughout the day. With a group of co-workers all day including the supervisor to allow breaks (water, shade, cooling) due to the extreme heat.

2024 · 2 incidents

June 12, 2024 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking backwards from front of pickup truck along conveyor. Stepped onto the grated ground berm, twisted ankle underneath self landing with all EE's body weight. Believed ankle was just sprained and went home. Two days later (6/14/24) found out it was a nondisplaced fracture of lateral right fibula.

May 22, 2024 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

Laceration to left leg requiring stitches. While attempting to disconnect bucket from skid steer, the bucket slipped off the bucket moment and contacted left leg resulting in a laceration.

2013 · 1 incident

April 16, 2013 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was giving hand signals to a front end loader operator as they were splicing a belt. The nylon choker broke and struck employee in the chest.

2009 · 1 incident

August 11, 2009 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee states he was driving a hinge pin into an ejector pan with a sledge hammmer.

2006 · 1 incident

May 3, 2006 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

ee alledgedly slipped & fell & struck a wing wall as he was climbing down from a conveyor after he removed material from the conveyor.

2005 · 2 incidents

April 5, 2005 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING FROM UNDER THE CONVEYOR AND STRAINED HIS BACK

February 21, 2005 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING ROCK OUT OF TAILPULLEY, PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HIS HAND HIT THE FINS IN THE PULLEY, CUTTING HIS LEFT POINTING FINGER.

2004 · 1 incident

July 19, 2004 MS · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

RIDING A 4-WEELER ACROSS THE PIT AREA AND RAN OFF A 6 TO 8 FOOT HIGHWALL. THE IMPACT CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS FACE ON THE HANDLE BARS.HE RRECEIVED LACERATIONS TO HIS NOSE AND FACE ALSO BRUISES TO HIS BODY.