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: 174 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 $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $819 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-08-27.
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.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 83%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 17%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
32%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $819 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2016-08-21.
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.
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: 2017-10-03, 8 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-10-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
Mechanic
2017-10-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Mechanic
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 9 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.
Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ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 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Louisiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.66 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
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2019
13
2018
22
2017
17
2016
18
2015
19
2014
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Plant 9 sits in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana · Population 135,218
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$57,256
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
2019 Q3
5,262
2
0
380.1
2019 Q2
7,571
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
8,342
3
0
359.6
2018 Q4
7,237
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
11,406
2
0
175.3
2018 Q2
12,791
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
12,897
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
11,755
5
2
425.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3
14,281
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
11,863
1
0
84.3
2017 Q1
9,985
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
8,573
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
6,764
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
7,776
2
0
257.2
2016 Q1
7,480
2
0
267.4
2015 Q4
2,626
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,024
5
1
995.2
2015 Q2
4,882
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
3,776
3
0
794.5
2014 Q4
6,929
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
6,655
1
0
150.3
2014 Q2
4,112
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,992
3
1
1002.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2015 · 1 incident
March 20, 2015LA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE AND CO WORKER WERE MOVING FLAT PLATES OFF A TRAILER. EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE PLATE WALKING BACKWARDS WHEN HE PULLED THE PLATE AND IT DROPPED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CONTUSION
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