Mining Incidents

James Rock Co. LLC: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

James Rock Co. LLC · Surface
Montgomery, Grant County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601323

James Rock Co. LLC has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $121 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 2006
42
citations
6
significant & substantial
$6,548
proposed penalties
$5,927
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $621 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
305
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: 305 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

James Rock Co. LLC has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $121 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$121
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-03-21.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
21.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.8% low, 90.5% moderate, 4.8% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2016-03-21.
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 2016-0261 Settlement Paez 2016 $2K → $2K
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: 2006-02-09, 20 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2006-02-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-02-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
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.
Ownership history
  1. Dpwp Sand & Gravel 1997 to 2005
  2. James Rock Co. LLC 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 0
2018 1
2017 3
2016 4
2015 6
2014 6
2013 4
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 1
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

James Rock Co. LLC sits in Grant Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Grant Parish, Louisiana · Population 22,123
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$61,112
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
2019 Q1 0 1 0
2018 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 51 2 0 39215.7
2017 Q3 66 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 66 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 66 1 0 15151.5
2016 Q3 134 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 195 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 570 2 0 3508.8
2015 Q4 523 2 1 3824.1
2015 Q3 536 4 1 7462.7
2015 Q2 368 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 385 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 582 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 573 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 494 1 0 2024.3
2014 Q1 421 1 0 2375.3
2013 Q4 319 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 282 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 200 5 0 25000.0
2013 Q1 292 3 1 10274.0
2012 Q4 1,576 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,270 2 0 1574.8
2012 Q2 1,220 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,170 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 270 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 324 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 333 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 312 2 1 6410.3
2010 Q3 408 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,140 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,224 2 0 1634.0
2009 Q4 754 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,278 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,170 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 379 1 0 2638.5
2008 Q3 796 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 874 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 461 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 461 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,005 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 960 4 0 4166.7
2007 Q1 386 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 475 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 960 9 2 9375.0
2005 Q4 1,162 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 79 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 331 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 153 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 212 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 525 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 145 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 147 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 705 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 396 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 282 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 183 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 202 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 351 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 121 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 101 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 245 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4 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.