Mining Incidents

Huber Sand Pit #5 Metal/Non-Metal

Huber Sand Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robin Lee Huber
Garden City, Finney County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401806

Huber Sand Pit #5 has $30K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
57
citations
22
significant & substantial
$30,097
proposed penalties
$30,097
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
14
inspections on record
213
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: 213 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 #5 has $30K 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.
$30K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
57 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-26.
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 5,880 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,000 12 6 2000.0
2025 Q2 6,000 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,000 1 0 166.7
2024 Q4 6,000 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,000 1 1 166.7
2024 Q2 6,000 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,880 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,510 5 3 768.0
2023 Q3 6,510 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,880 2 0 340.1
2023 Q1 3,720 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,996 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,130 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,130 3 0 420.8
2022 Q1 7,130 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,130 4 1 561.0
2021 Q3 7,130 1 0 140.3
2021 Q2 7,130 8 5 1122.0
2021 Q1 7,130 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,650 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,450 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,555 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,321 4 2 925.7
2019 Q4 619 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 613 0 0 0.0

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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