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Quikrete of New Orleans: 75 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Quikrete Companies · Surface
Controlled by Quikrete Holdings Inc.
Harahan, Jefferson County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601320

Quikrete of New Orleans has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2000–2010
Latest incident
Apr 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
75
citations
22
significant & substantial
$11,629
proposed penalties
$11,197
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $432 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Quikrete Companies's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
41
inspections on record
689
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: 689 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quikrete of New Orleans has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-16.
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.
29.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
29.3%
reasonably likely or greater
54.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 29.3% low, 70.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 80%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 20%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
19%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-01-25.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT20020297M Settlement Barbour 2002 $2K → $1K
CENT 2010-410M Settlement Gill 2011 $2K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2011-02-17, 15 years ago
41%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
48
samples
44
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4818 over
Show the individual readings (48)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-04-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 3.24 0.56 5.79 Bagging Operator
2010-04-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 3.54 0.55 6.44 Bagging Operator
2007-08-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.53 1.06 1.44 Bagging Operator
2007-07-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 6.72 1.14 5.89 Bagging Operator
2006-05-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.32 1.38 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2006-05-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.88 0.84 1.05 Bagging Operator
2006-05-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.27 0.49 2.59 Bagging Operator
2006-03-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.91 0.37 5.16 Bagging Operator
2006-03-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 4.42 1.43 3.09 Bagging Operator
2006-03-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 3.38 0.95 3.56 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2004-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 12.56 2.82 4.45 Packaging Operations Worker
2004-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 5.88 2.71 2.17 Forklift Operator
2004-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.36 0.69 1.97 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.73 0.74 3.69 Bagging Operator
2002-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 7.15 2.56 2.79 Bagging Operator
2002-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.45 2.38 1.03 Bagging Operator
2002-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 11.81 1.86 6.35 Bagging Operator
2002-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 7.08 2.57 2.75 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-02-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.81 0.32 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2011-02-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 2.05 0.12 Bagging Operator
2011-02-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 1.75 0.30 Bagging Operator
2010-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.68 1.2 0.57 Bagging Operator
2010-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.84 1.61 0.52 Bagging Operator
2009-11-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 0.86 0.95 Bagging Operator
2009-11-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 0.99 0.63 Bagging Operator
2009-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 1.14 0.32 Bagging Operator
2009-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.62 0.56 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2008-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.81 2.98 0.94 Bagging Operator
2007-12-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.91 2.41 0.38 Bagging Operator
2007-07-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 1.25 0.42 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-07-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.26 2.74 0.46 Forklift Operator
2006-08-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.93 0.38 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2006-07-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.04 2.12 0.49 Bagging Operator
2005-01-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 1.79 0.52 Bagging Operator
2004-10-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 1.57 0.25 Forklift Operator
2004-10-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.29 Bagging Operator
2004-10-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.36 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Forklift Operator
2004-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.15 0.23 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.25 0.19 Warehouse Man
2003-08-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.4 1.41 0.99 Bagging Operator
2003-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.61 0.38 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2003-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 1.56 0.25 Forklift Operator
2002-09-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.88 2.1 0.42 Bagging Operator
2002-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 0.75 0.88 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.88 1.62 0.54 Forklift Operator
2000-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 1.75 0.26 Forklift 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.

Quikrete of New Orleans recorded 2.95 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.

Injury rate, 2010
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
2.95
total case rate
2.95
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.68 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In Louisiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.23 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2010 * 2.95 2.95 0.000
2009 * 5.14 2.57 0.000
2008 * 4.31 4.31 0.000
2007 * 2.40 2.40 0.000
2006 * 4.02 0.00 0.000
2005 * 8.43 8.43 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 7.77 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Southern Quikrete Products Inc 1997 to 1998
  2. Quikrete Companies 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 34
2010 37
2009 40
2008 43
2007 46
2006 27
2005 14
2004 14
2003 14
2002 14
2001 29
2000 29
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Quikrete of New Orleans sits in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana · Population 432,484
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$65,246
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
2011 Q1 16,302 2 0 122.7
2010 Q4 14,680 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 16,330 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 18,852 8 4 424.4
2010 Q1 17,921 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 18,783 14 6 745.4
2009 Q3 19,717 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 20,790 4 0 192.4
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 18,529 3 0 161.9
2008 Q4 19,896 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 24,085 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 24,675 4 0 162.1
2008 Q1 24,257 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 25,751 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 22,559 5 2 221.6
2007 Q2 18,990 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 16,206 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 14,222 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 13,122 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 11,547 5 0 433.0
2006 Q1 10,810 3 1 277.5
2005 Q4 8,023 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,433 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,474 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,798 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,403 1 0 185.1
2004 Q3 5,811 2 0 344.2
2004 Q2 7,411 2 0 269.9
2004 Q1 6,520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,140 2 1 325.7
2003 Q3 6,543 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,477 1 0 154.4
2003 Q1 6,584 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,120 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,120 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,120 3 0 421.3
2002 Q1 7,120 7 7 983.1
2001 Q4 13,920 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 13,920 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 13,920 1 0 71.8
2001 Q1 13,920 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 13,920 8 1 574.7
2000 Q3 13,920 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 13,920 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 13,920 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2010 · 1 incident

April 6, 2010 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Quikrete Companies · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Tried to remove piece of plastic from bag sealer while still running. Lost tip of right index finger.

2009 · 2 incidents

December 14, 2009 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Quikrete Companies · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was being lifted on a platform with a forklift to loosen cement stuck in Portland screw. When forklift driver lowered the lift, the platform jerked and the EE lost his balance and fell to his knees. Has pain in his knees

May 4, 2009 LA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Quikrete Companies · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Finger got caught in pulley belt of packer.

2008 · 2 incidents

October 23, 2008 LA · Metal/Non-Metal forklift operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quikrete Companies · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Mis communication with Forklift driver. Forklift driver set pallet down on wrap machine platform-did not realize injured employee s hand was still there.

September 11, 2008 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Quikrete Companies · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE placed hand against conveyor belts rotation, his hand became trapped. left hand was injured, skin was pulled back exposing bone and was bleeding.

2007 · 1 incident

May 15, 2007 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HOISTING
Quikrete Companies · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was putting and pulling belts on the dry elevator. When pulling, his hand got caught and his finger was broken.

2006 · 1 incident

March 25, 2006 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quikrete Companies · Fall to the walkway or working surface

He was on top of the Q Line reclaim hopper next to the weigh pod. He was putting the top back on the weight pod, tightening the belts. The wrench slipped. He lost balance & fell backwards. Pulled muscle in middle/lower left side of back.

2005 · 1 incident

November 28, 2005 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Quikrete Companies · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Busted bag stuck between conveyors. Employee tried to free it - hand got caught. Took off tips of middle and rings fingers, skin across top of hand and two fingers was pulled off. Tips reattached and skin graft to repair hand.

2003 · 1 incident

February 25, 2003 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Quikrete Companies · Struck by flying object

EE WAS WELDING. HE WAS WEARING A PROTESTINE SHIELD BUT A GURT OF WIND BLEW A SMALL PIECE OF METAL INTO HIS EYE.

2002 · 1 incident

December 3, 2002 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Quikrete Companies · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE WAS GREASING A BEARING ON THE PALLETIZER. HE WENT TO CLIMB DOWN & CONVEYOR CAUGHT HIS GLOVE WITH HAND & PULLED IT INTO THE CONVEYOR. BRUISED HAND AND CHIPPED BONE IN LITTLE FINGER.

2001 · 2 incidents

July 19, 2001 LA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Quikrete Companies · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER HELPING TO PUSH PALLET OFF FORKLIFT AT CUSTOMER'S SITE. FORKLIFT DRIVER PUSHED THRU PALLET & HIT OUT DRIVER'S BIG TOE, BREAKING TIP OF TOE.

February 26, 2001 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quikrete Companies · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE. DRILL BIT BROKE & EE LOS BALANCE & FELL. HIT HIS HAND & HAD 1-2" CUT. NEEDED 1 LAYER STITCHES. XRAYED SHOWED ALL OK!

2000 · 2 incidents

October 11, 2000 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quikrete Companies · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING R-LINE AND TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN BAG OF CEMENT. BAG BROKE AND FLEW INTO HIS EYES CAUSING A CHEMICAL BURN. SLIGHT SCRATCH TO RIGHT EYE.

April 5, 2000 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quikrete Companies · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A MIXING SCREW. DID 'T HAVE PAIN UNTIL NEXT MORNING. COULDN;T GET OUT OF BED, WAS ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL 4-18.