Mining Incidents

Duplessis Sand Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Alex P Duplessis
Belle Chasse, Plaquemines County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601359

Duplessis Sand Pit has $9K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
70
citations
15
significant & substantial
$8,763
proposed penalties
$8,763
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
56
inspections on record
545
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: 545 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Duplessis Sand Pit has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-10-19.
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
2022 Q4 0 1 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 3 0
2021 Q4 843 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 699 2 0 2861.2
2021 Q2 844 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 720 1 0 1388.9
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4 838 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 669 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 814 2 0 2457.0
2020 Q1 652 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 824 2 0 2427.2
2019 Q3 705 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 752 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 839 1 0 1191.9
2018 Q4 647 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 736 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 908 1 0 1101.3
2017 Q4 771 5 1 6485.1
2017 Q3 971 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 956 4 0 4184.1
2017 Q1 967 2 0 2068.3
2016 Q4 1,031 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,027 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 999 2 0 2002.0
2016 Q1 926 1 0 1079.9
2015 Q4 2,212 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,483 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,614 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,599 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,820 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,749 2 0 727.5
2014 Q2 2,623 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,542 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,686 1 1 372.3
2013 Q3 2,689 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,690 1 0 371.7
2013 Q1 2,066 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,225 3 1 1348.3
2012 Q3 2,662 2 2 751.3
2012 Q2 2,779 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,881 3 3 1594.9
2011 Q4 2,690 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,197 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,541 1 0 393.5
2011 Q1 1,762 1 0 567.5
2010 Q4 2,757 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,874 5 2 2668.1
2010 Q2 1,623 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,263 1 0 791.8
2009 Q4 1,410 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,580 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,208 1 0 827.8
2009 Q1 1,260 1 0 793.7
2008 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,150 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,261 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,305 1 0 766.3
2007 Q3 1,285 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,295 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,240 2 1 1612.9
2006 Q4 1,230 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,164 1 1 859.1
2006 Q1 1,186 6 0 5059.0
2005 Q4 1,116 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,132 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 683 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 177 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 704 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 763 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 783 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 665 2 0 3007.5
2003 Q3 649 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 702 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 758 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 585 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 483 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 664 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 267 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 544 8 3 14705.9
2001 Q2 527 1 0 1897.5
2001 Q1 494 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 589 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 512 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 519 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 467 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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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.