Poarch Pit has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $30K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Aug 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
130
citations
38
significant & substantial
$29,993
proposed penalties
$112
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $29,881 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
43
inspections on record
469
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: 469 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Poarch Pit has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $30K 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.
$30K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$112
paid to date
$30K
outstanding
117 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-09-14.
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.
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: 2002-05-21, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-05-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
1.13
0.27
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2002-05-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2010
2
2009
3
2008
3
2007
4
2006
5
2005
6
2004
0
2003
2
2002
3
2001
5
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Poarch Pit sits in Escambia County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Escambia County, Alabama · Population 36,695
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$44,447
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
2010 Q1
482
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
315
2
1
6349.2
2009 Q3
582
5
2
8591.1
2009 Q2
846
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,800
5
4
2777.8
2008 Q4
987
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,048
7
0
6679.4
2008 Q2
848
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1
458
2
0
4366.8
2007 Q4
836
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
762
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
923
14
3
15167.9
2007 Q1
1,042
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
930
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
960
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,063
11
6
10348.1
2006 Q1
1,072
6
0
5597.0
2005 Q4
1,041
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,039
31
12
29836.4
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
0
8
0
2003 Q2
774
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
540
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,341
9
3
6711.4
2002 Q3
800
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,346
9
2
6686.5
2002 Q1
1,037
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,046
2
0
977.5
2001 Q2
3,214
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
3,214
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
3,172
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,800
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,800
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,300
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
1997 · 2 incidents
August 11, 1997AL · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON