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H Sand & Gravel: 97 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

H Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Charles E Smreker Jr
Festus, Jefferson County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2301989

H Sand & Gravel has $16K 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
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Oct 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
97
citations
28
significant & substantial
$16,198
proposed penalties
$16,198
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See H Sand & Gravel's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
63
inspections on record
640
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: 640 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

H Sand & Gravel has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-02-01.
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.
28.9%
significant & substantial
15.5%
high negligence or reckless
28.9%
reasonably likely or greater
38.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.3% low, 73.2% moderate, 15.5% 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: 2024-09-19
100%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.26 1.08 Cleanup Man
2024-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-03-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2021-03-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-03-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2012-11-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Truck Driver
2012-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2011-08-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-25 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.
Ownership history
  1. Kenney Hulvey Excavating 1988 to 1999
  2. Hirth Excavating Inc 1999 to 2008
  3. H Sand & Gravel 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 8
2023 8
2022 8
2021 8
2020 9
2019 8
2018 8
2017 8
2016 8
2015 7
2014 8
2013 7
2012 7
2011 6
2010 4
2009 4
2008 3
2006 0
2005 1
2004 2
2003 2
2002 3
2001 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

H Sand & Gravel sits in Jefferson County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Jefferson County, Missouri · Population 228,227
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$80,522
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 801 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 713 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,022 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 987 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,010 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 575 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,437 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,544 0 0 0.0
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,115 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,805 2 0 713.0
2023 Q4 3,190 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,170 1 0 315.5
2023 Q2 3,135 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,004 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,133 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,717 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,399 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,088 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,466 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,279 1 0 305.0
2021 Q2 3,460 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,375 1 0 421.1
2020 Q4 4,103 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,779 3 0 793.9
2020 Q2 3,311 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,431 9 2 2623.1
2019 Q4 3,444 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,229 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,084 2 2 648.5
2019 Q1 1,960 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,885 3 2 1039.9
2018 Q3 2,736 1 0 365.5
2018 Q2 3,249 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,362 11 5 4657.1
2017 Q4 3,402 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,386 3 0 886.0
2017 Q2 3,201 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,771 1 0 360.9
2016 Q4 3,055 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,302 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,971 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,502 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,962 2 1 675.2
2015 Q3 2,575 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,486 3 1 1206.8
2015 Q1 1,656 2 0 1207.7
2014 Q4 2,507 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,926 4 1 1367.1
2014 Q2 2,922 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,471 4 2 2719.2
2013 Q4 2,457 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,427 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,597 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,093 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,383 4 1 1678.6
2012 Q3 2,181 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,114 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,568 2 1 1275.5
2011 Q4 2,161 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,782 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,816 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,473 6 2 4073.3
2010 Q4 2,311 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,318 1 1 431.4
2010 Q2 2,209 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,783 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,300 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,040 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,890 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,427 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,302 2 0 1536.1
2008 Q2 2,024 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 832 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 1 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 440 3 0 6818.2
2004 Q3 440 5 0 11363.6
2004 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 480 1 0 2083.3
2003 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 480 4 1 8333.3
2003 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 440 4 3 9090.9
2002 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 320 3 0 9375.0
2001 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2010 · 1 incident

October 29, 2010 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H Sand & Gravel · Fall from machine

Miner got treads of shoe caught on steps of haul truck causing him to fall from truck and hit his leg against steps