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Jena Aggregates Plant: 55 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Trout, La Salle County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601298

Jena Aggregates Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2000–2013
Latest incident
Mar 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
55
citations
10
significant & substantial
$7,572
proposed penalties
$6,710
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $862 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
49
inspections on record
702
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: 702 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Jena Aggregates Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $953 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-10-17.
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.
18.9%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.9%
reasonably likely or greater
34.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.4% low, 73.6% moderate, 0.0% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 50%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 25%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 25%
50%
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%
86%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $953 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 2017-01-29.
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 2010-676M Withdrawal Lesnick 2011 $5K → $0
CENT 2010-1203M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $1K → $238
CENT 2017-0188 Default Lesnick 2017 $615 → $615
CENT 2010-1018M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $100 → $100
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: 2017-05-10, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
31
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg19
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Fibers, >5um1
Show the individual readings (31)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Welder, etc.
2012-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2012-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2012-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2012-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-12-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-01-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.98 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2009-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2009-11-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Dredge/Barge Operator
2008-07-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2008-07-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-11-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2003-08-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.42 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Mechanic
2002-08-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-08-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 Dredge/Barge Operator
2002-08-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.67 0.13 Washer Operator
2002-06-21 Fibers, >5um 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2000-08-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.68 0.11 Washer Operator
2000-08-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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.

Jena Aggregates Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ 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 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Louisiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.91 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
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 8.09 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 7.01 0.00 0.000
2004 * 15.54 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 18.73 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. Central Sand & Gravel Inc 1996 to 2000
  2. Txi (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) 2000 to 2005
  3. TXI Operations LP 2005 to 2023
  4. Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, LLC 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 4
2015 4
2014 6
2013 8
2012 8
2011 8
2010 8
2009 8
2008 10
2007 11
2006 11
2005 11
2004 10
2003 10
2002 7
2001 8
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Jena Aggregates Plant sits in LaSalle Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 11.6% 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.
LaSalle Parish, Louisiana · Population 14,804
11.6%
Mining share of county employment
$67,077
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 Q2 962 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,216 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,349 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,594 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,492 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,466 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,472 1 1 679.3
2017 Q3 1,568 0 0 0.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2 1,906 1 1 524.7
2017 Q1 2,372 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,480 1 1 403.2
2016 Q3 3,124 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,000 1 0 333.3
2016 Q1 2,826 2 0 707.7
2015 Q4 3,112 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,693 1 0 371.3
2015 Q2 2,896 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,689 1 0 371.9
2014 Q4 2,834 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,340 2 0 598.8
2014 Q2 3,887 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,525 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,641 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,518 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,059 1 0 246.4
2013 Q1 3,917 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,890 1 0 257.1
2012 Q3 3,904 1 0 256.1
2012 Q2 3,837 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,343 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,180 1 0 239.2
2011 Q3 4,546 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,702 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,812 2 1 415.6
2010 Q4 4,375 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,582 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,950 3 0 759.5
2010 Q1 3,835 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,482 4 0 1148.8
2009 Q3 3,524 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,302 2 0 464.9
2009 Q1 4,423 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,026 1 0 199.0
2008 Q3 5,462 3 0 549.2
2008 Q2 6,044 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,237 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,611 3 0 534.7
2007 Q3 5,435 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,158 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,529 7 1 1072.1
2006 Q4 5,434 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,475 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,871 3 1 511.0
2006 Q1 6,692 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8,001 1 0 125.0
2005 Q3 7,799 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,386 1 1 156.6
2005 Q1 6,346 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,233 1 1 191.1
2004 Q3 6,931 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,143 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,438 1 0 134.4
2003 Q4 5,861 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,685 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,862 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,002 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,621 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,503 2 0 570.9
2002 Q2 4,041 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,783 2 0 528.7
2001 Q4 4,382 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,917 1 1 203.4
2001 Q2 4,403 2 0 454.2
2001 Q1 4,357 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,775 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 14,501 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

March 12, 2013 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
TXI Operations LP · Fall onto or against objects

Miner was outside of breakroom with coffee pot. Miner noticed truck in plant and hurriedly turned to go back into breakroom. When doing so, Miner tripped stepping up into breakroom and fell to the floor with coffee pot in hand. Coffee pot shattered. Miner's right hand was cut including a piece of glass enbedded in palm of right hand.

January 29, 2013 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
TXI Operations LP · Fall onto or against objects

Miners were making repairs to water pump on dredge. Miner went to get crescent wrench from motorboat. When stepping from dredge to motor boat, miner slipped and fell toward welding machine. Miner' s right leg contacted the lead holder causing a laceration. Miner received 9 sutures. Contributing factors: Welding machine in motorboat.

2010 · 1 incident

March 22, 2010 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
TXI Operations LP · Flash burns (welding)

Miner was a bystander where welding on a piece of 30" pipe was being performed. Miner was exposed to welding flashes and injured eyes. Miner claims to have been turning as welding took place.

2009 · 1 incident

December 10, 2009 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
TXI Operations LP · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was operating a John Deere 824J loader. Employee did not repond to radio transmission. A fellow employee went to location of loader operator and found loader operator unresponsive. 911 was called. Employees performed CPR until EMS arrived.

2007 · 1 incident

May 4, 2007 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
TXI Operations LP · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was disassembling pump & left ring finger between flange & piece of pipe.

2005 · 1 incident

September 20, 2005 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
TXI Operations LP · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN ROUTE FROM DREDGE TO BOAT LANDING WHEN THE WORKBOAT RAN AGROUND BETWEEN PIPELINE & LANDING. EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM BOAT & PULLED HIS RIGHT CALF MUSCLE.

2004 · 2 incidents

June 8, 2004 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Txi (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON DREDGE & SLIVER OF METAL GOT IN MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

April 15, 2004 LA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Txi (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Fall onto or against objects

EE INJURED LEFT SHIN WHILE TRANSFERRING A 3" PUMP FROM THE BANK TO THE WORK BARGE. THE BANK BEGAN TO CAVE & EE LUNGED TO THE WORK BARGE. EE'S LEFT SHIN SCRAPED THE EDGE OF THE BARGE. 1ST AID WAS ADMINISTERED & EE RETURNED TO NORMAL DUTIES. ON 6/4/04 EE & MANAGEMENT FELT INFECTION WAS SETTING IN. ON 6/8 EE WENT TO DR & RX WAS GIVEN. RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY. 6/11/04 SAW SPECIALIST.

2002 · 1 incident

May 16, 2002 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Txi (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Fall onto or against objects

HAD SURGERY 5/16/02: WAS STEPPING INTO WORKBOAT WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL ON RIGHT ARM & ELBOW

2001 · 2 incidents

May 11, 2001 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Txi (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING BARGE WHEN BARGE BECAME ENTANGLED IN ROPE. ROPE THEN WAS PULLED CAUSING TENSION. EE CUT ROPE WITH KNIFE, ROPE BACKLASHED, STRIKING EE IN TOP OF RIGHT HAND.

March 24, 2001 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Txi (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING PUMP BEARING ON DREDGE, BEARING TURNEDIN HOUSING SMASHING HAND BETWEEN BEARING AND HOUSING.

2000 · 2 incidents

September 22, 2000 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Txi (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Fall to the walkway or working surface

USING A 3/8" CHAIN TO SECURE IMPELLER CHAIN BROKE CAUSING EE TO FALL & TWIST LEFT KNEE Y

July 7, 2000 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Txi (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Fall from machine

GETTING INTO WORKBOAT TO GO BACK TO DREDGE FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO FALL DOWN ON RIGHT SHOULDER & ARM