Mining Incidents

Amite Pit Metal/Non-Metal

BMS, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Joseph Harper Peters
Amite, Tangipahoa County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601485

Amite Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2009
28
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,507
proposed penalties
$3,507
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
12
inspections on record
130
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: 130 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Amite Pit has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-03-19.
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
2013 Q2 2,507 3 0 1196.6
2013 Q1 2,680 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,996 5 2 2505.0
2012 Q3 915 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 941 1 1 1062.7
2012 Q1 899 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,158 1 0 463.4
2011 Q3 1,035 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 2,014 3 0 1489.6
2011 Q1 4,900 1 0 204.1
2010 Q4 5,627 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,150 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,840 1 0 146.2
2010 Q1 6,420 9 2 1401.9
2009 Q4 3,120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,852 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,800 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,149 3 0 2611.0
2008 Q4 1,160 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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