Custom Abrasives LLC has $20K 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
14
Years on record
1990–2008
Latest incident
Feb 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
77
citations
28
significant & substantial
$20,378
proposed penalties
$20,335
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $43 gap.
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: 476 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Custom Abrasives LLC has $20K 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
77 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $173 in penalties contested before the Commission, $130 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-06-08.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
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: 2010-11-03, 15 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz133 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Show the individual readings (24)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-02-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.78
0.16
4.88
Bagging Operator
2006-02-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.65
0.17
3.82
Bagging Operator
2006-02-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.65
0.14
4.64
Bagging Operator
2010-11-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2010-11-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2010-11-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.43
0.30
Bagging Operator
2010-11-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2010-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2010-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2006-05-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2006-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.23
0.61
Pelletizer Operator
2006-05-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2006-02-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.91
0.35
Bagging Operator
2005-02-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.42
0.33
Bagging Operator
2004-12-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.43
0.33
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.61
Bagging Operator
2004-12-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.31
0.58
Bagging Operator
2004-12-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.22
0.86
Pelletizer Operator
2003-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2003-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.36
0.53
Utility Man
2003-08-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2001-01-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2001-01-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
1
0.12
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Custom Abrasives LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.82 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Louisiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.55 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
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
7.46
0.00
0.000
2007 *
5.57
5.57
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
8.79
8.79
0.000
2002 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2011
9
2010
14
2009
16
2008
15
2007
16
2006
19
2005
8
2004
11
2003
9
2002
12
2001
16
2000
15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Custom Abrasives LLC sits in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 7.7% 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.
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana · Population 107,362
7.7%
Mining share of county employment
$64,819
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
2011 Q3
3,879
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
3,191
3
1
940.1
2011 Q1
3,743
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
4,571
2
1
437.5
2010 Q3
3,904
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
5,367
4
1
745.3
2010 Q1
4,906
5
1
1019.2
2009 Q4
7,944
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3
7,177
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,342
5
1
681.0
2009 Q1
6,091
1
0
164.2
2008 Q4
5,933
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
7,053
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
7,339
3
1
408.8
2008 Q1
6,500
5
1
769.2
2007 Q4
8,545
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
9,858
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
8,486
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
9,028
16
3
1772.3
2006 Q4
10,215
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
10,799
2
1
185.2
2006 Q2
10,714
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
8,870
4
4
451.0
2005 Q4
4,500
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,298
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
6,989
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
5,487
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
6,852
7
4
1021.6
2004 Q3
7,378
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
6,621
6
1
906.2
2004 Q1
5,504
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,245
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
5,558
3
0
539.8
2003 Q2
5,763
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
5,193
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,915
4
3
813.8
2002 Q3
6,862
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
7,500
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
6,068
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
8,518
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
10,546
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
9,606
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
8,674
3
3
345.9
2000 Q4
9,015
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
9,215
4
2
434.1
2000 Q2
9,281
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
8,401
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file
2008 · 1 incident
February 8, 2008LA · Metal/Non-Metalassistant mine foreman, assistant mine managerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Worker was pushing and pulling on a handle that was stuck on the Pea Gravel Tank. While doing this he hurt his lower back.
2007 · 1 incident
September 7, 2007LA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
Custom Abrasives LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Injured EE and another EE were in a manlift going to the top of the bagging elevator. The basket shifted when they turned and EE's hand was caught between the basket handrail and a walkway handrail. About 3/4 of EE's finger was peeled back.
2003 · 1 incident
April 10, 2003LA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Custom Abrasives LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
STANDING NEXT TO BAGGING MACHINE. FORKLIFT WAS BACKING UP AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT.
IT WAS VERY COLD OUTSIDE THERE WAS ICE ON THE RACK OUTSIDE THE DRIVER HAS TO CLIMB ONTO THE RACK TO CLOSE THE HATCHES ON THE TRAILER WHEN HECLIMBED UP THERE & STEPPED INTO THE BAR HE SLIPP ED & FELL HURTING HIS GROIN AREA
1996 · 2 incidents
April 17, 1996LA · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS ADJUSTING BAGS ON PALETIZER & TWISTED HIS LOWER LEFT BACK.
November 15, 1995LA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING OFF SHORE BULK BAGS & WHILE PULLING UP ON THE INSIDE LINER STRAINED HIS LOWER RT BACK INJURY OCCURRED ON FRI EVENING & EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DOC ON SAT & RETURNED TO WORK ON WED.
1991 · 1 incident
June 6, 1991LA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS PUMPING GAS IN TO PORTABLE GAS CAN IN GROUND GAS PUMP END LOADER PASSED PUMP TO PICK UP SAND APPROX 30FT FROM GAS PUMP AFTER PICKING UP SAND LOADER OPERAT OR BACKED UP TUR NING TO RT LEFT REAR WHEEL BACK OVER PROTECTION POLE AROUND GAS PUMP & INTO PUMP GAS WAS SPILLED FROM CONTAINER & IGNIT ED CAUSING FLAMES WHICH IN T URN IGNITED EMPLOYEES LEFT PANT LEG ON FIR