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BAYWOOD PLANT: 171 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CrowdOut Capital LLC
Baywood, East Baton Rouge County, LA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1600802

BAYWOOD PLANT has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–2003
Latest incident
Aug 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
171
citations
36
significant & substantial
$49,131
proposed penalties
$35,237
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,894 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Arena Industrial, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
75
inspections on record
1,280
inspection hours
13.4
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.
171 citations across 1,280 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BAYWOOD PLANT has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$49K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$35K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
170 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $24K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-14.
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.
21.1%
significant & substantial
2.3%
high negligence or reckless
20.5%
reasonably likely or greater
41.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.1% low, 79.5% moderate, 2.3% 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.
15 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 15 · 100%
56%
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 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
57%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$24K proposed, $11K 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 2017-12-27.
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 2012-292M Settlement Miller 2014 $8K → $4K
CENT 2013-227M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $6K → $2K
CENT 2009-456M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $5K → $2K
CENT 2011-78M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $2K → $512
CENT 2018-0092 Settlement Paez 2018 $2K → $503
CENT 2011-877M Settlement Tureck 2011 $1K → $1K
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: 2026-04-14
46%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
70
samples
28
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2913 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg37
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (70)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-08-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.15 1.73 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2013-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.16 1.19 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-03-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.2 1.75 Bagging Operator
2005-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.15 2.53 Utility Man
2005-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 0.17 2.94 Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.15 1.27 Bagging Operator
2003-08-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.85 0.71 1.20 Bagging Operator
2003-08-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.23 1.61 Ball Mill Operator
2003-08-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.19 1.53 Bagging Operator
2001-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.16 1.25 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.13 2.31 Bagging Operator
2001-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.2 1.55 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2001-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.2 1.10 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2026-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.18 0.89 Packaging Operations Worker
2026-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.44 0.41 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2025-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2025-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2025-08-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.22 0.59 Bagging Operator
2025-08-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2023-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2023-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 0.69 0.87 Bagging Operator
2022-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2019-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2019-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2018-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2018-08-09 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-08-09 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Lab Technician
2018-08-09 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Mechanic
2017-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2017-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2017-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2013-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.71 0.23 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2013-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.25 0.56 Bagging Operator
2013-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2013-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2012-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2012-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2012-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-08-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2010-03-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2010-03-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.24 0.63 Bagging Operator
2008-07-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.21 0.67 Utility Man
2006-03-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.21 0.62 Warehouse Man
2006-03-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.43 0.28 Warehouse Man
2005-05-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.37 0.49 Utility Man
2005-05-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.19 0.84 Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.19 0.63 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-03-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2004-05-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 Bagging Operator
2003-12-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-12-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2003-12-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.66 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Ball Mill Operator
2002-10-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2002-10-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Ball Mill Operator
2002-10-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2002-10-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2001-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2001-11-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.37 0.41 Washer Operator
2001-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer 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.

BAYWOOD PLANT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Louisiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.98 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 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. Southern Silica of LA Inc. 1950 to 2002
  2. Southern Filter Media, LLC 2002 to 2018
  3. Shale Support Louisiana Holdings, LLC 2018 to 2020
  4. Arena Industrial, Inc. 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 19
2025 17
2024 15
2023 15
2022 14
2021 11
2020 9
2019 13
2018 14
2017 12
2016 12
2015 19
2014 20
2013 17
2012 24
2011 24
2010 20
2009 25
2008 27
2007 29
2006 30
2005 30
2004 24
2003 25
2002 27
2001 40
2000 32
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BAYWOOD PLANT sits in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana · Population 452,821
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$63,075
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 13,868 5 2 360.5
2026 Q1 12,236 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 10,264 2 0 194.9
2025 Q3 10,148 4 2 394.2
2025 Q2 10,022 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8,513 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 8,445 3 1 355.2
2024 Q3 7,856 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,597 1 0 104.2
2024 Q1 8,310 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,952 1 0 125.8
2023 Q3 8,174 1 0 122.3
2023 Q2 9,993 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 9,022 6 1 665.0
2022 Q4 7,510 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 10,272 4 1 389.4
2022 Q2 8,429 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,578 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,445 2 1 310.3
2021 Q3 6,664 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,909 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,242 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,327 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,042 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,707 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,651 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,618 1 0 178.0
2019 Q3 7,987 3 0 375.6
2019 Q2 9,268 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 8,877 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 10,069 4 1 397.3
2018 Q3 9,807 1 0 102.0
2018 Q2 10,393 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 10,301 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 9,640 4 1 414.9
2017 Q3 8,007 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,686 1 0 130.1
2017 Q1 7,479 1 0 133.7
2016 Q4 7,476 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 8,828 1 0 113.3
2016 Q2 8,058 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8,193 3 0 366.2
2015 Q4 12,137 1 0 82.4
2015 Q3 13,122 3 1 228.6
2015 Q2 14,499 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 13,564 4 1 294.9
2014 Q4 15,170 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 15,884 1 0 63.0
2014 Q2 14,529 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 12,729 1 0 78.6
2013 Q4 10,717 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 11,576 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 10,875 5 2 459.8
2013 Q1 10,754 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 10,559 4 1 378.8
2012 Q3 14,163 3 1 211.8
2012 Q2 16,909 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 18,854 3 2 159.1
2011 Q4 17,328 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 17,363 3 3 172.8
2011 Q2 13,423 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 12,108 8 1 660.7
2010 Q4 11,483 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10,722 4 0 373.1
2010 Q2 10,124 1 0 98.8
2010 Q1 8,998 5 3 555.7
2009 Q4 8,759 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 14,167 11 2 776.5
2009 Q2 15,156 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 16,353 5 2 305.8
2008 Q4 16,200 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 16,397 5 0 304.9
2008 Q2 17,545 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 15,461 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 15,095 9 3 596.2
2007 Q3 16,537 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 11,117 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 13,325 9 0 675.4
2006 Q4 15,899 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 18,093 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 17,399 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 16,022 2 0 124.8
2005 Q4 15,409 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 17,680 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 16,737 2 0 119.5
2005 Q1 14,226 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 10,783 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 12,975 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 11,759 4 0 340.2
2004 Q1 16,935 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 15,756 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 14,927 4 0 268.0
2003 Q2 14,695 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 12,135 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 13,502 2 0 148.1
2002 Q3 14,534 1 0 68.8
2002 Q2 16,677 8 1 479.7
2002 Q1 10,017 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 10,628 2 0 188.2
2001 Q3 14,103 3 2 212.7
2001 Q2 12,533 3 1 239.4
2001 Q1 10,482 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 10,095 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 12,078 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 11,112 7 0 629.9
2000 Q1 9,659 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2003 · 1 incident

August 25, 2003 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Southern Filter Media, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE EE SAID THAT HE WAS COUNTING BULK BAGS. HE SAID THAT HE FELT AN INSECT ON HIS RIGHT HAND. HE SAID HE BRUSHED THE INSECT OFF HIS HAND. HE SAID THAT WITHIN 30 MIN HIS HAND BEGAN TO SWELL.THE EE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM.

2000 · 1 incident

July 11, 2000 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Southern Silica of LA Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BAGGER SEAT WAS BEING ADJUSTED. THERE IS AN AIR SUPPLY UNIT AND AIR WAS NOT CUT OFF. WHEN EE RAISED THE SEAT, HIS ARM HIT A LEVER DROPPING IN ON HIS RIGHT THUMB. LACERATION EXTENSOR POLLICIS L ONGUS TENDON RIGHT THUMB.

1995 · 1 incident

1993 · 2 incidents

November 2, 1993 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Silica of LA Inc. · Struck by flying object

WHILE REPAIRING FRONT END LOADER, PIECE OF METAL FELL INTO LEFT EYE.

September 11, 1993 LA · Metal/Non-Metal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Silica of LA Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE NIGHT WATCHMAN WAS WALKING AROUND PLANT, HE WALKED UP ON A SNAKE. HE WAS FRIGHTENED AND FELL BACKWARDS ON THE GROUND.

1989 · 2 incidents

October 10, 1989 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Silica of LA Inc. · Struck by falling object

EMPL HELPING STACK SAND ON PALLET WHEN FORKLIFT MOVED 1 STACK OF PALLETS,2ND STACK OF PALLETS FELL STRIKING EMPL ON LEFT LEG NEAR KNEE.

January 31, 1989 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Silica of LA Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STACKING SAND ON PALLET.AN EMPTY SAND BAG BECAME CAUGHT ON STACKING BELT.

1983 · 1 incident

September 13, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Silica of LA Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THIS MAN AND Z MORE WERE LIFTING A 10HP ELECTRIC MOTOR ABOUT ONE FOOT WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS NECK HE DID NOT REPORT THIS TO HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL THE AFTERNOON OF 091583 HE WAS PAID FOR A FULL DAY