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D M Conner Sand Co: 181 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

D M Conner Inc · Surface
Controlled by Titan America S A
Stuarts Draft, Augusta County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4402385

D M Conner Sand Co has $101K in proposed MSHA penalties and $377 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1989–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
181
citations
50
significant & substantial
$100,961
proposed penalties
$97,642
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,319 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See D M Conner Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
77
inspections on record
1,298
inspection hours
13.9
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.
181 citations across 1,298 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

D M Conner Sand Co has $101K in proposed MSHA penalties and $377 outstanding across 3 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.
$101K
proposed penalties
$98K
current assessed
$98K
paid to date
$377
outstanding
180 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $19K in penalties contested before the Commission, $16K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-20.
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.
27.8%
significant & substantial
13.9%
high negligence or reckless
27.8%
reasonably likely or greater
68.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.1% low, 75.0% moderate, 13.9% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
16%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$19K proposed, $16K 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 2014-07-14.
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
VA 2013-220M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $8K → $8K
VA 2014-0366 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $8K → $5K
VA 2013-221M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $3K → $2K
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: 2026-04-20
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
40
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg26
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (40)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2026-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-08-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-08-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 1.37 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2023-09-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.46 0.26 Backhoe Operator
2023-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2022-09-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2022-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.89 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-07-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2019-07-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-07-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2015-11-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 0.83 0.52 Truck Driver
2015-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2015-11-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.16 0.36 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-11-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 1.48 0.36 Backhoe Operator
2015-11-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.34 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2010-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2010-05-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.28 0.13 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2010-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.74 0.23 Mechanic
2004-07-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.64 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-07-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.68 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. D M Conner Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 8
2024 6
2023 8
2022 8
2021 8
2020 10
2019 7
2018 6
2017 7
2016 8
2015 8
2014 8
2013 8
2012 8
2011 8
2010 10
2009 10
2008 10
2007 10
2006 10
2005 10
2004 10
2003 8
2002 8
2001 8
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

D M Conner Sand Co sits in Augusta County, Virginia, 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.
Augusta County, Virginia · Population 77,713
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$79,972
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 5,298 1 0 188.8
2026 Q1 4,354 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,702 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,792 2 0 527.4
2025 Q2 3,208 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,007 4 0 3972.2
2024 Q4 742 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,442 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,756 6 0 2177.1
2024 Q1 2,766 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,823 1 0 354.2
2023 Q3 2,940 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,050 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,971 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,808 1 1 356.1
2022 Q3 3,056 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,737 3 0 1096.1
2021 Q4 2,454 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,857 2 0 700.0
2021 Q2 2,850 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,439 1 0 410.0
2020 Q4 2,907 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,498 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,626 4 1 1523.2
2020 Q1 2,682 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,046 5 3 1641.5
2019 Q3 2,770 6 1 2166.1
2019 Q2 3,137 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,828 6 1 2121.6
2018 Q4 2,994 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,342 8 4 2393.8
2018 Q2 3,332 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,860 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,804 3 0 1069.9
2017 Q3 3,787 2 1 528.1
2017 Q2 3,899 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,498 12 4 3430.5
2016 Q4 3,591 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,941 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,075 13 4 3190.2
2016 Q1 3,820 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,447 10 3 2248.7
2015 Q3 4,685 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,523 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,597 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,283 1 1 233.5
2014 Q3 4,391 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,122 6 6 1455.6
2014 Q1 2,930 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,345 6 3 1793.7
2013 Q3 3,082 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,353 2 1 596.5
2013 Q1 3,165 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,294 3 2 910.7
2012 Q3 3,365 14 5 4160.5
2012 Q2 3,374 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,517 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,585 4 0 1115.8
2011 Q3 4,093 5 2 1221.6
2011 Q2 3,918 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,868 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,034 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,451 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,936 1 0 254.1
2010 Q1 2,291 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,337 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,396 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,194 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,747 4 0 1067.5
2008 Q4 4,296 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,782 4 2 836.5
2008 Q2 4,662 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,084 2 0 489.7
2007 Q4 4,199 1 0 238.2
2007 Q3 4,856 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,829 2 0 414.2
2007 Q1 3,229 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,101 4 0 975.4
2006 Q3 4,194 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,403 1 0 227.1
2006 Q1 4,081 2 0 490.1
2005 Q4 4,575 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,724 5 0 1058.4
2005 Q2 4,548 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,340 7 4 2095.8
2004 Q4 3,855 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,422 3 0 553.3
2004 Q2 5,665 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,130 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,410 3 0 680.3
2003 Q3 4,865 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,432 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,987 2 0 669.6
2002 Q4 4,141 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,330 2 0 375.2
2002 Q2 4,817 1 1 207.6
2002 Q1 3,521 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,186 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,881 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,886 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,889 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,809 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,016 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,865 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,546 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

October 2, 2025 VA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D M Conner Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was exiting the skidsteer at the sand plant, when their right foot slipped in between the equipment bucket and cab. Their body then fell forwards. The employee reported a pop in their knee and sought medical treatment. The employee was diagnosed with an unspecified injury and placed on restricted duties.

January 13, 2025 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D M Conner Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee exited a front end loader and was walking over to group of employees when they slipped on ice. Employee sought medical treatment and was diagnosed with fracture to their lower tibia. They were placed on restricted work duties.

2008 · 1 incident

August 28, 2008 VA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D M Conner Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was excavator tightening cone on crusher. Chain broke, hit him in chin & chest reopening prior incision (bruised chest, stitches in chin).

1989 · 1 incident

October 24, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D M Conner Inc · Fall from machine

WAS GETTING OFF LOADER AT QUITTING TIME AND TURNED RIGHT ANKLE, WENT HOME, ANKLE STARTED HURTING AND SWELLING, WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT WAYNESBORO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, THEY PUT ON A PLASTER SP LINT.