Cedar Bluff Metal/Non-Metal
Sierra Frac Sand, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Kim Smith; Pamela Smith
Benton, LA,
Bossier County,
LA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1601575
Cedar Bluff has $192K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
136
citations
42
significant & substantial
$191,944
proposed penalties
$152,884
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $39,060 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
30
inspections on record
692
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 692 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cedar Bluff has $192K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K outstanding across 4 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$192K
proposed penalties
$183K
current assessed
$153K
paid to date
$31K
outstanding
107 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 45,608 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 46,983 | 24 | 7 | 510.8 |
| 2025 Q2 | 46,983 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 43,532 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 44,936 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 43,154 | 2 | 0 | 46.3 |
| 2024 Q2 | 37,100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 42,930 | 2 | 1 | 46.6 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 39,948 | 11 | 5 | 275.4 |
| 2023 Q3 | 52,399 | 20 | 3 | 381.7 |
| 2023 Q2 | 82,576 | 6 | 0 | 72.7 |
| 2023 Q1 | 110,077 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 84,864 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 65,666 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 62,716 | 10 | 4 | 159.4 |
| 2022 Q1 | 56,676 | 9 | 6 | 158.8 |
| 2021 Q4 | 47,251 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 45,353 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 52,178 | 5 | 3 | 95.8 |
| 2021 Q1 | 43,001 | 5 | 2 | 116.3 |
| 2020 Q4 | 46,860 | 1 | 1 | 21.3 |
| 2020 Q3 | 40,813 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 43,975 | 2 | 0 | 45.5 |
| 2020 Q1 | 48,179 | 2 | 2 | 41.5 |
| 2019 Q4 | 47,377 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 48,087 | 5 | 2 | 104.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 55,135 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 129,674 | 9 | 3 | 69.4 |
| 2018 Q4 | 82,790 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 66,929 | 8 | 1 | 119.5 |
| 2018 Q2 | 48,165 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 35,044 | 3 | 1 | 85.6 |
| 2017 Q4 | 7,509 | 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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The full compliance file on Cedar Bluff
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.