Larned Sand & Gravel Inc has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1997–2006
Latest incident
Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
25
citations
7
significant & substantial
$11,146
proposed penalties
$10,770
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $376 gap.
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: 147 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Larned Sand & Gravel Inc has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-12-03.
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.
9citations taken to the federal commission · 36% of citations on record
Settled
9 · 100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
4%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $9K 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 2010-01-25.
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.
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: 2003-08-12, 23 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-08-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2003-08-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-12
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2010
2
2009
3
2008
3
2007
3
2006
3
2005
3
2004
3
2003
3
2002
3
2001
3
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Larned Sand & Gravel Inc sits in Pawnee County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Pawnee County, Kansas · Population 6,220
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,625
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
2010 Q4
20
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
20
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
120
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
900
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
390
9
2
23076.9
2009 Q3
872
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
618
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
467
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4
742
4
1
5390.8
2008 Q3
1,392
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,138
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
857
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
786
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
1,162
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
1,002
4
2
3992.0
2007 Q1
932
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
964
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,290
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,477
1
0
677.0
2006 Q1
732
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
848
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,215
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,533
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
898
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,175
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,150
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,234
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
905
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
676
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
932
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
893
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
789
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
968
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,112
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
976
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
784
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,000
7
2
7000.0
2001 Q3
910
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,268
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
940
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
624
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,106
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,164
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
874
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2006 · 1 incident
March 13, 2006KS · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Putting scrap iron into excavator bucket one person had just threw a piece in and was turning around when the other person threw another piece in and hit his hand in mid air. Cut middle finger on left hand open, went to hospital for stiches.
1997 · 2 incidents
September 8, 1997KS · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
ANOTHER EE WAS HAMMERING ON A PART THAT WAS STUCK ON THE UNDERSIDE OF TRUCK. THE METAL PART SHATTERED AND A PIECE LODGED INTO EE CHIN. HE WAS LYING ON THEGROUND ABOUT 5 FT AWAY FROM THE EE WOR KING ON THE TRUCK HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.