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De Soto Sand: 51 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

De Soto, Johnson County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401302

De Soto Sand has $7K 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
21
Years on record
1988–2008
Latest incident
Mar 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
51
citations
10
significant & substantial
$6,735
proposed penalties
$6,735
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
44
inspections on record
474
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: 474 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

De Soto Sand has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-06.
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.
19.6%
significant & substantial
3.9%
high negligence or reckless
19.6%
reasonably likely or greater
49.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 84.3% moderate, 3.9% 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: 2022-10-04, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Welder, etc.
2022-10-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 Utility Man
2022-10-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2022-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Washer Operator
2018-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2018-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-06-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-06-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2017-06-05, 9 years ago
2
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2017-06-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF DREDGE/BAR
2017-06-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 MP WASH/SCREEN
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.

De Soto Sand recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ 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 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Kansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.47 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
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 8.60 8.60 0.000
2000 * 9.66 0.00 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. Kaw Sand Company Inc 1979 to 1995
  2. Penny's Concrete, Inc. 1995 to 2011
  3. Penny's Aggregates, Inc. 2011 to 2016
  4. Sahara Sand 2017 to 2021
  5. N R Hamm Quarry LLC 2021 to 2026
  6. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 7
2024 7
2023 7
2022 5
2021 7
2020 6
2019 5
2018 7
2017 7
2015 5
2014 3
2013 3
2012 4
2011 7
2010 5
2009 6
2008 8
2007 8
2006 7
2005 6
2004 6
2003 4
2002 3
2001 10
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

De Soto Sand sits in Johnson County, Kansas, 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.
Johnson County, Kansas · Population 614,764
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$107,261
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 2,756 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 217 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,051 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,070 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,142 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,220 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,078 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,366 0 0 0.0
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,014 1 0 496.5
2024 Q1 1,019 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,711 2 0 737.7
2023 Q3 2,948 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,404 3 2 881.3
2023 Q1 2,738 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,681 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,740 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,247 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,591 1 0 628.5
2021 Q4 2,648 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,080 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,091 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,045 1 0 489.0
2020 Q4 3,071 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,001 1 0 249.9
2020 Q2 2,674 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,746 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,547 3 0 1177.9
2019 Q3 3,771 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,505 3 0 1197.6
2019 Q1 2,892 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,155 1 0 317.0
2018 Q3 4,068 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,600 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,087 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,263 2 1 469.2
2017 Q3 4,416 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,711 4 0 1077.9
2017 Q1 3,530 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,358 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,051 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 952 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 242 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,414 2 0 828.5
2014 Q3 474 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,022 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,983 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 1 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 488 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 4,262 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,658 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,915 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,843 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,167 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,812 1 1 355.6
2010 Q3 3,308 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,094 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,609 1 0 383.3
2009 Q4 2,955 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,608 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,269 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,508 2 0 570.1
2008 Q4 3,665 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,040 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,438 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,289 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,677 1 0 213.8
2007 Q3 5,431 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,463 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,678 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,634 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,708 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,034 2 0 495.8
2006 Q1 3,689 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,884 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,026 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,115 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,704 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,548 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,919 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,389 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,245 2 0 616.3
2003 Q4 3,119 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,425 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,653 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,508 3 0 1989.4
2002 Q4 1,739 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,116 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,045 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,937 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,877 1 0 170.2
2001 Q3 3,706 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,112 9 3 1109.5
2001 Q1 5,572 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,534 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,587 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,933 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,655 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2008 · 1 incident

March 21, 2008 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Penny's Concrete, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Removing head pulley from conveyor - chain came off and smashed fingers between the head pulley and metal bar. Fractures/cut to fingers 3 & 4 on left hand requiring stitches.

2001 · 1 incident

February 15, 2001 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penny's Concrete, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN GOING DOWN THE STEPS AT DESOTO PIT LOCATION SCALE HOUSE IMMEDIATELY AFTER CLOCKING OUT. IT IS OUR BEST GUESS THE INJURY OCCURRED EARLIER WHILE SHOVELING.

2000 · 1 incident

June 8, 2000 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penny's Concrete, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

WHILE DOING DREDGE REPAIR, EMPLOYEE PULLED WRENCH UNDER OBJECT WITH SLAG EDGES WHICH CUT INTO TOP OF RIGHT HAND.

1999 · 2 incidents

November 12, 1999 KS · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person POWERED HAULAGE
Penny's Concrete, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

BUCKET OF LOADER FELL WHILE LOADER WAS IN FORWARD MOTION ON UNEVEN GROUND. THE LOADER DUG INTO GROUND FORCING OPERATOR FORWARD JAMMING WRIST INTO DASH.

October 19, 1999 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Penny's Concrete, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING SAND PLANT, LADDER MOVED, PRYBAR SLIPPED, INJURED WRIST.

1997 · 1 incident

July 7, 1997 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penny's Concrete, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CREW WAS REPLACING SCREEN PANEL IN PLANT, EE STRAINED MUSCLES LIFTING AND TWISTING PANEL INTO PLACE.

1995 · 2 incidents

June 22, 1995 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Penny's Concrete, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS UP ON THE CONVEYOR MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS. HE JUMPED DOWN OFF THE CONVEYOR, AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING FINGER ON THE SAND DEFLECTOR.

June 12, 1995 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penny's Concrete, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BENDING OVER SORTING PARTS IN A BOX. HE STOOD UP AND BACK WENT OUT.

1994 · 2 incidents

November 23, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Kaw Sand Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN CAB OF BACKHOE & LEANED HARD INTO EDGE BEHIND HIM THAT ALLOWS ACCESS TO ENGINE.

May 21, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kaw Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS BENDING OVER WELDING THEN STRAIGHTEND UP.

1993 · 2 incidents

November 15, 1993 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaw Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THREW CHAIN OVER PIPE WEIGHT NOT DISTRIBUTED EVENING AND CHAIN WITH BROKEN LIVE CAME BACK OVER AND HIT FOREHEAD.

November 11, 1993 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kaw Sand Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

STEPPED ON 2 INCH TIGER FLEX PIPE ON DREDGE DECK TWISTED ANKLE.

1992 · 2 incidents

June 8, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaw Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SAND PIPELINE.WRENCH SLIPPED & HIT EMPL RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.

April 16, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Kaw Sand Company Inc · Struck by flying object

STANDING NEAR SAND PLANT SOMETHING BLEW IN EYE

1991 · 2 incidents

August 9, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kaw Sand Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STANDING ON DRUM STEPPING DOWN MIS STEPPED FELL BACK

July 16, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaw Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TAPING COME ALONG INSTEAD TAPE TORE WHILE BEING WRAPPED TIGHTLY AS A RESULT COME A LONG EDGE BUSTED ME IN THE NOSE.

1990 · 2 incidents

March 12, 1990 KS · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kaw Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT LEG WHILE OPERATING HANDHELD GRINDER. SURFACE FLESH DAMAGE ONLY.

1989 · 1 incident

December 14, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Kaw Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT LEG WHILE USING HAND HELD GRINDER.

1988 · 2 incidents

November 17, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Kaw Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

OCC WHILE TRANSFERRING HYDRAULIC OIL FROM 55 GALLON DRUM TO TANK ON DRUM INTO R. HAND HAND NOT BROKEN ONLY SLIGHT ABRASIONS AND SWOLLEN.

March 11, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaw Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING A RUBBER SECTION ON A RIVER PIPE LINE I HURT MY LOWER BACK.