Mining Incidents

Kass Bros Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Kass Bros., Inc. · Surface
Westwego, Jefferson County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601345

Kass Bros Inc has $3K 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
1
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Dec 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
19
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,677
proposed penalties
$2,677
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
33
inspections on record
299
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: 299 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kass Bros Inc has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-07-08.
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
2014 Q3 0 1 0
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,444 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,275 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 938 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 967 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,073 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,052 2 2 1901.1
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3 1,105 1 1 905.0
2012 Q2 1,014 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 990 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,135 3 2 2643.2
2011 Q3 1,376 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,485 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,116 1 0 896.1
2010 Q4 1,262 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,865 1 0 536.2
2010 Q2 1,642 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,381 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,703 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,036 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,327 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,270 2 0 881.1
2008 Q4 1,889 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,845 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,242 5 1 2230.2
2008 Q1 1,901 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 757 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 55 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,769 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,340 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 710 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 885 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,399 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 771 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 657 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 86 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,494 3 0 2008.0
2005 Q1 4,030 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,289 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,068 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,169 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,247 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,474 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 551 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 595 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,107 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,301 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,248 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,679 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,053 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,944 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,808 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,573 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,093 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,041 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,232 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2013 · 1 incident

December 13, 2013 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kass Bros., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

During morning inspection of equipment employee lifted engine compartment lid and felt a sharp burning sensation in his abdominal area.

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