Mining Incidents

Les Rogers Sand & Gravel: 127 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Les Rogers Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Les Rogers
Green;and, Washington County, AR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0301766

Les Rogers Sand & Gravel has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 12 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 2000
127
citations
46
significant & substantial
$27,260
proposed penalties
$26,044
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,216 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
748
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: 748 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2015-04-28.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Les Rogers Sand & Gravel has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 12 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
125 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
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.
36.8%
significant & substantial
12.0%
high negligence or reckless
36.8%
reasonably likely or greater
62.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.0% low, 84.0% moderate, 12.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
31 citations taken to the federal commission · 24% of citations on record
  • Settled 19 · 61%
  • Stood as issued 10 · 32%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 6%
73%
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 15 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
11%
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 2018-09-26.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2015-0628 Settlement Rae 2016 $3K → $3K
CENT20030129M Settlement Zielinski 2003 $2K → $2K
CENT 2012-746M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $1K → $1K
CENT 2011-860M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $1K → $741
CENT 2010-1123M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $1K → $700
CENT 2018-0467 Default Lesnick 2019 $953 → $953
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2023-07-26, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.52 0.40 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.55 0.36 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-11-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.43 0.60 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2015-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.47 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.5 0.48 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 0.59 0.90 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-12-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2005-12-22 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. Les Rogers Sand & Gravel 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 3
2006 5
2005 7
2004 6
2003 5
2002 6
2001 9
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Les Rogers Sand & Gravel sits in Washington County, Arkansas, 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.
Washington County, Arkansas · Population 251,863
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,426
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 1,133 3 0 2647.8
2026 Q1 1,024 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,082 2 1 1848.4
2025 Q3 1,142 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,261 5 2 3965.1
2025 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,167 3 0 2570.7
2024 Q3 1,257 0 0 0.0
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,124 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 994 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,041 4 2 3842.5
2023 Q3 1,214 3 0 2471.2
2023 Q2 1,224 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 939 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 958 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 935 3 0 3208.6
2022 Q1 941 1 0 1062.7
2021 Q4 1,197 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,180 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 955 1 0 1047.1
2021 Q1 886 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 931 2 1 2148.2
2020 Q3 980 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 987 1 1 1013.2
2020 Q1 991 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 984 3 0 3048.8
2019 Q3 1,047 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,089 2 1 1836.5
2019 Q1 978 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 945 1 0 1058.2
2018 Q3 1,004 3 2 2988.0
2018 Q2 1,472 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,001 2 0 1998.0
2017 Q4 998 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,166 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,149 1 1 870.3
2017 Q1 1,158 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,072 1 1 932.8
2016 Q3 1,061 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,189 5 1 4205.2
2016 Q1 1,070 2 0 1869.2
2015 Q4 938 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,108 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 985 4 3 4060.9
2015 Q1 712 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 890 3 2 3370.8
2014 Q3 975 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,207 3 1 2485.5
2014 Q1 1,039 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 932 1 1 1073.0
2013 Q3 1,168 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,480 1 0 675.7
2013 Q1 674 4 1 5934.7
2012 Q4 884 2 0 2262.4
2012 Q3 1,107 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 967 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,261 4 0 3172.1
2011 Q1 804 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,140 3 1 2631.6
2010 Q3 1,400 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,358 7 0 5154.6
2010 Q1 678 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 811 3 1 3699.1
2009 Q3 1,016 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,136 1 1 880.3
2009 Q1 873 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 970 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,062 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,239 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 872 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,021 3 0 2938.3
2007 Q3 1,102 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,152 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,512 5 4 1990.4
2006 Q4 1,202 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,393 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,542 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,098 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,217 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,775 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,415 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 896 7 4 7812.5
2004 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,130 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 729 2 0 2743.5
2004 Q1 1,134 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 540 1 0 1851.9
2003 Q3 1,097 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,366 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 784 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,268 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,398 5 4 3576.5
2002 Q2 1,080 5 1 4629.6
2002 Q1 889 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,568 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,536 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,224 9 5 7352.9
2001 Q1 7,475 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,003 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,759 2 2 1137.0
2000 Q2 1,638 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,550 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.