Mining Incidents

Clifton Gravel Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Lowe Bros. LLC · Surface
Controlled by Lorre Lowe; Toby Lowe
Franklinton, Washington County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601560

Clifton Gravel Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2016
40
citations
6
significant & substantial
$13,884
proposed penalties
$13,884
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
21
inspections on record
179
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: 179 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Clifton Gravel Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-01-11.
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
2023 Q4 542 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,352 5 0 3698.2
2023 Q2 962 4 0 4158.0
2023 Q1 923 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 0 2 0
2020 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2 102 1 0 9803.9
2020 Q1 4 1 0 250000.0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 650 2 1 3076.9
2019 Q1 321 3 0 9345.8
2018 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 48 3 1 62500.0
2018 Q2 1,301 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 359 2 0 5571.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 437 1 1 2288.3
2017 Q1 1,618 4 1 2472.2
2016 Q4 964 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 909 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,540 5 1 3246.8
2016 Q1 1,874 5 1 2668.1
2015 Q4 1,224 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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