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Delta Sand and Gravel, Inc.: 98 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Delta Sand and Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Edward C Levy Jr
Pinckney, Livingston County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003213

Delta Sand and Gravel, Inc. has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
98
citations
24
significant & substantial
$34,581
proposed penalties
$22,666
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,915 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
54
inspections on record
564
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: 564 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-07-07.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Delta Sand and Gravel, Inc. has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 2 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-27.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
22.9%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
35.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.0% none, 13.5% low, 62.5% moderate, 22.9% 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.
11 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 11 · 100%
70%
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 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
27%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$11K proposed, $8K 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 2011-09-12.
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
LAKE 2010-972M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $8K → $7K
LAKE 2011-1032M Settlement Manning 2012 $3K → $686
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: 2022-09-15, 3 years ago
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-09-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2022-09-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2017-07-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Truck Loader
2007-08-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer 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. Holloway Co 2001 to 2017
  2. Delta Sand and Gravel, Inc. 2017 to 2020
  3. Delta Sand and Gravel 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 1
2023 2
2022 4
2021 5
2020 4
2019 5
2018 5
2017 5
2016 9
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 5
2011 3
2010 7
2009 4
2008 4
2007 2
2006 6
2005 2
2004 2
2003 1
2002 1
2001 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Delta Sand and Gravel, Inc. sits in Livingston County, Michigan, 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.
Livingston County, Michigan · Population 195,143
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$101,315
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
2024 Q1 29 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 236 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 549 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,427 1 0 412.0
2023 Q1 1,641 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,772 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,471 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,117 0 0 0.0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 1,835 1 0 545.0
2021 Q4 2,575 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,716 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,019 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,580 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,490 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,687 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 894 1 0 1118.6
2020 Q1 698 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,874 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,275 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,043 3 0 1468.4
2019 Q1 748 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,006 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,055 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,549 1 1 392.3
2018 Q1 848 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,869 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,182 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,239 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,421 9 5 2035.7
2016 Q2 2,743 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 899 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 954 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,921 3 0 1561.7
2014 Q2 971 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q3 2,409 9 1 3736.0
2013 Q2 1,572 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 490 8 0 16326.5
2012 Q4 1,123 12 3 10685.7
2012 Q3 2,713 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,894 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 257 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,226 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,389 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,468 3 0 2043.6
2011 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,174 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,590 12 7 7547.2
2009 Q4 2,059 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,327 11 4 4727.1
2009 Q2 1,800 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 553 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,802 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,119 9 2 4247.3
2007 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,571 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,420 1 0 413.2
2006 Q2 1,753 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,358 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,094 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,433 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 677 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 759 2 0 2635.0
2004 Q3 1,407 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 629 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 494 1 0 2024.3
2003 Q4 794 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 684 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 469 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 593 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 711 2 0 2812.9
2002 Q2 856 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 486 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 774 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,057 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

August 6, 2019 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delta Sand and Gravel, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing the ladder on a 980H loader using three points of contact and felt a pain in the previously surgically repaired left knee.