Mining Incidents

AIMWELL #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Merrell A. Adkins
Jena, La Salle County, LA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1601385

AIMWELL #1 has $159K in proposed MSHA penalties and $72K outstanding across 4 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 2010
165
citations
49
significant & substantial
$159,165
proposed penalties
$80,549
paid to date
51% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $78,616 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
40
inspections on record
702
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: 702 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

AIMWELL #1 has $159K in proposed MSHA penalties and $72K outstanding across 4 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.
$159K
proposed penalties
$152K
current assessed
$81K
paid to date
$72K
outstanding
159 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 3,840 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,940 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,920 22 7 11458.3
2025 Q1 2,880 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,990 30 13 10033.4
2024 Q3 3,010 15 3 4983.4
2024 Q2 3,120 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,100 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,440 3 1 2083.3
2023 Q3 1,825 7 0 3835.6
2023 Q2 2,100 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,800 3 0 1666.7
2022 Q4 3,000 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,550 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,800 1 0 555.6
2022 Q1 3,000 5 2 1666.7
2021 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,800 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,425 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,500 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,500 2 0 1333.3
2020 Q2 1,550 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,525 1 0 655.7
2019 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,000 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,000 3 0 1000.0
2018 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,600 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,600 5 2 3125.0
2018 Q1 1,600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,600 4 2 2500.0
2017 Q3 1,600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,600 2 1 1250.0
2017 Q1 1,600 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,600 4 2 2500.0
2016 Q3 1,600 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,600 3 1 1875.0
2016 Q1 1,440 13 2 9027.8
2015 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 100 1 0 10000.0
2015 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 200 1 0 5000.0
2014 Q1 200 1 0 5000.0
2013 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 75 3 1 40000.0
2011 Q4 500 6 1 12000.0
2011 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,000 5 2 5000.0
2010 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 300 3 1 10000.0
2010 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 750 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 495 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.

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