Mining Incidents

Poarch Sand & Gravel-Little River Pit: 6 MSHA citations 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.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Southeastern Sand & Gravel, LLC 2002 to 2003
  2. Poarch Sand & Gravel, L.L.C. 2003 to present
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.

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, 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.