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Plant #1: 110 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Steven B Simmons
Bogalusa, Washington County, LA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1601453

Plant #1 has $42K 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
6
Years on record
2017–2024
Latest incident
Sep 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
110
citations
31
significant & substantial
$41,567
proposed penalties
$41,567
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bogalusa Concrete Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
52
inspections on record
650
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: 650 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 $42K 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.
$42K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
110 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-28.
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.
28.2%
significant & substantial
10.9%
high negligence or reckless
28.2%
reasonably likely or greater
25.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 80.0% moderate, 10.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2024-07-10
100%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz32 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-10-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.06 0.21 5.05 Washer Operator
2019-10-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.81 0.36 2.25 Washer Operator
2024-07-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-07-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2022-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2021-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2019-11-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2019-10-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-10-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 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 13.46 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ 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.
13.46
total case rate
6.73
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Louisiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.67 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
2024 * 13.46 6.73 0.000
2023 * 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. Bass Sand & Gravel LLC 2007 to 2009
  2. Bogalusa Concrete Inc 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 13
2025 5
2024 18
2023 13
2022 5
2021 7
2020 6
2019 5
2018 4
2017 5
2016 4
2015 3
2014 4
2013 3
2012 5
2011 5
2010 4
2009 5
2008 4
2007 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant #1 sits in Washington Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Washington Parish, Louisiana · Population 45,238
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$42,776
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
2026 Q2 7,286 2 1 274.5
2026 Q1 5,891 4 1 679.0
2025 Q4 6,303 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,672 2 0 1196.2
2025 Q2 3,255 3 1 921.7
2025 Q1 1,640 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,243 2 1 276.1
2024 Q3 7,567 2 0 264.3
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,567 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,342 3 1 408.6
2023 Q4 6,717 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,440 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,952 16 5 2301.5
2023 Q1 7,190 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,575 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,036 10 5 3293.8
2022 Q2 3,106 1 0 322.0
2022 Q1 2,473 9 3 3639.3
2021 Q4 3,024 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,376 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,381 2 0 591.5
2021 Q1 2,919 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,982 4 0 1341.4
2020 Q3 3,555 1 1 281.3
2020 Q2 2,785 4 2 1436.3
2020 Q1 2,234 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,156 4 3 1855.3
2019 Q3 2,148 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,063 1 0 326.5
2019 Q1 2,398 5 1 2085.1
2018 Q4 1,642 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,067 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,312 6 1 2595.2
2018 Q1 1,875 2 0 1066.7
2017 Q4 2,192 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,634 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,323 1 0 430.5
2017 Q1 1,957 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,818 3 1 1650.2
2016 Q3 1,996 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 980 2 0 2040.8
2016 Q1 1,024 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,293 2 1 1546.8
2015 Q3 1,258 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,486 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,665 2 1 1201.2
2014 Q4 2,365 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,927 1 0 518.9
2014 Q2 1,662 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,491 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,595 1 0 627.0
2013 Q3 1,642 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,668 1 0 599.5
2013 Q1 1,644 1 0 608.3
2012 Q4 1,899 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,459 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,001 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,193 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,144 1 0 466.4
2011 Q3 1,993 3 2 1505.3
2011 Q2 1,607 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,575 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,950 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,352 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,598 3 0 1877.3
2010 Q1 1,459 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,316 3 0 2279.6
2009 Q3 1,653 2 0 1209.9
2009 Q2 1,716 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,807 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 915 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,884 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,908 1 0 524.1
2008 Q1 903 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,348 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,283 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,350 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,728 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2024 · 2 incidents

September 28, 2024 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bogalusa Concrete Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Per investigation MSHA stated we took all necessary steps to prevent accidents. The worker simply just slipped and fell.

January 13, 2024 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bogalusa Concrete Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employees were trying to get the cable to the dredge by pulling the rope through the shackle. Coworker 1 gave the green light to coworker 2 to put tension on the rope. As they put tension on the rope, injured employee ran to the front of the boat to get the knot through the shackle. As coworker 1 told them to move their hand, the tension had already pinched their finger.

2018 · 3 incidents

September 8, 2018 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bogalusa Concrete Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cable came out of spool on the ladder hoist and caught employee's hand

July 13, 2018 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bogalusa Concrete Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Two employees were trying to remove a coupling from an electric water pump. Injured employee had hand near the water pump and the employee trying to remove the coupling with a maul hit the injured employee's finger.

2017 · 1 incident

July 25, 2017 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bogalusa Concrete Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was removing bolts from a Flange connecting 2 pieces of pipe .The incline pipe going to the gravity box was being held by a chain connected to a trackhoe, EE took all the bolts out of the flange except the bottom bolt. While removing the last bolt the side of the pipe not being held fell pinning a finger between the flange and a concrete block.