Lucky Sand & Gravel Co has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1984–2006
Latest incident
Jul 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
72
citations
29
significant & substantial
$31,135
proposed penalties
$24,659
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,476 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: 341 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $13K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-09-09.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Stood as issued
3 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$180 proposed, $180 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2005-08-01.
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: 2004-08-10, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-08-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
1.25
0.10
Mechanic
2004-08-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.53
0.10
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.79
0.24
Truck Driver
2004-08-10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Dragline Operator
2004-03-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
2.01
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.61
0.20
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-03-02
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-03-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-03-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
2.19
0.17
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.21 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
6.46
6.46
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
20.24
20.24
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
1
2008
4
2007
6
2006
14
2005
13
2004
14
2003
14
2002
15
2001
14
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co sits in Portage County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Portage County, Ohio · Population 161,421
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,822
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
2009 Q3
0
1
0
2009 Q2
162
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
164
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1,278
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,661
2
1
1204.1
2008 Q2
2,202
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
1,337
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,193
0
0
0.0
Show 28 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3
3,202
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
5,828
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
5,022
2
0
398.2
2006 Q1
3,478
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
5,926
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,240
6
5
961.5
2005 Q2
5,811
3
0
516.3
2005 Q1
3,292
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
7,384
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
7,879
5
1
634.6
2004 Q2
8,000
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,685
2
0
426.9
2003 Q4
8,107
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
8,382
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
7,178
4
2
557.3
2003 Q1
4,728
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
7,993
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
8,337
10
8
1199.5
2002 Q2
8,457
4
0
473.0
2002 Q1
6,189
4
1
646.3
2001 Q4
7,199
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
8,379
5
1
596.7
2001 Q2
8,425
5
3
593.5
2001 Q1
5,866
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
8,596
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
9,095
15
6
1649.3
2000 Q2
4,882
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
7,077
4
1
565.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
21 on file
2006 · 1 incident
July 31, 2006OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Excavator overheated in 90 degree plus heat. Employee attempted to cool off excavator by spraying it with a hose. The radiator cap exploded spraying him with hot antifreeze.
2002 · 1 incident
July 24, 2002OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE A SCREEN ON THE SAND SCREEN. HE WAS HELPING PULL UP A PUNCH PLATE THAT WEIGHED APPROX 100 POUNDS AND TWISTED OR PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK.
2000 · 3 incidents
November 1, 2000OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
HE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN TOP BOLT ON LOADER DRIVE SHAFT. THE SHAFT KEPT TURNING & HE TRIED TO HOLD IT STILL WITH ONE HAND WHILE LOOSENING BOLT WITH THE OTHER HAND. AS HE WAS DOING THIS HE FELT HIS BACK SLIP OUT OF PLACE. HE SAID HE HAS A PREEXISTING HISTORY OF A L-4 DISC. RUPTURE AND HERNIATED.
June 3, 2000OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
AS HE WAS STRIKING ONE HAMMER WITH ANOTHER A PIECE BROKE OFF AND WAS IMBEDDED IN THE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER. THIS WAS REMOVED SURGICALLY.
1985 · 5 incidents
October 11, 1985OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE HE WAS SCRAPING BUILT UP SAND OFF CONVEYOR ROLLER CONVEYOR BELT CAUGHT SCRAPER & U ULLED IT IN SO FAST HE COULD NOT LET GO FAST ENOUGH & SO HIS LEFT ARM WAS PULLED INTO IT & ALSO YANKED HIS HEAD AGAINST FRAME INJURIES WERE A FRACTURED LEFT ARM & LARGE CUT IN THE MIDDLE OF FOREHEAD
TAIL CABLE GOT CAUGHT ON PIPE CLAMP ON DREDGE DISCHARGE PIPE.HE PULLED ON IT TO FREE IT AND WHEN IT LET LOOSE IT PULLED HIM WITH IT INJURING RIGHT HAND AND HIS BACK.
May 1, 1984OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
March 14, 1984OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS