Mining Incidents

SGM Investments, LLC: 33 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John G Melancon
Kentwood, Tangipahoa County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601452

SGM Investments, LLC has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
33
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,843
proposed penalties
$4,843
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
25
inspections on record
231
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: 231 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SGM Investments, LLC has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-11-02.
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.
12.1%
significant & substantial
6.1%
high negligence or reckless
12.1%
reasonably likely or greater
18.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.1% low, 87.9% moderate, 6.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2009-10-28, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-10-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.47 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2007-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.77 0.11 Backhoe 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.
Ownership history
  1. SGM Investments, LLC 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 3
2016 5
2015 5
2014 5
2013 4
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 5
2007 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SGM Investments, LLC sits in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana · Population 135,218
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$57,256
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
2017 Q1 1,728 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,092 1 0 478.0
2016 Q3 3,343 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,388 2 1 590.3
2016 Q1 2,723 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,420 4 0 1652.9
2015 Q3 3,188 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,443 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 3,268 1 0 306.0
2014 Q4 3,962 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,390 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,040 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,640 1 0 378.8
2013 Q4 2,427 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,782 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,711 2 0 737.7
2013 Q1 2,742 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,978 1 0 505.6
2012 Q3 1,754 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,767 1 0 565.9
2012 Q1 1,704 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,639 1 0 610.1
2011 Q3 2,779 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,855 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,772 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,878 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,094 1 0 914.1
2010 Q2 1,824 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,303 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,317 1 0 759.3
2009 Q3 1,852 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,609 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,944 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,370 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,099 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,446 2 0 817.7
2008 Q1 2,601 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,891 5 0 1729.5
2007 Q3 3,205 2 0 624.0
2007 Q2 1,460 8 3 5479.5
2007 Q1 294 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

August 16, 2007 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
SGM Investments, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Crew was replacing conveyor belt under hopper. While feeding belt thru with rope, the rope popped hitting miner in arm and knocking him to the ground. Miner recieved bruising on upper arm & shoulder.