Thames Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Mears Sand & Gravel, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Craig S. Mears
Pine Grove,
St Helena County,
LA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1601533
Thames Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
57
citations
9
significant & substantial
$7,710
proposed penalties
$7,708
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
32
inspections on record
438
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 438 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Thames Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$2
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 2,410 | 2 | 0 | 829.9 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,184 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,569 | 1 | 0 | 389.3 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,754 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,519 | 1 | 0 | 397.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,613 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,964 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 2,237 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,646 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,495 | 4 | 0 | 1603.2 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,599 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,234 | 1 | 0 | 447.6 |
| 2022 Q3 | 3,494 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,099 | 2 | 0 | 952.8 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,949 | 2 | 0 | 1026.2 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,070 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,919 | 2 | 0 | 1042.2 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,808 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,946 | 2 | 0 | 1027.7 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,581 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 2,378 | 1 | 1 | 420.5 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,513 | 3 | 0 | 1193.8 |
| 2019 Q4 | 3,151 | 5 | 1 | 1586.8 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,746 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,937 | 1 | 0 | 340.5 |
| 2019 Q1 | 3,084 | 4 | 2 | 1297.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,784 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 3,533 | 3 | 1 | 849.1 |
| 2018 Q2 | 3,062 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 2,609 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,991 | 3 | 0 | 1003.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,491 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,192 | 6 | 1 | 2737.2 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,122 | 4 | 1 | 1885.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,867 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,332 | 1 | 0 | 428.8 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,318 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,155 | 1 | 0 | 464.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,818 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,917 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,489 | 2 | 0 | 803.5 |
| 2015 Q1 | 2,006 | 1 | 1 | 498.5 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,439 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,382 | 2 | 0 | 839.6 |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 2,012 | 1 | 0 | 497.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,197 | 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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The full compliance file on Thames Plant
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.