Mining Incidents

Smith Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert D Smith
Franklinton, Washington County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601392

Smith Sand & Gravel has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 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 2003
83
citations
19
significant & substantial
$28,235
proposed penalties
$22,515
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,720 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
50
inspections on record
533
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: 533 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 Sand & Gravel has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-10-26.
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
2021 Q1 344 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,168 3 2 2568.5
2020 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,010 8 3 7920.8
2020 Q1 847 3 0 3541.9
2019 Q4 419 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,158 7 2 6044.9
2019 Q2 1,382 0 0 0.0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 1,398 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,381 1 0 724.1
2018 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,391 2 0 1437.8
2018 Q1 1,179 2 0 1696.4
2017 Q4 1,149 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 627 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 942 1 1 1061.6
2017 Q1 937 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 926 2 2 2159.8
2016 Q3 918 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,087 1 0 920.0
2016 Q1 896 3 0 3348.2
2015 Q4 1,106 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 958 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,028 2 0 1945.5
2015 Q1 845 4 0 4733.7
2014 Q4 1,002 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 979 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,065 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 861 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,257 1 0 795.5
2013 Q3 1,012 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,412 1 1 708.2
2013 Q1 1,285 2 0 1556.4
2012 Q4 1,422 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,333 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,501 2 1 1332.4
2012 Q1 1,533 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,563 1 0 639.8
2011 Q3 1,312 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,690 2 0 1183.4
2011 Q1 1,899 1 0 526.6
2010 Q4 2,001 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,229 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,082 6 3 2881.8
2010 Q1 1,717 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,905 2 1 1049.9
2009 Q3 2,197 4 0 1820.7
2009 Q2 2,346 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,260 6 1 2654.9
2008 Q4 2,302 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,228 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,296 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,066 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,636 1 0 611.2
2007 Q3 1,712 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,478 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,213 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,422 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,055 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,632 3 1 1838.2
2006 Q1 1,206 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,831 2 1 1092.3
2005 Q3 1,168 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,862 1 0 537.1
2005 Q1 1,185 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,315 3 0 2281.4
2004 Q3 1,618 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,350 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,597 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,733 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,799 4 0 2223.5
2003 Q2 1,250 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,205 2 0 1659.8
2002 Q4 1,070 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,205 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,360 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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