Mining Incidents

Morgan City Barite Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Newpark Resources Inc
Morgan City, St Mary County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601317

Morgan City Barite Plant has $110 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
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$110
proposed penalties
$110
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
6
inspections on record
96
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: 96 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Morgan City Barite Plant has $110 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.
$110
proposed penalties
$110
current assessed
$110
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-07-25.
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
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 695 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 46 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 486 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 584 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 782 2 0 2557.5
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2 716 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 979 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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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