B & W Sand-N-Stone LLC has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
May 1986
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
24
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,861
proposed penalties
$3,861
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
439
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: 439 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
B & W Sand-N-Stone LLC has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-29.
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.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
Stood as issued
3 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K 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 2011-09-16.
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.
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: 2024-09-24
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-09-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2014-08-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-08-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
2
2025
2
2024
3
2023
2
2022
2
2021
2
2020
1
2019
2
2018
2
2017
2
2016
2
2015
2
2014
2
2013
2
2012
2
2011
2
2010
1
2009
2
2008
2
2007
2
2006
3
2005
2
2004
2
2003
2
2002
2
2001
2
2000
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
B & W Sand-N-Stone LLC sits in Gratiot County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Gratiot County, Michigan · Population 41,478
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,128
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
60
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
0
0
0
2025 Q3
706
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
584
4
0
6849.3
2025 Q1
40
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
270
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
819
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
550
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1
40
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
180
3
0
16666.7
2023 Q3
815
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
580
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
360
2
0
5555.6
2022 Q3
800
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
680
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q3
800
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
300
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
300
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q3
833
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
750
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
313
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
900
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
700
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
316
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
938
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
650
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
516
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
903
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
950
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
265
1
0
3773.6
2015 Q3
815
1
1
1227.0
2015 Q2
544
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
210
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
640
1
0
1562.5
2014 Q2
600
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
284
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
923
2
0
2166.8
2013 Q2
540
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
217
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
930
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
40
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
225
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
680
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
520
4
3
7692.3
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
168
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
488
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
480
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
160
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
640
3
2
4687.5
2009 Q2
440
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
70
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
396
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
590
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
612
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
421
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
1,209
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
927
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
399
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
706
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,066
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
126
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
409
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
645
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
783
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
495
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,074
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
802
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
778
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
516
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
543
1
0
1841.6
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
548
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
674
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
754
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
86
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
578
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
782
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
786
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
1,118
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,344
2
1
1488.1
2000 Q2
676
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
257
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
1986 · 1 incident
May 31, 1986MI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS