Mining Incidents

Albany Sand and Gravel: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Albany, Gentry County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302456

Albany Sand and Gravel has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
37
citations
11
significant & substantial
$8,046
proposed penalties
$7,515
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $531 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
15
inspections on record
146
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: 146 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Albany Sand and Gravel has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-09-02.
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.
30.6%
significant & substantial
33.3%
high negligence or reckless
30.6%
reasonably likely or greater
72.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 58.3% moderate, 33.3% 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.
23 citations taken to the federal commission · 62% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 39%
  • Stood as issued 14 · 61%
91%
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 11 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
8%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $6K 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 2021-11-16.
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 2022-0046 Default 2022 $4K → $4K
CENT 2016-0438 Settlement Bulluck 2016 $2K → $1K
CENT 2017-0495 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $474 → $474
CENT 2017-0103 Default Lesnick 2017 $413 → $413
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: 2017-06-20, 9 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-06-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2014-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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. Albany Gravel Co LLC 2013 to 2016
  2. Pierce Gravel and Sand LLC 2016 to 2022
  3. Con-Agg Companies, LLC 2022 to 2026
  4. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 0
2022 0
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 2
2015 0
2014 2
2013 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Albany Sand and Gravel sits in Gentry County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Gentry County, Missouri · Population 6,224
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$57,458
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
2023 Q4 519 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q3 265 14 5 52830.2
2021 Q2 155 0 0 0.0
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 122 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 299 2 0 6689.0
2020 Q2 255 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 255 3 0 11764.7
2019 Q2 156 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 255 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 137 5 0 36496.4
2018 Q2 135 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 331 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 487 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 534 4 2 7490.6
2017 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 126 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 295 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 393 6 3 15267.2
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 900 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 220 3 1 13636.4
2013 Q4 160 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.