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BLUE BAYOU SAND & GRAVEL LLC: 146 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John D Smith
Nashville, Howard County, AR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0301619

BLUE BAYOU SAND & GRAVEL LLC has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2012–2024
Latest incident
Nov 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
146
citations
49
significant & substantial
$44,122
proposed penalties
$36,712
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,411 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
865
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: 865 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BLUE BAYOU SAND & GRAVEL LLC has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
146 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $18K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
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.
33.6%
significant & substantial
6.2%
high negligence or reckless
34.9%
reasonably likely or greater
52.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.6% low, 84.2% moderate, 6.2% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $0 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 2018-07-31.
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
CENT20000316M Settlement Bulluck 2001 $7K → $3K
CENT 2018-0400 Withdrawal Lesnick 2018 $6K → $0
CENT20030012M Settlement Barbour 2003 $2K → $200
CENT20000111M Settlement Weisberger 2000 $1K → $805
CENT20030076M Settlement Zielinski 2003 $815 → $80
CENT 2004-151M Settlement Hodgdon 2005 $615 → $154
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: 2026-04-29
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
28
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz13
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (28)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.68 1.45 0.47 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-04-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2026-04-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Supervisor, Co. Official
2023-12-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.34 0.47 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2023-12-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2021-04-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 Truck Driver
2021-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2021-04-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2017-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-01-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.65 Truck Driver
2017-01-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Washer Operator
2017-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2014-10-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.02 0.17 Washer Operator
2014-10-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 2.3 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2014-10-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.56 0.21 Backhoe Operator
2014-10-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2011-12-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 2.85 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-12-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 1.96 0.24 Backhoe Operator
2011-12-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2011-12-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.77 1.13 0.68 Hydrating Plant Operator
2011-03-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2011-03-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Backhoe 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.

BLUE BAYOU SAND & GRAVEL LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.

Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Arkansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.69 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 7.69 7.69 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 9.57 9.57 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel 1987 to 1991
  2. Texarkana Redi-Mix Inc 1991 to 1993
  3. Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel 1993 to 2004
  4. S. White Co, Inc. 2004 to 2009
  5. Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 11
2025 9
2024 8
2023 10
2022 9
2021 9
2020 10
2019 11
2018 12
2017 11
2016 11
2015 8
2014 9
2013 7
2012 5
2011 6
2010 2
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 2
2005 4
2004 6
2003 6
2002 8
2001 7
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BLUE BAYOU SAND & GRAVEL LLC sits in Howard County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Howard County, Arkansas · Population 12,701
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$44,492
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 4,896 11 2 2246.7
2026 Q1 5,484 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,229 10 5 1912.4
2025 Q3 5,078 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,321 9 1 2082.9
2025 Q1 3,941 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,268 3 1 702.9
2024 Q3 3,940 5 0 1269.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,844 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,558 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,001 1 0 200.0
2023 Q3 5,825 4 1 686.7
2023 Q2 6,235 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,251 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,649 4 2 860.4
2022 Q3 4,771 1 0 209.6
2022 Q2 4,585 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,412 2 1 369.5
2021 Q4 4,841 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,889 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,157 2 1 387.8
2021 Q1 4,181 4 0 956.7
2020 Q4 4,324 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,509 2 2 443.6
2020 Q2 4,738 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,773 1 0 173.2
2019 Q4 6,352 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,254 1 0 159.9
2019 Q2 5,791 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,250 2 1 381.0
2018 Q4 6,439 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,680 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,167 2 0 324.3
2018 Q1 6,728 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,835 2 0 292.6
2017 Q3 7,117 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,509 4 1 614.5
2017 Q1 6,590 4 0 607.0
2016 Q4 6,805 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,866 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,381 4 2 626.9
2016 Q1 6,474 1 1 154.5
2015 Q4 5,617 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,984 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,829 2 0 414.2
2015 Q1 4,477 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,882 2 0 409.7
2014 Q3 4,951 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,180 1 0 193.1
2014 Q1 4,584 2 1 436.3
2013 Q4 5,150 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,103 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,349 1 1 229.9
2013 Q1 2,748 2 2 727.8
2012 Q4 3,505 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,896 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,881 7 3 2429.7
2012 Q1 2,496 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,455 3 0 1222.0
2011 Q3 2,680 2 1 746.3
2011 Q2 2,372 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,091 4 0 1913.0
2010 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 487 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 768 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 279 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 948 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 990 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 896 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 956 3 0 3138.1
2006 Q1 856 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,059 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,795 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,835 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,887 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,676 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,793 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,870 3 1 1045.3
2004 Q1 2,750 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,660 4 1 1503.8
2003 Q3 2,602 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,081 4 1 1298.3
2003 Q1 3,869 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,069 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,268 8 3 1874.4
2002 Q2 6,174 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,400 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,084 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,867 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,298 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,817 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,847 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,663 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,361 4 3 1190.1
2000 Q1 3,225 7 6 2170.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2024 · 1 incident

November 12, 2024 AR · Metal/Non-Metal washer operator, sizing operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC · Struck by falling object

IE was helping an EE pick up a motor to put motor shockers on it. IE picked the motor up with a crowbar and the motor fell on IE's right hand. IE smashed IE's right index figure.

2018 · 1 incident

2015 · 1 incident

May 5, 2015 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC · Struck by flying object

He was cutting with a cut torch and he had on his dark safety glasses. A piece of rusty metal hit his forehead and fell down into the corner of his eye.

2013 · 1 incident

May 15, 2013 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC · Struck by flying object

Rock sliding down a metal shoot going into a shaker and a rock came off and hit employee in the eye. Employee didn't have his safety glasses on.

2012 · 2 incidents

July 6, 2012 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC · Contact with heat

He was operating a front end loader and got too hot.

June 13, 2012 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was working under dump truck with gravel in it when the driver inadvertently released the tail gate latch with the bed in the down position. Some gravel fell out as the employee was picking up tools behind the truck and gravel struck him. There was no sign of injury until 12 days later when the employee went to the doctor after having pain. Worker is on light duty.