Mining Incidents

PLANT 15: 5 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Arcosa, Inc
DENHAM SPRINGS, Livingston County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601550

PLANT 15 has $544 in proposed MSHA penalties and $114 outstanding across 2 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 2015
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$544
proposed penalties
$430
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $114 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
6
inspections on record
55
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: 55 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 15 has $544 in proposed MSHA penalties and $114 outstanding across 2 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.
$544
proposed penalties
$544
current assessed
$430
paid to date
$114
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $314 in penalties contested before the Commission, $314 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-04-04.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
20.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 40.0% low, 60.0% moderate, 0.0% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 60% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$314 proposed, $314 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 2016-12-19.
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 2015-0521 Settlement Miller 2016 $200 → $200
CENT 2017-0131 Settlement Miller 2017 $114 → $114
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. SOUTHERN AGGREGATES LLC 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 6
2016 18
2015 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PLANT 15 sits in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 1.4% 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.
Livingston Parish, Louisiana · Population 145,583
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$78,617
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
2017 Q4 2,587 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,280 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,777 1 0 264.8
2017 Q1 3,879 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,510 1 0 398.4
2016 Q3 3,303 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,043 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,743 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4 1,302 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,357 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,883 2 0 1062.1

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.