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: 25 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
New Orleans Grinding Plant has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-06-06.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2000
6
1999
14
1998
21
1997
19
1996
15
1995
16
1994
14
1993
14
1992
12
1991
14
1990
11
1989
9
1988
12
1987
13
1986
11
1985
14
1984
14
1983
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
New Orleans Grinding Plant sits in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Orleans Parish, Louisiana · Population 376,035
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$55,339
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2000 Q3
48
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,163
11
5
2642.3
2000 Q1
8,124
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
27 on file
1999 · 1 incident
April 9, 1999LA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE STEPPED OFF PLATFORM 8" ELEVATION AND BEINGER WALKING ON CONCRETE FLOOR OBSTRUCTED WITH 100 LB. BARITE SACKS. EE TWISTED AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE AS HE ATTEMPTED TO WALK OVER OBSTRUCTION .
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1998 · 3 incidents
July 18, 1998LA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A PUMP WAS ON A FORKLIFT AND HE WAS WELDING LEG ON THE PUMP STAND AFTER TACKING 1 LEG ON THE STAND. IT FELL OFF THE FORK LIFT AND BRUISED HIS LEFT LEG.
MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE DISMOUNTING AMILL JOURNAL WITH A KNOCK OFF WRENCH. A PARTICLE OF STEEL FROM THE HAMEMR SPLINTERED OFF AND EMBEDDED IN TEH INJURED EMPLOYEE'S LEG. HE WAS BYSTANDE R. HE WENT TO THE DR THREE DAYS LATER ON 6-26-95.
1994 · 1 incident
July 15, 1994LA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Baker Hughes Inteq · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE WAS CUTTING AND WELDING SCRAP METAL. HE WAS OUTDOORS WITH A FAN BLOWING ON OR AWAY FROM HIM. HE APPARENTLY INJAL;ED WELDING FUMES. HE BECAME ILL AT HOME AND GOT MEDICAL ATTENTION.
1992 · 1 incident
March 31, 1992LA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Baker Hughes Inteq · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVED A BRIDGE OF MATERIAL WITH AN AIR PIPE THE MATERIAL CAME LOOSE & FORCED THE PIPE INTO THE MILL FEEDER CAUSING HIS HAND TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR ON THE FE EDER & THE PIPE
1991 · 5 incidents
June 20, 1991LA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE REMOVING PLOW FROM #1 MILL, CHAIN SLING WAS ATTACHED TO PLOW. EMPLOYEE HIT UP BUTTON ON ELECTRIC HOIST TO PUT TENSION ON CHAIN. BUTTON APPARENTLY STUCK IN UP POSITION. CHAIN BROKE AND SW UNG, ONE END HIT EMPLOYEE ON 1ST FINGER LEFT HAND.
March 6, 1991LA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE STACKING 100# BAGS FROM A BAGGING MACHINE CONVEYOR ONTO A PALLET, EMPLOYEE SENSED SOME DISCOMFORT IN GROIN. ABOUT 9:30 A.M. HE CONTINUED TO WORK WITHOUT REPORTING THIS UNTIL 12:00 NOON. WHENHE REPORTED DISCOMFORT TO SUPERVISOR. MAN WAS ALLOWED TO GO HOM AND REST.
1989 · 5 incidents
November 7, 1989LA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
ATTEMPTING TO GUAGE OR MEASURE NUMBER OF FEET OF BARIUM SULPHATE IN THE 100 TON TANK,PRESSURIZED TYPE STORAGE BIN.
October 13, 1989LA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
WHILE DIGGING WITH HAND SHOVEL SHOVEL HAD LARGE CONSTRUCTION SIZE STAPLE AT TOP OF SHOVEL HANDLE ON TOP ROUNDED PART CAUSED BLISTER PALM OF R HAND WHICH LATER BECAME INFLAMED CAUSING PAIN IN F INGERS AND DOWN ARM
June 30, 1989LA · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorMACHINERY
MAN WAS INSTALLING NEW SCREW CONVEYOR ON TOP OF 4 TANKS. WHILE SLINGS WERE SLACK ON SCREW & STILL ON HOOK OF CRANE SCREW SLIPPED OFF FRAMING Y MOVED SOME SHORT DISTAND 6" TO 20" MAN INSTINCTIV ELY TRIED TO HOLD SCREW WITH LEFT HAND. THIS RESSULTED IN STRAINED TISSUES.
April 3, 1989LA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
ATTEMP TO OPEN WINDOW PUSHED AND THRU GLASS LE. HAND ON WINDO HANDLE AND R HAND ON GLASS PUSHED R;. HAND THRU GLASS CUTTING R. HAND RING FINGER. TOP JOINT PALM SIDE.
1988 · 3 incidents
December 28, 1988LA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Baker Hughes Inteq · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE ROCK FROM UNDER RETURN SIDE OF CONVEYOR BELT. ANOTHER ROCK FELL & HIT ROCK BEING REMOVED. ROCK ROLLED OVER & WAS MOVED BY RETURN SIDE OF BELT. MAN'S FINGER WAS BETWEEN ROCK & GROUND. CONVEYOR WAS RUNNING.
MAN WAS WORKING ON POWER CLIMBER WHEN CABLE BROKE ON POWER CLIMBER HE WAS ON AND FELL SOM 22 FEET TO 2( FEET WITH POWER CLIMBER TO GROUND POWER CLIMBER WAS ON SIDE OF TANK CABLE FASTENED TO TO P OF TANK AND TO POWER CLIMBER NO SAFETY LINE SECURED TO CLIMBER
MAN WAS INSTALLING TAIL SPROCKET ON ELEVATOR #5 SPROCKET WAS BEING POSITIONED TO INSTALL TAIL SHAFT SPROCKET SLIPPED AND H IT MAN ON MIDDLE FINGER OF RT HAND CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN SPROCKET A AND BOTTOM OF ELEVATOR CASING OPENING
1983 · 1 incident
March 29, 1983LA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Baker Hughes Inteq · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE #2 MILL RETURN HOUSING BY DRIVE SIDE OF MILL FEEDER WHEN THE #60 FEEDER CHAIN BROKE, HE TURNED FEEDER SWITCH OFF AND TURNED AROUD GRABBING THE CHAIN WITH HIS RIG HT HAND BEFORE FEEDER DRIVE STOPPED TURNING. HIS RIGHT HAND, MIDDLE FINGER (END TIP) WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRIVE CHAIN AND THE FEEDER SPAROCKET.