Mining Incidents

VACHERIE SAND PIT: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

BYRON TALBOT CONTRACTOR, INC · Surface
Controlled by Byron E Talbot
Vacherie, St James County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601510

VACHERIE SAND PIT 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
6
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,026
proposed penalties
$1,026
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
8
inspections on record
52
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: 52 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

VACHERIE SAND PIT 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
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-03-27.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
66.7%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 16.7% moderate, 66.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. BYRON TALBOT CONTRACTOR, INC 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 2
2018 3
2017 1
2016 1
2015 3
2014 2
2013 2
2012 0
2011 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

VACHERIE SAND PIT sits in St. James Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
St. James Parish, Louisiana · Population 19,797
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,536
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 484 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 962 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 124 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 302 5 2 16556.3
2017 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 782 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 88 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 82 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 81 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 222 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 258 1 0 3876.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 92 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 330 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.