Mining Incidents

West Fontana Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Independence, Tangipahoa County, LA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1601582

West Fontana Pit has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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 2019
63
citations
17
significant & substantial
$22,167
proposed penalties
$21,059
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,108 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
20
inspections on record
277
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: 277 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

West Fontana Pit has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
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
2025 Q4 11,229 3 1 267.2
2025 Q3 10,671 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,252 3 1 324.3
2025 Q1 8,466 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 8,381 5 2 596.6
2024 Q3 8,384 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 10,126 1 0 98.8
2024 Q1 8,852 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 8,538 6 2 702.7
2023 Q3 7,602 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 14,155 9 1 635.8
2023 Q1 6,925 12 0 1732.9
2022 Q4 6,855 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,733 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,909 1 0 126.4
2022 Q1 7,102 6 4 844.8
2021 Q4 7,640 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,012 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,729 2 0 258.8
2021 Q1 4,626 2 1 432.3
2020 Q4 7,192 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,557 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,562 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,635 2 0 354.9
2019 Q3 4,010 1 1 249.4
2019 Q2 3,300 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,942 4 0 2059.7

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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