While overseeing a maintenance job, the manager was checking the crews progress of reinstalling the impeller. The manager placed a hand on the pump shell to look around the back side. The hoist tool shifted onto manager's hand causing crushing injury to left ring finger.
Bernhard Oppermann Metal/Non-Metal
Nugent Sand Company
· Surface
Controlled by
N S C Corp; Sibo Services Inc
Louisville,
Jefferson County,
KY
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1506279
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2022
- Latest incident
- May 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
10
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,312
proposed penalties
$1,300
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 8,295 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 8,168 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 7,890 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 7,334 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 8,096 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 7,110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,605 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 4,840 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2022 · 1 incident
Nugent Sand Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
2017 · 1 incident
February 28, 2017
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company · Struck against stationary object
Was lifting old top box from roof and lacerated web of left hand between ring and pinky finger, had gloves on.
2001 · 2 incidents
Nugent Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE TAKING A PIECE OF PIPE UP TO TANK AND WAS TALKING TO ANOTHER EE. EE TURNED AROUND AND RAN INTO A PIECE OF STEEL OVERHEAD, EXTENDING OUT INTO WALKWAY.
Nugent Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TURNING CRANK HANDLE ON COARSE SAND BELT TO REPOSITION CHUTE. HANDLE WAS NOT PROPERLY LATCHED, BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK EE IN RIGHT SIDE.
2000 · 1 incident
Nugent Sand Company · Fall onto or against objects
FELL ON ICY SURFACE WHILE RELOCATING HOSE BROKEN FRONT TEETH.