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B & D SAND PIT: 111 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by M Matt Durand
Parks, St Martin County, LA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1600865

B & D SAND PIT has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1990–2025
Latest incident
Jun 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
111
citations
21
significant & substantial
$16,167
proposed penalties
$14,160
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,007 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See B & D Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
77
inspections on record
819
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: 819 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2010-08-26.
On record since 2010.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

B & D SAND PIT has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
110 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-12.
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.
19.1%
significant & substantial
2.7%
high negligence or reckless
19.1%
reasonably likely or greater
39.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 77.3% moderate, 2.7% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 86%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 14%
20%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
58%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $2K 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 2010-10-28.
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 2009-480M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $2K → $667
CENT 2011-163M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $1K → $805
CENT 2010-409M Settlement Tureck 2011 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-09-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
35
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg28
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (35)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2025-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2025-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2022-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2019-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-11-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.73 0.32 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2006-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2006-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2005-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-12-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-12-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.71 0.20 Utility Man
2003-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 2.62 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2003-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2003-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 1.48 0.34 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.79 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

B & D SAND PIT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.

Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Louisiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.66 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 7.25 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 9.56 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. J B Talley & Company Inc 1950 to 1991
  2. J B Talley & Company Inc 1991 to 1996
  3. B & D Materials LLC 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 7
2024 6
2023 7
2022 7
2021 7
2020 6
2019 7
2018 9
2017 9
2016 9
2015 10
2014 8
2013 9
2012 9
2011 9
2010 8
2009 10
2008 10
2007 8
2006 9
2005 10
2004 9
2003 9
2002 7
2001 7
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

B & D SAND PIT sits in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 6.9% 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.
St. Martin Parish, Louisiana · Population 51,559
6.9%
Mining share of county employment
$53,394
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
2026 Q2 2,759 3 0 1087.4
2026 Q1 2,839 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,338 5 1 1497.9
2025 Q3 3,469 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,336 2 0 599.5
2025 Q1 4,044 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,161 1 0 240.3
2024 Q3 3,813 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,014 1 0 249.1
2024 Q1 3,881 3 0 773.0
2023 Q4 4,070 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,179 1 1 239.3
2023 Q2 3,888 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,633 2 0 550.5
2022 Q4 4,102 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,278 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,584 1 0 218.2
2022 Q1 4,549 1 1 219.8
2021 Q4 4,339 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,921 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,409 1 1 226.8
2021 Q1 3,309 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,070 2 0 491.4
2020 Q3 3,747 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,062 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,775 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,722 2 0 537.3
2019 Q3 4,015 4 1 996.3
2019 Q2 4,148 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,248 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,126 1 0 195.1
2018 Q3 5,574 1 0 179.4
2018 Q2 5,484 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,455 2 0 366.6
2017 Q4 5,631 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,476 1 0 182.6
2017 Q2 5,788 1 0 172.8
2017 Q1 6,256 1 0 159.8
2016 Q4 6,534 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,093 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,437 1 1 155.4
2016 Q1 6,479 4 0 617.4
2015 Q4 6,684 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,706 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,561 1 0 152.4
2015 Q1 5,641 1 1 177.3
2014 Q4 5,684 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,072 3 0 494.1
2014 Q2 5,356 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,009 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,617 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,629 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,871 4 1 681.3
2013 Q1 5,237 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,212 1 1 191.9
2012 Q3 5,406 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,332 1 0 187.5
2012 Q1 4,829 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,151 4 1 776.5
2011 Q3 5,429 4 3 736.8
2011 Q2 5,452 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,888 2 1 409.2
2010 Q4 2,335 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,228 4 1 642.3
2010 Q2 6,490 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,968 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,650 3 1 451.1
2009 Q3 5,570 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,944 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,154 3 0 487.5
2008 Q4 8,311 6 0 721.9
2008 Q3 8,080 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,602 8 3 1211.8
2008 Q1 7,567 1 0 132.2
2007 Q4 7,260 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,744 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,247 1 0 160.1
2007 Q1 5,187 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,104 1 0 195.9
2006 Q3 5,881 10 0 1700.4
2006 Q2 6,551 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,119 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,650 4 1 601.5
2005 Q3 6,707 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,766 1 0 147.8
2005 Q1 5,857 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,362 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,273 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,380 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,262 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,252 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,979 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,925 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,913 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,227 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,615 2 1 553.3
2002 Q2 3,889 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,225 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,585 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,723 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,973 3 0 603.3
2001 Q1 3,569 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,242 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,133 2 0 389.6
2000 Q2 5,539 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,167 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2025 · 1 incident

June 6, 2025 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B & D Materials LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was climbing loader steps to enter cab when EE cut EE's leg. The cut became infected and caused a staph infection.

2024 · 1 incident

May 17, 2024 LA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent FIRE
B & D Materials LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was draining water out of outboard motor, when EE started the engine, a spark ignited gasoline fumes from spilt gasoline and caught EE's left forearm on fire, causing a burn.

2022 · 1 incident

March 31, 2022 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & D Materials LLC · Struck by flying object

Our employee was repairing a 3/4" cable on a winch when the cable struck them in the mouth, causing injury to teeth and a laceration to top lip.

2015 · 1 incident

May 15, 2015 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B & D Materials LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee twisted ankle while descending flight of stairs.

2011 · 1 incident

January 21, 2011 LA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & D Materials LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Removing material using a shovel when he felt an uncomfortable pain in left shoulder

2008 · 1 incident

February 20, 2008 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B & D Materials LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Finished repairs to single screw, turned to take a step & stepped into a cleanout hole, bucket he was carrying blocked his view of hole. His body went forward and his right leg got caught in the hole. Was hanging upside down. Co-worker helped him back upright. His leg was removed from hole & made it down the rest of the pipe. Hole covered.

2007 · 1 incident

June 14, 2007 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
B & D Materials LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was on the bow of the boat trying to catch cable to place it on the boat to make a connection. Suddenly, Other ee put the boat into reverse, causing EE to go overboard, hitting the cable with his right arm and right shoulder. Office was not made aware of the accident by Foreman until 12/17/07, and 7000-1 not complete until today.

2006 · 1 incident

February 10, 2006 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
B & D Materials LLC · Struck against a moving object

Operating a tractor pulling scraper pans, went over rough area, caused injury to neck and shoulder.

2004 · 1 incident

July 29, 2004 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & D Materials LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE DREDGE TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE STONE BOX USING A CLOSED-END BOX WRENCH AND A CHEATER PIPE. HE STATES HE TIGHTENED A BOLT ONE STROKE AND THEN WHEN HE WENT TO TIGHTEN IT AGAIN THE PIPE SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACKWARDS, HITTING A PIECE OF 6" CHANNEL IRON WITH HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT HIP.

2001 · 1 incident

February 15, 2001 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & D Materials LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS GETTING READY TO TAKE BOAT OUT TO THE DREDGE. EE LIFTED AND PUSHED BOAT OFF THE BANK WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK.

2000 · 1 incident

November 6, 2000 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & D Materials LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING PARKING LOGS AROUND THE YARD. THEY HAD NEW CHAIN (15 FT) TIED TO THE BUCKET. THE CHAIN LOST ITS SLACK ON ONE SIDE OFTHE BUCKET, SO EMPLOYEE BENT DOWN TO GET THE RIG HT AMOUNT OF SLACK IN THE CHAIN. WHEN HE STOOD UP IS WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS BACK.

1999 · 2 incidents

May 14, 1999 LA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
B & D Materials LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WELDING ON A DUMP TRAILER. HE WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR. EVIDENTLY, A PIECE OF METAL WAS IN HIS HAIR, WHEN HE REMOVED HIS EYEWEAR, THE PIECE OF METAL FOT IN HIS EYE.

February 9, 1999 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & D Materials LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A GREASE DRUM ABOUT 50 LBS. ALSONG WITH ANOTHER EE TO PUT IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK. AS EE TURNED TO PUT DRUM IN TRUCK, HE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

1998 · 1 incident

December 15, 1998 LA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
B & D Materials LLC · Flash burns (electric)

EE WAS INJURED WHEN HE WAS CHECKING AN ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX. WHILE INSPECTING THE ELECTRICAL BOX, THE BOX EXPLODED CAUSING BURNS TO HIS FACE. , THE BOX EXPLODED CAUSING BURNS TO HIS FACE.

1990 · 2 incidents

October 17, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J B Talley & Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL USING A COME-ALONG TO PULL 2 12" PIPES TOGETHER.COME-ALONG SLIPPED AND CHAIN ON IT STRUCK EMPL ON RIGHT FOREHEAD AND CHEEK.

September 19, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
J B Talley & Company Inc · Fall from machine

HURT R. KNEE. I.NAME WALKED DISCHARGE LINE FROM DREDGE TO SHORE. HE HAD TO JUMP DOWN FROM LINE. HURT RIGHT KNEE.