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Best Sand Southern: 83 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Covia Holdings LLC
Beaver, Pike County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303877

Best Sand Southern has $10K 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
7
Years on record
1996–1999
Latest incident
Jun 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
83
citations
20
significant & substantial
$9,951
proposed penalties
$9,951
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Best Sand Corporation's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
66
inspections on record
832
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: 832 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 Southern has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-10.
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.
24.4%
significant & substantial
6.1%
high negligence or reckless
24.4%
reasonably likely or greater
39.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.0% low, 72.0% moderate, 6.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2021-09-22, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg19
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (24)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2019-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2017-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2014-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2003-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2003-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2002-05-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Washer Operator
2001-08-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.72 Backhoe Operator
2001-08-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-08-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.39 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-08-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2000-08-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.89 0.25 Sampler, Dust
2000-08-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.62 0.14 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. Schrader Sand & Gravel 1981 to 1994
  2. Best Sand Southern 1994 to 2009
  3. Best Sand Corporation 2009 to present
  4. Covia Holdings Corporation 2019 to 2020
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 3
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 4
2001 6
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Best Sand Southern sits in Pike County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Pike County, Ohio · Population 27,080
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$49,552
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 1,591 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,026 1 0 493.6
2023 Q2 2,255 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,501 2 0 1332.4
2022 Q4 1,603 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,270 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,338 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,000 1 0 500.0
Show 88 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 1,704 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,244 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,269 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,085 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,913 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,313 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,948 1 0 513.3
2020 Q1 2,359 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,422 2 1 825.8
2019 Q3 2,291 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,315 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,312 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,431 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,857 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,653 1 0 376.9
2018 Q1 2,014 1 0 496.5
2017 Q4 1,981 1 0 504.8
2017 Q3 2,075 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,215 2 1 902.9
2017 Q1 1,945 2 0 1028.3
2016 Q4 1,896 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,451 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,293 12 2 5233.3
2016 Q1 1,904 1 0 525.2
2015 Q4 2,095 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,135 3 0 956.9
2015 Q2 1,652 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,152 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,616 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,664 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,740 2 2 1149.4
2014 Q1 867 2 0 2306.8
2013 Q4 1,049 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,242 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,156 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,288 3 0 2329.2
2012 Q4 1,141 1 0 876.4
2012 Q3 1,862 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,437 1 0 695.9
2012 Q1 1,192 2 0 1677.9
2011 Q4 946 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,005 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,260 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,299 5 2 3849.1
2010 Q3 1,311 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,198 3 1 2504.2
2010 Q1 983 2 1 2034.6
2009 Q4 1,006 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,151 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,267 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,184 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,559 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,776 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,261 2 2 884.6
2008 Q1 1,616 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,596 1 0 626.6
2007 Q3 2,051 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,036 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,493 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,665 1 0 600.6
2006 Q3 2,006 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,159 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,963 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,758 2 1 1137.7
2005 Q3 2,443 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,572 1 0 388.8
2005 Q1 1,672 2 0 1196.2
2004 Q4 1,669 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,613 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,311 3 0 2288.3
2004 Q1 1,151 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,147 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,335 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,135 3 1 2643.2
2003 Q1 1,032 2 2 1938.0
2002 Q4 994 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,935 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,809 1 0 356.0
2002 Q1 2,482 2 0 805.8
2001 Q4 772 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,615 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,062 3 0 1454.9
2001 Q1 1,511 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,385 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,263 2 2 469.2
2000 Q2 4,236 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,406 1 1 415.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1999 · 1 incident

June 5, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Best Sand Southern · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A LINER FROM A FEEDER PAN.DURING THIS MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY, HIS PRYING TOOL SLIPPED, CAUSING HIS LEFT WRIST TO HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE FEED BIN. HE CUT HIS LEFT WRIST.

1998 · 2 incidents

May 4, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Best Sand Southern · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED ON WET GROUND WHILE CONNECTING PIPE TO ARENTED PUMP

February 23, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Best Sand Southern · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE CONVEYOR IDLERS, DURINGTHIS MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY METAL WENT INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS USING A HAMMER TO LOOSEN THE IDLERS.

1997 · 2 incidents

July 16, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Best Sand Southern · Flash burns (welding)

WELDING ON 100' STACKER

June 9, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Best Sand Southern · Fall onto or against objects

WAS STANDING STRADDLE WATER LINE AND FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO FALL ON PIPE.

1996 · 2 incidents

September 4, 1996 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Best Sand Southern · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE HAD OPEN CUTS ON HANDS AND WAS USING WATER THAT WAS CHEMICALLY TREATED FOR PONDS TO WASH HANDS IN. THE CUTS BECAME INFLAMED AND HANDS WERE SWOLLEN. DUE TO THE MEDICATION EE WAS PUT ON, HE C OULD NOT WORK IN THE SUNLIGHT THEREFORE WAS OFF FOR 8 DAYS WHILE TAKING MEDICATION.