Mining Incidents

Huber Sand Pit #4 Metal/Non-Metal

Huber Sand Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robin Lee Huber
Syracuse, Hamilton County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401355

Huber Sand Pit #4 has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
130
citations
33
significant & substantial
$50,942
proposed penalties
$48,988
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,954 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
39
inspections on record
757
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: 757 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Huber Sand Pit #4 has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$51K
proposed penalties
$51K
current assessed
$49K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
125 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q4 10,140 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,020 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 10,140 5 2 493.1
2025 Q1 10,140 4 1 394.5
2024 Q4 10,020 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,020 2 1 199.6
2024 Q2 10,020 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 10,020 0 0 0.0
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 10,020 5 0 499.0
2023 Q3 10,140 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 10,140 3 0 295.9
2023 Q1 8,916 3 0 336.5
2022 Q4 8,916 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,280 10 1 1207.7
2022 Q2 8,280 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,280 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,280 8 0 966.2
2021 Q3 8,280 8 0 966.2
2021 Q2 8,280 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 8,160 2 0 245.1
2020 Q4 8,160 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,160 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,160 2 1 245.1
2020 Q1 6,943 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,943 1 1 144.0
2019 Q3 6,943 3 1 432.1
2019 Q2 6,583 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,495 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,495 4 1 727.9
2018 Q3 5,495 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,495 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,322 6 2 1388.2
2017 Q4 5,794 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,794 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,794 7 0 1208.1
2017 Q1 3,220 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,220 9 2 2795.0
2016 Q3 3,220 4 2 1242.2
2016 Q2 3,220 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,220 4 2 1242.2
2015 Q4 3,220 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,220 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,820 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,820 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,456 6 3 4120.9
2014 Q3 1,456 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,456 3 1 2060.4
2014 Q1 729 3 1 4115.2
2013 Q4 729 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 729 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 729 1 0 1371.7
2013 Q1 727 1 0 1375.5
2012 Q4 727 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 727 7 3 9628.6
2012 Q2 727 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 436 3 2 6880.7
2011 Q4 436 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 436 3 1 6880.7
2011 Q2 436 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 436 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,308 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,308 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,744 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,744 5 2 2867.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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