Mining Incidents

Willis Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Sun, Washington County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601409

Willis Sand & Gravel has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Aug 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
94
citations
25
significant & substantial
$34,403
proposed penalties
$22,114
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,289 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
35
inspections on record
395
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: 395 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Willis Sand & Gravel has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-10-12.
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
2017 Q4 231 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,679 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,220 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,255 5 2 1536.1
2016 Q3 3,625 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,503 7 1 1998.3
2016 Q1 3,585 0 0 0.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4 3,933 6 4 1525.6
2015 Q3 3,685 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,912 1 0 255.6
2015 Q1 4,074 10 4 2454.6
2014 Q4 4,767 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,332 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,812 3 0 623.4
2014 Q1 4,126 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,372 5 1 1143.6
2013 Q3 4,176 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,029 4 0 992.8
2013 Q1 4,541 2 1 440.4
2012 Q4 5,343 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,441 2 0 367.6
2012 Q1 5,340 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,880 2 0 409.8
2011 Q3 4,965 1 0 201.4
2011 Q2 5,035 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,962 2 0 403.1
2010 Q4 5,735 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,423 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,029 3 0 596.5
2010 Q1 4,437 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,113 3 1 586.7
2009 Q3 5,204 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,731 10 1 2113.7
2009 Q1 4,557 10 2 2194.4
2008 Q4 3,984 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,446 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,000 10 5 2000.0
2008 Q1 5,536 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,010 1 1 199.6
2007 Q3 5,071 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,284 1 0 189.3
2007 Q1 4,801 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,694 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,553 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,769 3 2 1083.4
2006 Q1 3,084 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,600 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,516 1 0 659.6
2005 Q2 1,786 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,658 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,714 2 0 1166.9
2004 Q3 1,728 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,690 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

August 6, 2004 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Willis Sand & Gravel LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF REMOVING IMPELLAR FROM SHAFT.EE HAD LEFT HAND UNDER THE IMPELLER WHEN THE IMPELLER CAME OFF THE SHAFT, EE WAS UNABLE TO TO HOLD THE IMPELLER & THEREFORE A PIECE OF BEAM UNDER THE IMPELLER & WHEN EE DROPPED THE IMPELLER HIS L HAND WAS CAUGHT & LAST DIGIT OF FINGER WAS CUT.

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