Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
Countries
Peru Chile
English Español
← Back to search

DTS Sands- Bag Plant: 164 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

DTS Sands · Surface
Controlled by Jim Otteman
Jackson, Jackson County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3304512

DTS Sands- Bag Plant has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $46K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at DTS Sands- Bag Plant.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2010–2025
Latest incident
Dec 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
164
citations
53
significant & substantial
$55,929
proposed penalties
$10,014
paid to date
18% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $45,915 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
51
inspections on record
1,010
inspection hours
16.2
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.
164 citations across 1,010 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DTS Sands- Bag Plant has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $46K 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.
$56K
proposed penalties
$56K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$46K
outstanding
156 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-27.
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.
32.5%
significant & substantial
7.4%
high negligence or reckless
32.5%
reasonably likely or greater
47.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 31.9% low, 60.7% moderate, 7.4% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Still open 7 · 100%
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 2026-01-08.
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 2026-0050 Decision pending
LAKE 2026-0057 Decision pending
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: 2026-04-23
35%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
42
samples
20
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz227 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg19
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (42)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 0.4 1.48 Supervisor, Co. Official
2025-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 0.37 1.11 Packaging Operations Worker
2025-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 0.33 1.79 Utility Man
2025-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.16 0.42 2.76 Bagging Operator
2025-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 0.38 1.71 Utility Man
2025-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 0.25 2.20 Bagging Operator
2025-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.01 0.33 3.06 Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2026-04-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2026-04-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift Operator
2026-04-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.46 0.28 Bagging Operator
2026-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2026-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2026-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.75 0.24 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2025-09-19 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 5.36 Sand Filler (Dry)
2025-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.46 0.50 Utility Man
2025-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 0.47 0.87 Utility Man
2025-01-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-08-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.41 0.66 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2023-08-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.44 0.36 Bagging Operator
2022-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2022-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2022-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 1.03 0.63 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2018-06-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.36 0.56 Forklift Operator
2018-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2018-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2016-12-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.44 0.30 Bagging Operator
2016-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2014-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.4 0.55 Bagging Operator
2014-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2014-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.31 0.84 Bagging Operator
2012-12-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2012-12-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.36 0.92 Bagging Operator
2011-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2011-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2011-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2011-11-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.29 0.62 Sampler, Dust
2010-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2010-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2010-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2003-03-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

DTS Sands- Bag Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.57 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
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 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. Carbon Enterprises, Inc. 2002 to 2008
  2. Schrader & Son Inc 2008 to 2008
  3. Ohio Basic Minerals LLC 2008 to 2017
  4. Ohio Basic Minerals Inc 2017 to 2021
  5. Beaver Pike Enterprises, LLC 2021 to 2024
  6. Konya Sands 2024 to 2025
  7. Summit Sand & Aggregates LLC 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 10
2024 8
2023 6
2022 6
2018 9
2017 8
2016 9
2015 10
2014 9
2013 9
2012 14
2011 15
2010 8
2009 9
2008 3
2007 2
2006 4
2005 2
2004 2
2003 1
2002 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DTS Sands- Bag Plant sits in Jackson County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Jackson County, Ohio · Population 32,588
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$58,409
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 2,460 52 25 21138.2
2026 Q1 2,974 4 2 1345.0
2025 Q4 4,752 28 13 5892.3
2025 Q3 4,781 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,871 8 5 1642.4
2025 Q1 5,095 6 1 1177.6
2024 Q4 5,575 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,352 1 0 186.8
Show 74 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,573 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,440 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,066 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,060 3 2 738.9
2023 Q2 4,109 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,223 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,172 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,751 2 0 533.2
2022 Q2 3,778 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,167 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,185 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,340 2 0 374.5
2018 Q1 4,635 2 0 431.5
2017 Q4 6,058 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,265 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,613 4 0 1530.8
2017 Q1 3,123 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,497 4 0 1143.8
2016 Q3 4,194 2 0 476.9
2016 Q2 4,703 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,921 7 1 1422.5
2015 Q4 4,467 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,782 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,428 3 0 677.5
2015 Q1 4,996 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,432 2 0 451.3
2014 Q3 5,417 2 0 369.2
2014 Q2 4,993 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,288 4 0 932.8
2013 Q4 4,758 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,904 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,044 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,812 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,978 2 0 334.6
2012 Q3 7,370 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8,718 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 7,611 2 0 262.8
2011 Q4 9,216 5 1 542.5
2011 Q3 7,078 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,297 2 0 317.6
2011 Q1 5,187 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,207 2 1 384.1
2010 Q3 3,950 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,768 4 1 2262.4
2010 Q1 3,389 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,644 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,545 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,628 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,568 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,959 3 0 1531.4
2008 Q3 488 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 168 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 260 2 0 7692.3
2007 Q3 524 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 330 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 543 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 458 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 543 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 642 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 483 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 492 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 354 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 336 1 0 2976.2
2004 Q4 532 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 625 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 492 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 188 1 0 5319.1
2003 Q4 437 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 164 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 361 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 132 1 1 7575.8
2002 Q4 64 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

December 14, 2025 OH · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Konya Sands · Fall to the walkway or working surface

icy walkway

2014 · 1 incident

May 7, 2014 OH · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ohio Basic Minerals LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While lifting a 100# sand bag off of a conveyor to stack on a pallet, felt something pop and had immediate sharp pain in back of right shoulder.

2013 · 1 incident

December 11, 2013 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ohio Basic Minerals LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While helping to change screen panels, felt something pull/strain in the lower right groin area. Since then, a bulge in the lower right groin area has appeared. Went to Doctor on 12/18/13 and was diagnosed as a Femoral Hernia.

2010 · 1 incident

September 24, 2010 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Ohio Basic Minerals LLC · Struck against stationary object

Coming down the ladder of the #1 bucket elevator, I hit my knee on the vertical brace of the ladder. This sprained my right knee, possibly tearing of a tendon.