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Wyandotte Dredging: 12 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Wyandotte Dredging · Surface
Controlled by Barry L Moore
Port Allen, West Baton Rouge County, LA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1601338

Wyandotte Dredging has $1K 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
1
Years on record
2017
Latest incident
Jan 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
12
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,358
proposed penalties
$1,358
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Wyandotte Dredging's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
377
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: 377 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wyandotte Dredging has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $208 in penalties contested before the Commission, $208 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-13.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 83.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$208 proposed, $208 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-02-03.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2010-443M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $208 → $208
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-09-30
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2025-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2006-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 1.04 0.48 Dredge/Barge Operator
2002-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2002-07-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Bulldozer Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Wyandotte Dredging 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 2
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wyandotte Dredging sits in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana · Population 27,666
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$87,320
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
2026 Q2 621 1 0 1610.3
2026 Q1 1,198 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 844 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 959 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 599 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 639 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 491 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 667 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 823 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,216 1 0 822.4
2023 Q3 665 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 545 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 465 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 933 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 696 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 567 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 409 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 859 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 713 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 530 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 536 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 840 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 957 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 661 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 674 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 175 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 206 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 104 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 29 1 0 34482.8
2017 Q4 307 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 1 0
2017 Q1 211 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 487 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 546 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 379 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 572 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 754 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 558 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 628 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 561 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 702 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 603 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 214 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 657 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 744 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 593 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 664 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 574 1 1 1742.2
2012 Q4 713 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 646 2 1 3096.0
2012 Q2 799 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 566 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 215 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 470 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 579 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 684 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 728 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 626 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 730 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 637 2 1 3139.7
2009 Q3 759 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 647 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 763 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 733 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 798 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 664 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 754 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 659 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 829 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 627 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 731 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 681 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 746 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 550 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 733 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 573 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 185 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5 2 0 400000.0
2004 Q4 331 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 426 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 511 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 321 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 214 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 403 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 263 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 182 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 423 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 562 1 0 1779.4
2002 Q2 427 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 408 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 506 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 605 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 519 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 439 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 601 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 439 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 349 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 439 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

January 22, 2017 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Wyandotte Dredging · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A south bound tow boar pushing 6 loaded barges had trouble controlling the vessel and hit the dredge boar in the rear. It knock the operator our of the captains chair onto the floor. EE was taken to the emergency room.