Mining Incidents

Plant #9 Metal/Non-Metal

Denham Springs, Livingston County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601137

Plant #9 has $400 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
1
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Jun 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$400
proposed penalties
$400
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
167
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: 167 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 #9 has $400 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.
$400
proposed penalties
$400
current assessed
$400
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-06-07.
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
2007 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3 1 0 333333.3
2007 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 225 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 1 0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 683 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 4,493 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,233 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,796 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,066 4 0 789.6
2004 Q1 5,159 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,663 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,755 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,396 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,535 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,516 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 970 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

June 23, 1998 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meridian Aggregates Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS PREPARING TO OPERATE A D6 CAT DOZER TO PUSH GRAVEL INTO POND. WHEN CLIMBING ONTO DOZER, YE PLACED HIS RIGHT FOOT ON THE C FRAME OF THE DOZER. DUE TO WET CONDITIONS, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPP ED OFF THE C FRAME CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT SHIN ON THE CORNER OF THE DOZER TRACK.

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