Mining Incidents

BEST SAND CORPORATION Metal/Non-Metal

Best Sand Corp · Facility
Controlled by Fairmount Santrol
Pike County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304251

BEST SAND CORPORATION has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1997–2001
Latest incident
Jun 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,325
proposed penalties
$1,325
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
7
inspections on record
144
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: 144 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BEST SAND CORPORATION has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-11-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 1,529 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,432 2 2 582.8
2001 Q3 5,871 2 0 340.7
2001 Q2 7,752 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,997 2 0 333.5
2000 Q4 3,946 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,175 2 0 323.9
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 8,457 3 1 354.7
2000 Q1 3,719 6 1 1613.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2001 · 3 incidents

June 12, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Best Sand Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE GRABBED STEERING TO GET BACK ONTO FORKLIFT WHICH WAS WET FROM SEAT AND HIS HANDS SLIPPED. HE REACHED OUT TO GRAB THE HEATER TO CATCH HIMSELF AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND ON A SHARP EDGE ONT HE UN IT.

May 28, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Best Sand Corp · Unclassified, insufficient data

EE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE DID, OR HOW HE INJURED HIS KNEE.

April 13, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Best Sand Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEAR WARM SPRING DAY WORKER WAS GETTING OFF LOADER & STEPPED INTO A POT HOLE & SPRAINED HIS ANKLE. ACCORDING TO WITNESS EE CLAIMED HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE & INJURED HIS LEFT FOOT. ANOTHER EE STATED THAT INJ EE HAD INJ FOOT PRIOR TO WORKBY KICKING A DOG

1999 · 1 incident

January 27, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Best Sand Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE S KNEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROLL OF STRETCH WRAP AND THE GUIDE POLE OF THE AUTOMATIC WRAPPER.

1997 · 1 incident

May 13, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Best Sand Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TAKING BELTS OFF PULLEY ON DUST FAN MOTOR AND ROLLED HIS FINGER BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY SMASHING HIS LITTLE FINGER.

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