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Plant 1: 55 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Arcosa, Inc
Denham Springs, St Helena County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601388

Plant 1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2012–2015
Latest incident
May 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
55
citations
12
significant & substantial
$7,191
proposed penalties
$7,191
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Southern Aggregates LLC Delaware's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
38
inspections on record
509
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: 509 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plant 1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $917 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-05-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
21.8%
significant & substantial
7.3%
high negligence or reckless
21.8%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 27.3% low, 65.5% moderate, 7.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 80%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 20%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
18%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $917 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2016-06-12.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2015-0482 Settlement Miller 2015 $300 → $300
CENT 2015-0085 Settlement Miller 2015 $290 → $290
CENT 2011-51M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $200 → $100
CENT 2014-0352 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $127 → $127
CENT 2016-0330 Withdrawal Miller 2016 $100 → $0
CENT 2016-0420 Settlement Miller 2016 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2004-03-17, 22 years ago
9
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2002-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2001-08-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Plant 1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.

Injury rate, 2014
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Louisiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.22 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Southern Aggregates Llc 2001 to 2008
  2. Southern Aggregates LLC Delaware 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 24
2015 23
2014 11
2013 7
2012 11
2011 14
2010 18
2009 25
2008 26
2007 28
2006 31
2005 27
2004 22
2003 25
2002 22
2001 17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant 1 sits in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 2.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
St. Helena Parish, Louisiana · Population 10,849
2.1%
Mining share of county employment
$50,193
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2016 Q2 3,078 1 0 324.9
2016 Q1 6,207 3 0 483.3
2015 Q4 2,741 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,890 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,623 3 0 533.5
2015 Q1 4,559 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 8,461 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,018 2 1 285.0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2 6,133 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 6,584 3 1 455.7
2013 Q4 6,252 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,769 3 1 520.0
2013 Q2 5,930 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,826 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,356 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,133 5 3 815.3
2012 Q2 7,340 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,864 2 0 517.6
2011 Q4 5,252 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 9,161 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 12,206 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 14,397 1 0 69.5
2010 Q4 14,106 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 12,638 1 0 79.1
2010 Q2 12,830 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8,047 3 0 372.8
2009 Q4 15,895 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 12,644 1 0 79.1
2009 Q2 14,117 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 12,306 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 11,613 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,816 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 17,387 5 0 287.6
2008 Q1 15,841 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 13,512 6 1 444.0
2007 Q3 12,508 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 15,615 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 17,920 6 3 334.8
2006 Q4 18,978 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 18,629 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 20,376 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 21,163 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 20,219 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 17,963 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 15,070 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 14,699 1 0 68.0
2004 Q4 13,692 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 16,493 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 14,347 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 16,788 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 14,818 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 19,290 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 18,091 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 15,148 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 16,807 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 15,245 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 15,122 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 11,836 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 13,608 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 10,034 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2015 · 1 incident

2012 · 1 incident

November 6, 2012 LA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Southern Aggregates LLC Delaware · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Driver was not employed by Southern Aggregates. He was a customer driver. Driver lost consciousness while standing outside his truck near the scale house.