Mining Incidents

Lake Area Materials LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Blaine DeVillier
Merryville, Vernon County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601559

Lake Area Materials LLC has $166K in proposed MSHA penalties and $145K outstanding across 5 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 2016
73
citations
24
significant & substantial
$166,227
proposed penalties
$5,464
paid to date
3% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $160,763 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
12
inspections on record
225
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: 225 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lake Area Materials LLC has $166K in proposed MSHA penalties and $145K outstanding across 5 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.
$166K
proposed penalties
$150K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$145K
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-28.
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
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 1,664 7 3 4206.7
2017 Q4 1,585 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,429 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,589 6 3 2317.5
2017 Q1 1,358 13 5 9572.9
2016 Q4 496 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 2,530 19 7 7509.9
2016 Q1 3,929 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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