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: 684 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Gravel Pit has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 11 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
Of $48K in penalties contested before the Commission, $24K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-25.
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.
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.
39citations taken to the federal commission · 67% of citations on record
Settled
33 · 85%
Stood as issued
1 · 3%
Vacated or withdrawn
5 · 13%
65%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 20 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
49%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$48K proposed, $24K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2021-07-14.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2025
0
2024
0
2023
1
2022
0
2021
1
2020
1
2014
0
2013
1
2012
0
2011
1
2010
1
2009
1
2008
1
2007
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Gravel Pit sits in Wright County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Wright County, Missouri · Population 18,722
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$47,304
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
2025 Q1
0
0
0
2024 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q4
4
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
4
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
4
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q2
28
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
3
0
2021 Q3
30
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
24
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
80
3
0
37500.0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
42
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q3
41
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
10
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
282
7
3
24822.7
2010 Q3
542
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
600
2
2
3333.3
2010 Q1
510
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
218
6
3
27522.9
2009 Q3
360
3
2
8333.3
2009 Q2
428
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
310
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
372
5
1
13440.9
2008 Q3
480
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
456
2
1
4386.0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
400
8
2
20000.0
2007 Q3
0
0
0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
July 29, 2020MO · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
A front-end loader operator was attempting to clear a buildup of sand from a stacker conveyor belt's tailpiece when the operator's arm became entangled. The victim was air lifted to a trauma center where the victim died a week later.