Mining Incidents

Virginia Wood Dredge Metal/Non-Metal

Wood Dredging L.L.C. · Facility
Venice, Jefferson County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601489

Virginia Wood Dredge has $12K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
60
citations
19
significant & substantial
$12,225
proposed penalties
$12,217
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
32
inspections on record
370
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: 370 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Virginia Wood Dredge has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-28.
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
2024 Q3 997 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6,504 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,830 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,355 4 2 629.4
2023 Q3 2,608 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,385 5 2 1477.1
2022 Q4 4,529 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,518 1 0 181.2
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 4,957 1 0 201.7
2022 Q1 5,171 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,555 1 0 180.0
2021 Q3 5,272 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,594 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,593 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,797 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,167 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,030 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,537 3 0 661.2
2019 Q4 5,973 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,185 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,038 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,405 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,358 2 0 458.9
2018 Q3 6,964 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,405 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,487 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,510 2 1 363.0
2017 Q3 6,372 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,611 1 0 216.9
2017 Q1 6,109 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,120 4 1 653.6
2016 Q3 7,772 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,323 1 0 158.2
2016 Q1 5,607 9 4 1605.1
2015 Q4 7,642 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,918 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,299 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,819 2 0 415.0
2014 Q4 4,405 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,952 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,946 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 8,243 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 8,635 4 1 463.2
2013 Q3 7,622 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,544 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,292 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,292 1 0 158.9
2012 Q3 8,728 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,525 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6,455 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8,920 5 4 560.5
2011 Q3 10,313 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,610 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,343 2 0 598.3
2010 Q4 8,240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,265 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,718 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8,254 10 3 1211.5
2009 Q4 10,812 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,008 2 1 285.4
2009 Q2 3,704 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 9,489 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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