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Plant 1327-Hickory/Pearl River: 111 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Arcosa, Inc
Pearl River, St Tammany County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601334

Plant 1327-Hickory/Pearl River has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2015–2021
Latest incident
Jan 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
111
citations
31
significant & substantial
$32,376
proposed penalties
$32,276
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Arcosa Aggregates Gulf Coast, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
48
inspections on record
645
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: 645 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 1327-Hickory/Pearl River has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-12-09.
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.
27.9%
significant & substantial
14.4%
high negligence or reckless
27.9%
reasonably likely or greater
28.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.4% low, 80.2% moderate, 14.4% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2011-03-31.
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 2011-599M Dismissal Lesnick 2011 $2K → $2K
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: 2020-11-19, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (20)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-11-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2020-11-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-07-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2017-07-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-03-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.32 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-03-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Washer Operator
2004-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 1.5 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.42 0.40 Utility Man
2004-01-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 Dredge/Barge Operator
2003-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.23 0.96 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2003-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 1.28 0.41 Dredge/Barge Operator
2002-06-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-06-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.55 Dredge/Barge Operator
2002-06-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.41 Dredge/Barge 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 1327-Hickory/Pearl River recorded 9.41 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2021.

Injury rate, 2021
ⓘ 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.
9.41
total case rate
9.41
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.87 and the all-US-mining average was 2.19 cases per 100 workers.
In Louisiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.47 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
2021 * 9.41 9.41 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 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. C O B Sand & Gravel Llc 1998 to 2004
  2. Bennett Sand and Gravel, LLC 2004 to 2011
  3. Blackwell Aggregates Inc 2011 to 2011
  4. Green Field Energy Technologies, LLC 2011 to 2012
  5. Sun Coast Contracting 2012 to 2014
  6. B&H Aggregates LLC 2014 to 2014
  7. Blackwell Aggregates, Inc. 2014 to 2016
  8. MMD Aggregates, LLC 2016 to 2019
  9. Arcosa Aggregates, Inc 2019 to 2023
  10. Arcosa Aggregates Gulf Coast, LLC 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 0
2022 4
2021 10
2020 11
2019 7
2018 10
2017 8
2016 6
2015 6
2014 4
2013 2
2012 0
2011 8
2010 9
2004 6
2003 6
2002 7
2001 7
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant 1327-Hickory/Pearl River sits in St. Tammany 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.
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana · Population 269,331
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$79,277
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
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q2 2,036 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,359 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,414 1 0 155.9
2021 Q3 4,052 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,195 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,595 3 0 536.2
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4 5,381 3 0 557.5
2020 Q3 9,077 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,980 3 0 501.7
2020 Q1 5,525 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,164 2 0 387.3
2019 Q3 2,155 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,193 3 0 715.5
2019 Q1 4,264 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,068 3 1 591.9
2018 Q3 6,380 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,348 2 0 272.2
2018 Q1 6,359 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,258 16 5 3043.0
2017 Q3 5,763 7 1 1214.6
2017 Q2 3,645 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,045 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,294 3 1 910.7
2016 Q3 3,844 10 0 2601.5
2016 Q2 2,456 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,284 6 2 2627.0
2015 Q4 3,066 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,832 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,822 4 2 1417.4
2015 Q1 2,853 2 1 701.0
2014 Q4 1,809 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,969 5 1 2539.4
2014 Q2 715 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 929 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 494 3 1 6072.9
2013 Q2 456 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 3,248 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,506 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,690 3 2 639.7
2011 Q1 3,668 14 5 3816.8
2010 Q4 3,876 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 247 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,920 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,867 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 454 3 1 6607.9
2003 Q3 3,891 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,323 1 0 430.5
2003 Q1 2,123 1 0 471.0
2002 Q4 2,758 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,844 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,110 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,864 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,362 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,196 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,981 7 7 1758.4
2001 Q1 2,512 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,867 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,056 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,662 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,138 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2021 · 1 incident

January 6, 2021 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Arcosa Aggregates, Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The employee was troubleshooting the main hopper belt. The employee removed the equipment guarding to check the motor and gearbox. The employee touched the v-belts for tightness and the v-belts began to turn, pinching the finger tips between the v-belt and motor sheave.

2015 · 1 incident

July 11, 2015 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blackwell Aggregates, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee claims he tripped in a washout while pulling on a dredge cable, hurting his wrist