Mining Incidents

RAY HOME BUILDERS, DBA MAGNOLIA SGS: 111 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

MAGNOLIA SGS · Surface
Controlled by Jason Ray; Melissa Ray
Greensburg, Livingston County, LA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1601337

RAY HOME BUILDERS, DBA MAGNOLIA SGS has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $464 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1999–2014
Latest incident
May 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
111
citations
35
significant & substantial
$45,348
proposed penalties
$44,884
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $464 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
666
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: 666 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

RAY HOME BUILDERS, DBA MAGNOLIA SGS has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $464 outstanding across 1 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.
$45K
proposed penalties
$45K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$464
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $19K in penalties contested before the Commission, $19K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-30.
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.
31.5%
significant & substantial
12.6%
high negligence or reckless
31.5%
reasonably likely or greater
29.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.4% low, 82.0% moderate, 12.6% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 100%
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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$19K proposed, $19K 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 2018-06-14.
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
CENT 2018-0345 Settlement Lesnick 2018 $19K → $19K
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: 2024-10-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-10-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2020-01-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2020-01-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-03-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2018-03-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.3 0.47 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-03-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2013-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2013-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2013-02-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Dredge/Barge Operator
2005-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.46 0.39 Utility Man
2005-05-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer 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.

RAY HOME BUILDERS, DBA MAGNOLIA SGS recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.

Injury rate, 2012
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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.48 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Louisiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.30 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.
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. Fleniken Sand & Gravel Inc 1998 to 2011
  2. Angelle Aggregates, LLC 2011 to 2019
  3. A & S Aggregates LLC 2019 to 2024
  4. MAGNOLIA SGS 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 32
2024 3
2023 5
2022 6
2021 6
2020 9
2019 7
2018 5
2017 6
2016 7
2015 9
2014 10
2013 6
2012 11
2011 8
2010 5
2009 6
2008 6
2007 7
2006 6
2005 6
2004 5
2003 4
2002 5
2001 5
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

RAY HOME BUILDERS, DBA MAGNOLIA SGS sits in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 1.4% 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.
Livingston Parish, Louisiana · Population 145,583
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$78,617
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
2026 Q2 210 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 295 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 290 3 0 10344.8
2025 Q3 295 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 912 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 730 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,040 1 0 961.5
2023 Q3 975 0 0 0.0
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 646 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 959 2 0 2085.5
2022 Q1 2,267 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,242 1 0 446.0
2021 Q3 1,726 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,805 1 0 554.0
2021 Q1 1,811 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,113 1 0 473.3
2020 Q3 2,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,723 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,888 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,649 1 0 606.4
2019 Q3 1,330 2 0 1503.8
2019 Q2 2,706 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,407 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,138 2 0 637.3
2018 Q3 3,030 3 0 990.1
2018 Q2 2,669 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,816 17 8 6036.9
2017 Q4 2,900 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,197 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,803 1 0 263.0
2017 Q1 1,407 10 6 7107.3
2016 Q4 3,225 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,472 6 2 1728.1
2016 Q2 3,816 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,274 5 2 1527.2
2015 Q4 2,916 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,855 1 0 350.3
2015 Q2 3,881 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,194 1 1 192.5
2014 Q4 5,072 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,602 1 0 277.6
2014 Q2 3,318 1 1 301.4
2014 Q1 3,985 3 1 752.8
2013 Q4 4,426 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,549 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,688 6 3 1626.9
2013 Q1 3,569 3 1 840.6
2012 Q4 6,240 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,578 3 0 537.8
2012 Q2 5,954 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,886 3 2 509.7
2011 Q4 5,118 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,860 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,426 6 4 1355.6
2011 Q1 378 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,266 1 1 441.3
2010 Q3 1,853 2 0 1079.3
2010 Q2 2,092 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 972 1 0 1028.8
2009 Q4 747 5 0 6693.4
2009 Q3 2,046 2 0 977.5
2009 Q2 2,184 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,582 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,373 2 1 842.8
2008 Q3 2,483 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,597 3 0 1155.2
2008 Q1 2,634 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,832 5 0 1765.5
2007 Q3 3,071 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,886 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,546 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,939 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,334 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,407 1 1 415.5
2006 Q1 1,826 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,290 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,891 1 0 528.8
2005 Q2 2,032 3 1 1476.4
2005 Q1 1,887 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,640 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,555 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,804 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,608 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,389 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,484 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,556 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 994 1 0 1006.0
2002 Q4 1,667 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,710 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,743 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,976 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,038 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,995 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,909 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,043 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,947 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,481 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,565 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,572 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

May 29, 2014 LA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Angelle Aggregates, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A Pea gravel conveyor belt failed causing the top section to collapse down. Belt had a catwalk on the side with proper rails for employees to travel for maintenance. There was no indication of structural damage or defects where the failure occurred.

May 29, 2014 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Angelle Aggregates, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Pea Gravel Conveyor structure failed at the front section and collapsed down. There was no indication of structural damage or defects where the failure occurred.

2007 · 2 incidents

October 24, 2007 LA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fleniken Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

They will changing the screen in plant #2 and a piece of rust got in his right eye. The washed it out.

October 9, 2007 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Fleniken Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator was pushing dirt with dozer and dirt fell on operators foot on platform of dozer, where operator was sitting.

2006 · 1 incident

February 11, 2006 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fleniken Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Working on the backhoe, got off the trackhoe, stepped in a hole and fell hurting leg and hip.

1999 · 1 incident