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Mears, St Helena Parish, Louisiana: 21 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Mears is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in St Helena Parish, Louisiana, operated by Mears Sand & Gravel, LLC with 10 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1600883). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 21 citations and orders there with $3,642 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1600883
- Status
- Active since July 14, 1983
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- St Helena Parish, Louisiana
- Nearest town
- Watson
- Operator
- Mears Sand & Gravel, LLC
- Employees
- 10
- MSHA field office
- Broussard LA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 21
- Significant and substantial
- 3 (14.3%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $3,642
- Amount paid so far
- $3,642
- Inspections
- 12
- Inspector hours on site
- 111
- Citations per inspection
- 1.75 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- June 25, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | $931 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 | $1,529 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | $427 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | $604 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Mears
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 47.44 | Hazard communication | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.16006 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4104 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12030 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14207 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12023 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12021 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in St Helena Parish, Louisiana
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins Pit | Aggregate Industries | St Helena Parish, LA | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 35 |
| Bunch Gravel Pit 2 | Bunch Gravel, Inc | St Helena Parish, LA | Construction sand and gravel | 7 | 32 |
| L.a.m.i. #2 | Louisiana Aggregate Materials 2019, LLC | St Helena Parish, LA | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 26 |
| Tranquility Sand & Gravel | Tri Parish Sand & Gravel, LLC | St Helena Parish, LA | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 20 |
| Thames Plant | Mears Sand & Gravel, LLC | St Helena Parish, LA | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 16 |
| Greensburg Pit | Kentwood Brick & Tile LLC | St Helena Parish, LA | Fire clay | 2 | 6 |
| Bunch Gravel Pit 3 | Bunch Gravel, Inc | St Helena Parish, LA | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 4 |
| Pit 63 | Tri Parish Sand & Gravel, LLC | St Helena Parish, LA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.