Lower Coast Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Wood Materials LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Donald W Wood Jr; Pearce F Wood
Algiers,
Orleans County,
LA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1601565
Lower Coast Pit 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
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
24
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,416
proposed penalties
$3,416
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
20
inspections on record
250
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 250 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lower Coast Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 Q4 | 1,167 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,251 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,480 | 1 | 1 | 675.7 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,554 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,846 | 2 | 0 | 1083.4 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,651 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,641 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,887 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,564 | 3 | 0 | 1918.2 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,577 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,220 | 1 | 0 | 819.7 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,126 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,370 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,023 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,152 | 1 | 0 | 868.1 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,832 | 1 | 1 | 545.9 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,821 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,548 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,196 | 2 | 0 | 1672.2 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,244 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,249 | 1 | 0 | 800.6 |
| 2020 Q3 | 967 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,025 | 1 | 0 | 975.6 |
| 2020 Q1 | 974 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 919 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 930 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 806 | 2 | 1 | 2481.4 |
| 2019 Q1 | 759 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,014 | 1 | 1 | 986.2 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 758 | 2 | 0 | 2638.5 |
| 2018 Q1 | 586 | 1 | 0 | 1706.5 |
| 2017 Q4 | 523 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 975 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 740 | 2 | 0 | 2702.7 |
| 2017 Q1 | 789 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,510 | 2 | 0 | 1324.5 |
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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The full compliance file on Lower Coast Pit
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