Mining Incidents

Accardo Mining LLC: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Accardo Mining, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Michael Accardo Jr
Franklinton, Washington County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601508

Accardo Mining LLC has $543 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
4
citations
1
significant & substantial
$543
proposed penalties
$543
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
4
inspections on record
62
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: 62 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Accardo Mining LLC has $543 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$543
proposed penalties
$543
current assessed
$543
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-09-09.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
25.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 25.0% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 50% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 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 2014-12-09.
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
CENT 2015-0123 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Accardo Mining LLC 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Accardo Mining LLC sits in Washington Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Washington Parish, Louisiana · Population 45,238
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$42,776
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
2014 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 84 3 0 35714.3
2014 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 155 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 248 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 235 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4 155 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 245 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 245 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 283 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 270 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 245 1 1 4081.6
2011 Q2 233 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 307 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.