Mining Incidents

Landsdown Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vince Labarbera
Lowndesboro, Lowndes County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0103331

Landsdown has $61K in proposed MSHA penalties and $45K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Jun 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
127
citations
31
significant & substantial
$60,723
proposed penalties
$15,713
paid to date
26% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $45,010 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
48
inspections on record
595
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: 595 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Landsdown has $61K in proposed MSHA penalties and $45K outstanding across 3 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.
$61K
proposed penalties
$61K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$45K
outstanding
123 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-19.
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
2025 Q3 8,730 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,288 5 0 538.3
2025 Q1 9,288 9 3 969.0
2024 Q4 5,853 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,748 2 0 228.6
2024 Q2 7,817 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,239 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 8,990 0 0 0.0
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 8,667 6 1 692.3
2023 Q2 9,173 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8,543 3 2 351.2
2022 Q4 8,347 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,138 1 1 122.9
2022 Q2 7,950 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,579 5 0 760.0
2021 Q4 4,891 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,352 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,017 6 2 997.2
2021 Q1 5,775 4 0 692.6
2020 Q4 4,752 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,403 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,148 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,613 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,107 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,070 1 0 934.6
2019 Q2 471 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 1 0
2012 Q3 2,880 8 0 2777.8
2012 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,880 9 2 3125.0
2011 Q4 3,360 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,239 2 0 471.8
2011 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,360 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,360 3 0 892.9
2010 Q3 3,120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,120 3 3 961.5
2010 Q1 3,120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,400 10 2 4166.7
2009 Q3 2,040 7 3 3431.4
2009 Q2 2,240 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,188 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,280 4 1 549.5
2008 Q3 9,520 2 1 210.1
2008 Q2 1,040 3 1 2884.6
2008 Q1 2,665 18 2 6754.2
2007 Q4 2,274 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,971 1 0 507.4
2007 Q2 1,239 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 823 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,458 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,516 8 4 1771.5
2006 Q1 3,436 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,222 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,099 1 1 476.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

June 21, 2008 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
JohnCo Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was driving the Polaris from the office to the mine site when he took a turn too fast. The vehicle started to tip over so he put his left foot out to try to stop it from tipping over. When he did that the vehicle tipped and pinned his left foot underneath until it came to a stop.

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