Poarch Sand & Gravel-Little River Pit has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 2002. MSHA has proposed $350 in penalties since 2002, with $180 outstanding.
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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.
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.
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 controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2004
1
2003
4
2002
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Poarch Sand & Gravel-Little River Pit sits in Baldwin County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Baldwin County, Alabama · Population 239,945
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$75,019
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
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