Mining Incidents

Poarch Sand & Gravel-Little River Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bobby Parker
Little River, Baldwin County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103244

Poarch Sand & Gravel-Little River Pit has $350 in proposed MSHA penalties and $180 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
2002
Latest incident
Jul 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$350
proposed penalties
$170
paid to date
49% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $180 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
3
inspections on record
35
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: 35 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 Sand & Gravel-Little River Pit has $350 in proposed MSHA penalties and $180 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.
$350
proposed penalties
$350
current assessed
$170
paid to date
$180
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-01-29.
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
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 2,643 4 0 1513.4
2003 Q4 3,782 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,083 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,120 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 2,897 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,365 2 0 594.4
2002 Q2 3,341 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

July 24, 2002 AL · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southeastern Sand & Gravel, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING THE DREDGE WITH THE TAIL-LINE & ROPE GOT HUNG ON DREDGE. AT WHICH TIME IT CAUSED THE DREDGE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, & IN TURN CAUSED THE EE TO SUDDENLY GRASP THE SIDE OF DRE DGE TO KEEP FROM FALLING OFF.

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