Mining Incidents

Nairn Sand Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Port Sulphur, Plaquemines County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601514

Nairn Sand Pit has $702 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2011
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$702
proposed penalties
$702
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
16
inspections on record
130
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: 130 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Nairn Sand Pit has $702 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$702
proposed penalties
$702
current assessed
$702
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-05-11.
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 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 117 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 44 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 54 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 54 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 122 1 0 8196.7
2014 Q4 248 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 187 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 152 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 78 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 155 1 0 6451.6
2013 Q3 224 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 183 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 79 1 0 12658.2
2012 Q2 149 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 141 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 126 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 89 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 1 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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