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DTS Sands - Beaver Mine: 226 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

DTS Sands LLC · Surface
Controlled by Jim Otteman
Beaver, Pike County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3304427

DTS Sands - Beaver Mine has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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
2014–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
226
citations
61
significant & substantial
$56,854
proposed penalties
$51,878
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,976 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
109
inspections on record
1,701
inspection hours
13.3
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.
226 citations across 1,701 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DTS Sands - Beaver Mine has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$57K
proposed penalties
$55K
current assessed
$52K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
221 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-12.
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.
27.1%
significant & substantial
7.1%
high negligence or reckless
27.1%
reasonably likely or greater
41.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.4% low, 76.4% moderate, 7.1% 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.
14 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 13 · 93%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 7%
75%
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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
19%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K 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 2016-01-29.
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 2010-120M Settlement Lewis 2011 $6K → $6K
LAKE 2015-193M Settlement Lewis 2017 $3K → $2K
LAKE 2015-0143 Withdrawal Andrews 2015 $190 → $0
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: 2025-02-05
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
60
samples
40
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz448 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Arsenic fumes1
Show the individual readings (72)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-02-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.95 0.57 1.67 Bagging Operator
2019-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 0.48 1.44 Bagging Operator
2019-01-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.04 0.67 1.55 Bagging Operator
2014-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.52 1.12 Truck Loader
2014-07-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 0.29 3.21 Truck Loader
2014-07-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.85 0.4 2.13 Bagging Operator
2013-12-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 3 0.47 6.38 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2013-12-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 0.23 2.83 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2025-02-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-02-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.86 0.34 Utility Man
2023-03-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-09-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.56 0.61 Truck Loader
2022-09-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.33 0.61 Utility Man
2021-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Bagging Operator
2021-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2021-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Bagging Operator
2021-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Bagging Operator
2020-08-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Bagging Operator
2020-02-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 0.9 0.77 Bagging Operator
2020-02-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 1.36 0.40 Bagging Operator
2020-02-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 1.37 0.68 Bagging Operator
2019-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 0.58 0.83 Bagging Operator
2019-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.66 0.64 Bagging Operator
2019-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-01-23 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-01-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.94 1.17 0.80 Bagging Operator
2019-01-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.95 1.07 0.89 Bagging Operator
2019-01-23 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-01-23 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-01-23 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-01-23 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-01-23 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-01-23 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-01-23 Iron oxide fumes 1.1 20 0.06 Welder, etc.
2019-01-23 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-01-23 Manganese fumes 0.12 5 0.02 Welder, etc.
2019-01-23 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-01-23 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-01-23 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2019-01-23 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 Pipe Fitter/Millright/Plumber
2018-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.43 0.79 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-08-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Utility Man
2017-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.17 0.11 Utility Man
2017-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.94 0.12 Mechanic
2017-03-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.52 0.71 Bagging Operator
2017-03-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.36 0.78 Cleanup Man
2017-03-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 1.19 0.45 Bagging Operator
2016-01-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.52 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2016-01-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.34 Utility Man
2016-01-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.76 0.17 Mechanic
2015-09-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.47 0.57 Mechanic
2015-09-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.86 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-09-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.79 0.25 Bagging Operator
2014-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 0.64 0.94 Bagging Operator
2014-07-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.41 0.51 Bagging Operator
2014-01-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 1.13 0.54 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2014-01-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 1.68 0.55 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2013-12-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.49 0.41 Lab Technician
2012-10-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.28 0.57 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2012-10-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.08 0.15 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2012-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2011-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.59 0.13 Utility Man
2002-09-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Truck Driver
2002-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.53 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Truck Driver
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 - Beaver Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2021.

Injury rate, 2021
ⓘ 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 1.87 and the all-US-mining average was 2.19 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.35 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
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 5.01 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. Schrader & Son Inc 1998 to 2008
  2. Southern Ohio Sand 2008 to 2024
  3. Konya Sands 2024 to 2025
  4. Summit Sand & Aggregates LLC 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 9
2024 8
2023 10
2022 8
2021 12
2020 21
2019 19
2018 22
2017 15
2016 10
2015 18
2014 35
2013 16
2012 7
2011 4
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 4
2006 4
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DTS Sands - Beaver Mine sits in Pike County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Pike County, Ohio · Population 27,080
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$49,552
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 3,600 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,369 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,876 4 1 680.7
2025 Q3 6,337 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,054 4 3 986.7
2025 Q1 3,265 6 5 1837.7
2024 Q4 3,586 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,900 4 1 1025.6
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,218 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,644 1 0 215.3
2023 Q4 5,328 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,395 2 0 370.7
2023 Q2 4,776 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,056 5 1 1232.7
2022 Q4 6,110 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,123 1 1 195.2
2022 Q2 5,462 7 3 1281.6
2022 Q1 2,226 2 0 898.5
2021 Q4 3,342 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,764 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,057 1 1 141.7
2021 Q1 8,122 5 0 615.6
2020 Q4 9,435 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,994 4 1 500.4
2020 Q2 22,774 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 14,067 1 0 71.1
2019 Q4 8,522 5 1 586.7
2019 Q3 6,482 5 0 771.4
2019 Q2 15,996 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 12,158 5 1 411.3
2018 Q4 17,723 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 15,728 5 1 317.9
2018 Q2 13,938 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 11,068 5 1 451.8
2017 Q4 8,975 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 11,081 5 0 451.2
2017 Q2 11,623 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 6,206 3 1 483.4
2016 Q4 5,677 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,491 4 0 728.5
2016 Q2 5,089 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,690 20 7 4264.4
2015 Q4 9,990 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,712 6 0 778.0
2015 Q2 7,061 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 13,750 10 2 727.3
2014 Q4 24,071 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 24,814 10 3 403.0
2014 Q2 20,118 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 10,781 1 0 92.8
2013 Q4 8,442 13 5 1539.9
2013 Q3 9,370 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 9,800 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 11,122 2 0 179.8
2012 Q4 7,767 10 6 1287.5
2012 Q3 5,178 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,210 9 1 2137.8
2012 Q1 0 2 0
2011 Q4 4,757 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,124 3 1 960.3
2011 Q2 2,359 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,891 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,264 3 0 1325.1
2010 Q3 1,783 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,917 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 778 5 3 6426.7
2009 Q4 1,839 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,408 6 5 4261.4
2009 Q2 1,219 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 824 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,488 1 0 672.0
2008 Q3 1,565 9 0 5750.8
2008 Q2 340 1 0 2941.2
2008 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 620 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,980 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,010 1 1 990.1
2007 Q1 820 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,040 1 0 961.5
2006 Q3 1,040 2 0 1923.1
2006 Q2 1,007 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 790 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 964 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 963 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 876 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 482 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 850 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 968 2 1 2066.1
2004 Q2 972 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 840 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 840 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 680 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 680 1 0 1470.6
2001 Q3 960 1 0 1041.7
2001 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 960 3 0 3125.0
2000 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 960 6 3 6250.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

July 14, 2025 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Konya Sands · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was carrying a Sib cardboard tube from the drying facility over to a shed. This was EE's first actual day on the job after completing EE's MSHA training. EE answered with "it was bad luck." Other employees have stated that EE was complaining about EE's shoulder hurting and having troubles with it before EE began work.

2014 · 3 incidents

May 29, 2014 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Southern Ohio Sand · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee caught his thumb between two pieces of metal. This caused a cut on his thumb. He was taken to the hospital to have it checked out. They did clean it and sterry stitched it together. He was released and returned to work with no exceptions. He returned to work the same day and worked the rest of his shift, 7:00pm quit time.

May 28, 2014 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Southern Ohio Sand · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was drilling a hole in the side of a connex box with safety glasses on a believed a piece of metal had gotten under his glasses and in his eye. He was taken to the hospital to have it checked. They did not find anything in his eye but was given some drops for discomfort. He did return to work for the rest of his shift, 3:00 am quit time.

May 19, 2014 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Southern Ohio Sand · Accident type, without injuries

There was a conveyor belt that caught fire and went to the insulation on the roof of the building. The fire flashed from one end of the building and put itself out. This fire lasted about 5-6 minutes. The fire dept. had been called but was not needed. Once the building was cleared of smoke employees went back to work and the building was back in operation.