Mining Incidents

PMC Wet Plant @ B&W Site Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by George Douglass Jr
Pearl River, St Tammany County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601464

PMC Wet Plant @ B&W Site has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2007–2009
Latest incident
Nov 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
23
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,148
proposed penalties
$2,964
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $184 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
14
inspections on record
158
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: 158 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PMC Wet Plant @ B&W Site has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-02-28.
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
2013 Q2 894 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,684 3 0 1781.5
2012 Q4 1,539 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,395 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,420 1 0 704.2
2012 Q1 1,570 3 2 1910.8
2011 Q4 1,525 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,718 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 1,708 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,335 1 0 749.1
2010 Q4 1,935 1 0 516.8
2010 Q3 2,118 1 1 472.1
2010 Q2 2,173 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,056 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,665 3 1 1125.7
2009 Q3 2,774 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,743 4 1 1458.3
2009 Q1 2,414 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,200 5 2 1562.5
2008 Q3 2,445 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,098 1 0 476.6
2008 Q1 3,155 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,725 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,856 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2009 · 3 incidents

November 5, 2009 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pontchartrain Material Corporation, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was washing out the loader bucket with a fire hose. The hose became tangled and the employee was attempting to untangle the hose when he tripped over a roller frame that was holding one end of the hose down.

April 6, 2009 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pontchartrain Material Corporation, LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was entering a storage container to retrieve a piece of equipment. The step gave way and the employee fell twisting his right knee.

February 5, 2009 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pontchartrain Material Corporation, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was attempting to free a cable that was jammed in a winch. When the cable suddenly came free, the employee lost his footing and fell, striking right shoulder on the deck of the sand dredge.

2008 · 2 incidents

October 21, 2008 LA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pontchartrain Material Corporation, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was replacing a 50 lb motor on dredge screen plant. In process of removing motor, the come-a-long came loose and the motor slid down and hit employee's right knee pinning his leg against the pole.

August 25, 2008 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pontchartrain Material Corporation, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was replacing a sharp bolt on the guard to dredge shaker and cut his right index finger.

2007 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on PMC Wet Plant @ B&W Site

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