Mining Incidents

Barriere West Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Independence, Tangipahoa County, LA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1601592

Barriere West has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $245 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 2023
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,834
proposed penalties
$1,589
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $245 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
13
inspections on record
108
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: 108 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Barriere West has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $245 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$245
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-04.
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 526 1 0 1901.1
2025 Q3 616 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 829 1 0 1206.3
2025 Q1 727 2 0 2751.0
2024 Q4 660 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 551 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 839 2 1 2383.8
2024 Q1 311 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 739 1 0 1353.2
2023 Q3 635 2 0 3149.6
2023 Q2 569 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 523 1 0 1912.0
2022 Q4 881 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 576 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 796 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,023 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 583 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 525 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 31 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 149 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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