Mining Incidents

ROY YOUNG SAND PIT: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Roy E Young Jr
Abbeville, Vermilion County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601060

ROY YOUNG SAND PIT has $860 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Jun 1985
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
7
citations
4
significant & substantial
$860
proposed penalties
$860
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
103
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: 103 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ROY YOUNG SAND PIT has $860 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$860
proposed penalties
$860
current assessed
$860
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-07-31.
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.
57.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
57.1%
reasonably likely or greater
71.4%
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. Acadiana Shell & Limestone Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 2
2004 1
2003 2
2002 3
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

ROY YOUNG SAND PIT sits in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 10.9% 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.
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana · Population 57,031
10.9%
Mining share of county employment
$57,537
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
2005 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 85 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 125 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 263 0 0 0.0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 194 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 354 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 295 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 458 4 3 8733.6
2002 Q2 494 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 440 2 1 4545.5
2001 Q4 369 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 169 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 198 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 142 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 130 1 0 7692.3
2000 Q2 57 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 179 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 18, 1985 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · OTHER
Acadiana Shell & Limestone Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS WORKING ON SEPERATOR TOWER & DIED OF A HEART ATTACK.