Employee removed access cover where sand is lifted using a vertical elevator, attempted to use a piece of rebar to poke at what the employee described as "wet sand" in an attempt to unclog the sand and allow it to pass through to the vertical elevator. While poking at the sand, the rebar contacted a section of the vertical elevator which casued the employee's hand to be pinched.
U.S. Sports Field Sand- Kentwood Plant Metal/Non-Metal
U.S. Sports Field Sand, LLC
· Facility
Controlled by
Charles C Dawson; Ryan Dawson
Kentwood,
Tangipahoa County,
LA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1601525
U.S. Sports Field Sand- Kentwood Plant has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2024
- Latest incident
- Jun 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
92
citations
32
significant & substantial
$31,378
proposed penalties
$31,378
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
25
inspections on record
287
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: 287 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
U.S. Sports Field Sand- Kentwood Plant has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.$31K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
90 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-18.
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 | 8,389 | 4 | 0 | 476.8 |
| 2025 Q3 | 8,785 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 10,000 | 6 | 2 | 600.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 9,206 | 13 | 4 | 1412.1 |
| 2024 Q4 | 10,081 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 8,445 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 9,546 | 6 | 1 | 628.5 |
| 2023 Q4 | 3,870 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 3,340 | 3 | 0 | 898.2 |
| 2021 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 573 | 1 | 0 | 1745.2 |
| 2019 Q3 | 634 | 3 | 1 | 4731.9 |
| 2019 Q2 | 618 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 620 | 3 | 0 | 4838.7 |
| 2018 Q4 | 645 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,170 | 4 | 0 | 3418.8 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,450 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,595 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,105 | 4 | 1 | 1900.2 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,903 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,210 | 2 | 2 | 905.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,087 | 8 | 4 | 3833.3 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,138 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,238 | 1 | 0 | 807.8 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,389 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,555 | 2 | 1 | 1286.2 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,496 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,655 | 5 | 1 | 3021.1 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1,778 | 3 | 3 | 1687.3 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,060 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 3,814 | 1 | 0 | 262.2 |
| 2014 Q2 | 3,935 | 1 | 0 | 254.1 |
| 2014 Q1 | 3,830 | 4 | 2 | 1044.4 |
| 2013 Q4 | 4,030 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 3,655 | 12 | 7 | 3283.2 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,650 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,060 | 1 | 1 | 943.4 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,050 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,050 | 2 | 1 | 1904.8 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,045 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2024 · 1 incident
June 6, 2024
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HOISTING
Geo Manufacturing llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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