Mining Incidents

Excalibar Minerals Of Louisiana LLC operator

Controlled by Newpark Resources Inc
MSHA operator ID: L18293
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
16
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1997–2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
35
citations
12
significant & substantial
$31,520
proposed penalties
$21,575
paid to date
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,945 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
635
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: 635 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$32K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-03-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2006
1
2005
4
2004
2
2003
1
2001
2
2000
2 (1f)
1998
3
1997
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
June 14, 2000 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Excalibar Minerals Of Louisiana LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STOCKPILING ORE AT MILL SITE STOCKPILE AREA. DUMP TRUCK DUMPED HIS LOAD ON STOCKPILE AND BEGAN TO PULL AWAY FROM PILE. WHILE SLOWING PULLING FORWARD AND BEGGINING TO TURN TO THE RIGHT, THE HAU L TRUCK RAN OVER A DOZER OPERATOR WHO WAS IN FRONT OF DUMP TRUCK THE INJURY WAS FATAL.

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