Mining Incidents

Vernon Dredge Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jack D Pippin
DERIDDER, Vernon County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1600938

Vernon Dredge has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2000
16
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,704
proposed penalties
$2,703
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,001 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
289
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: 289 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Vernon Dredge has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-03-03.
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
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 328 3 0 9146.3
2010 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 96 3 2 31250.0
2010 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 112 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 770 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,260 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,420 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,375 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,460 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,395 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,862 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,650 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,420 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 490 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 350 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 370 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 490 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 640 1 1 1562.5
2002 Q1 1,100 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 740 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 680 1 1 1470.6
2001 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 450 8 2 17777.8
2000 Q1 400 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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