United States Gypsum Company has $1K 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
18
Years on record
1985–2003
Latest incident
Jan 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,407
proposed penalties
$1,407
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 190 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
United States Gypsum Company has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-01-07.
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.
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: 2004-01-08, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-01-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
35.25
Utility Man
2004-01-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.37
Ball Mill Operator
2003-01-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.58
Bagging Operator
2003-01-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2003-01-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.72
Cleanup Man
2001-09-26
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.66
Utility Man
2001-09-26
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.74
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.29
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2000-10-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.29
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2000-10-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.35
0.10
Truck Loader
2000-10-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.35
0.10
Truck Loader
2000-10-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Sampler, Dust
2000-10-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Sampler, Dust
2000-10-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Supervisor, Co. Official
2000-10-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Supervisor, Co. Official
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.
United States Gypsum Company recorded 6.56 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
6.56
total case rate
6.56
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Louisiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.96 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2003 *
6.56
6.56
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2004
6
2003
14
2002
15
2001
15
2000
18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
United States Gypsum Company sits in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Orleans Parish, Louisiana · Population 376,035
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$55,339
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
EE WAS BACKING DOWN A RAMP ON A WORKSAVER. THE WORKSAVER BECAME UNSTABLE & HE STRUCK A PARKED FORK TRUCK. HIS RIGHT LEG WAS OUTSIDE THE WORKSAVER & WAS PINCHED BETWEEN IT & THE PARKED FORK TRU CK. DUE TO THE UNSTABLENESS OF THE WORKSAVER, HE LOST HIS BALANCE, CAUSING HIS RIGHT LEG TO BE OUT OF THE WORKSAVER DURING THE COLLISION.
1998 · 1 incident
August 12, 1998LA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS EXPOSED TO LIME DUST ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS DURING A LIME PLANT SHUTDOWN. HE FAILED TO PROPERLY WASH OFF AND MEUTRALIZE THE AFFECTED AREA.
1996 · 1 incident
March 11, 1996LA · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING FROM ONE PLATFORM TO ANOTHER. HE MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN PLATFORMS AND STEPPED SHORT. HIS LOWER LEFT LEG HIT THE EDGE OF THE PLATFORM CAUSING A LARGE ABRASION AND BRUISE.
1995 · 1 incident
November 28, 1995LA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PRY AN AIR HOSE OFF THE FITTING OF A PNEUMATIC CHIPPING HAMMER WITH A SCREWDRIVER WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND WAS CUT BY THE HHOSE CLAMP. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERAT ION TO THE TOP OF THE DISTAL JOINT OF THE RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.
1993 · 2 incidents
September 2, 1993LA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ON 06-25-91 INJURED TRIPPED OVER A SMALL FRONT END LOADER.HE WAS RESTRAINED WITH A SCAT BELT AN DAPPARENTLY SUFFERED NO INJURIES.ON 07-12-91 HE COMPLAINED ABOUT A SORE MUSCLE IN HIS LWER BACK. THE COMPANY DR X-RAYED THE LOWER BACK AND PRESCRIBED NALFON FOR INFLAMMATION AND RESTRICTED LIFTING OVER 25LBS FOR 4 DAYS.
1990 · 4 incidents
October 30, 1990LA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE PACKING BAGS OF LIME EMPLOYEE GOT LIME BURNS ON HIS STOMACH THAT RESULTED FROM PERSPIRATION AND LIME DUST THAT ACCUMULATED ON HIS CLOTHES AT WAIST LEVEL.
March 22, 1990LA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPL STACKING 50 LB BAGS OF LIME AND WAS USING TWISTING MOTION.STRAINED THORACIC MUSCLES AT RIBS
1988 · 1 incident
June 22, 1988LA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMP. WAS IN PROCESS OF MOVING CAGES FOR DUST COLLECTOR WHILE STANDING ON CATWALK. AS HE TURNED TO WALK HE STEPPED INTO HOLE IN CATWALK LEFT AFTER CONSTRUCTION CREW REMOVED CONVEYOR.
1987 · 1 incident
April 10, 1987LA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPL HAD PAIN &3STIFFNESS IN HIS NECK FOLLOWING OPERATION OF LOADER PREVIOUS DAY.EMPL PREVIOUSLY INJURED NECK IN PRIVATE AUTO ACCIDENT.RECD TREATMENT DUE TO PINCHED NERVE IN NECK AND NEVER PRE VIOUSLY MADE TH3S INCIDENT KNOWN.
1986 · 1 incident
April 23, 1986LA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL EMPTYING T2TE BIN OF PULVERIZED QUICKLIME AT WASTE PILE.MOVED OUT OF WAY OF LIME THAT SURGED OUT OF TOTE BIN AND STEPPED INTO SLAKING QUICKLIME THAT CAUSED BURN TO CALF OF LEFT LEG.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A METAL DOCK PLATE WHILE USING A METAL PRY BAR. AS INJURED APPLIED PRESSURE TO MOVE THE DOCK PLATE THEBAR SPRUNG BACK AND PINCHED THE THUMB AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK BEING LOADED AND INFLICTED A CUT TO THE THUMB. NO FRACTURE INVOLVED.
September 30, 1985LA · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESEAL A LEAKING SCREW CONVEYOR. WHILE STANDING ON A LADDER TO POSITION HIMSELF TO SEAL THE LEAK THE RUNG OF THE LADDER BROKE. INJURED\S LEFT ARM CUT (3SUTUR ES), BRUISE TO BACK AND X-RAY WAS NEGATIVE.
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