Mining Incidents

Smith Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Travis Len Joiner
Roseland, Tangipahoa County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601462

Smith Plant 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
28
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,167
proposed penalties
$5,167
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
8
inspections on record
116
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: 116 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Smith Plant 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
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-04-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q2 1,381 3 1 2172.3
2011 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,550 6 5 3871.0
2010 Q3 1,297 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,909 3 0 1571.5
2010 Q1 1,625 3 1 1846.2
2009 Q4 1,513 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,394 0 0 0.0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 2,099 7 1 3334.9
2009 Q1 1,533 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,766 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,733 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,793 4 0 1432.2
2008 Q1 3,622 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,071 2 0 651.3
2007 Q3 3,836 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 992 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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