Mining Incidents

Cowan Dirt Pit # 4 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hazel T Cowan
Denham Springs, East Baton Rouge County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601391

Cowan Dirt Pit # 4 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Aug 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
19
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,386
proposed penalties
$1,386
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
23
inspections on record
172
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: 172 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cowan Dirt Pit # 4 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-08-11.
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
2009 Q3 2,475 1 0 404.0
2009 Q2 2,610 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,359 1 0 423.9
2008 Q4 2,487 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,473 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,695 1 0 371.1
2008 Q1 2,338 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,608 0 0 0.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 2,546 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,863 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,663 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,561 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,939 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,655 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,718 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,659 2 0 752.2
2005 Q3 2,661 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,816 4 1 1420.5
2005 Q1 2,881 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,398 2 0 834.0
2004 Q3 3,069 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,672 1 0 374.3
2004 Q1 3,026 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,961 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,836 1 0 352.6
2003 Q2 2,841 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,824 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,755 1 0 363.0
2002 Q3 3,476 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

August 18, 2003 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)

EE GOT TOO HOT AND PASSED OUT.

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