Mining Incidents

Daley Sand & Gravel: 125 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John Daley
Roseland, Tangipahoa County, LA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1601411

Daley Sand & Gravel has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2006–2011
Latest incident
Mar 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
125
citations
32
significant & substantial
$29,523
proposed penalties
$23,576
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,947 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
52
inspections on record
654
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: 654 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Daley Sand & Gravel has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 2 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.
$30K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
125 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-19.
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.
25.6%
significant & substantial
6.4%
high negligence or reckless
25.6%
reasonably likely or greater
35.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.8% none, 8.8% low, 84.0% moderate, 6.4% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
49%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $5K 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 2015-08-27.
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 2015-0591 Settlement Lesnick 2016 $9K → $4K
CENT 2007-69M Settlement Melick 2007 $825 → $825
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: 2026-05-21
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-05-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.62 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2024-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2024-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-08-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2015-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2012-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2012-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2012-10-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.21 0.11 Mechanic
2004-08-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge 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.

Daley Sand & Gravel recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2020.

Injury rate, 2020
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 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Louisiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.43 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
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 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. Daley Sand & Gravel, Inc. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 6
2024 7
2023 8
2022 7
2021 7
2020 8
2019 10
2018 10
2017 9
2016 8
2015 10
2014 8
2013 9
2012 7
2011 7
2010 7
2009 6
2008 8
2007 7
2006 6
2005 6
2004 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Daley Sand & Gravel sits in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana · Population 135,218
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$57,256
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 3,222 7 2 2172.6
2026 Q1 3,908 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,297 4 3 930.9
2025 Q3 3,980 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,812 4 2 1049.3
2025 Q1 3,875 1 1 258.1
2024 Q4 3,624 1 0 275.9
2024 Q3 3,502 0 0 0.0
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,356 2 0 459.1
2024 Q1 4,926 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,584 3 0 654.5
2023 Q3 4,139 1 0 241.6
2023 Q2 4,486 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,719 2 0 423.8
2022 Q4 4,388 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,399 3 0 682.0
2022 Q2 3,830 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,367 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,248 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,792 1 0 208.7
2021 Q2 4,461 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,287 1 1 233.3
2020 Q4 4,481 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,531 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,073 2 0 394.2
2020 Q1 5,331 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,132 2 0 326.2
2019 Q3 6,154 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,753 3 1 444.2
2019 Q1 6,187 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,531 1 0 180.8
2018 Q3 5,227 2 1 382.6
2018 Q2 6,638 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,623 3 0 533.5
2017 Q4 5,508 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,228 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,039 2 0 396.9
2017 Q1 3,395 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,384 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,939 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,887 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,665 1 0 272.9
2015 Q4 4,675 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,724 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,885 8 5 1359.4
2015 Q1 4,952 13 3 2625.2
2014 Q4 4,817 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,690 12 4 2558.6
2014 Q2 3,474 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,134 3 0 957.2
2013 Q4 4,388 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,421 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,073 1 0 197.1
2013 Q1 3,792 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,624 4 1 865.1
2012 Q3 3,276 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,782 3 0 793.2
2012 Q1 2,722 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,129 1 1 242.2
2011 Q3 4,089 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 788 2 0 2538.1
2011 Q1 3,326 1 1 300.7
2010 Q4 4,126 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,614 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,597 1 0 278.0
2010 Q1 2,420 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,124 2 0 640.2
2009 Q3 3,840 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,526 3 1 850.8
2009 Q1 3,361 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,775 5 2 1324.5
2008 Q3 4,265 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,856 2 0 518.7
2008 Q1 3,313 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,481 2 1 574.5
2007 Q3 4,164 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,778 1 0 264.7
2007 Q1 4,582 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,592 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,304 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,115 4 1 1284.1
2006 Q1 3,169 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,158 9 1 2849.9
2005 Q3 4,371 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,170 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,086 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,064 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,942 2 0 679.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

March 15, 2011 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daley Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The pipe line far dredge #2 blew apart. Putting pipe back together the bank slide down (mud slide) and hit 2 employees legs.

March 15, 2011 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daley Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The pipe line far dredge #2 blew apart. Putting pipe back together the bank slide down (mud slide) and hit 2 employees legs.

2008 · 1 incident

March 6, 2008 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Daley Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE climbed down the ladder of the 980g front end loader. When he reached the ground he turned and his knee gave out. There were no other objects or substances involved. It is my understanding that he was in a motorcycle accident several years ago and injured that knee.

2007 · 1 incident

May 4, 2007 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Daley Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EE turn off plant for end of day shift maintence. Another Ee proceeded to grease plant, while inj EE was greasing conveyor belt. Other EE turned belt back on, inj EE fell on pallet & bruised h is neck.

2006 · 1 incident

December 9, 2006 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Daley Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee drove pick-up truck into drainage ditch. Driver was going too fast. Passenger scraped his hand and bruised his hip/back. Passenger was examined at the emergency room at the local hospital the next day and released. Emergency room doctor advised employee to take Monday off from work and consult personal physcian if necessary. Passenger EE returned to work Wed.