Merrick Sand & Gravel has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2011–2026
Latest incident
Mar 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
89
citations
28
significant & substantial
$17,179
proposed penalties
$14,380
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,799 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
41
inspections on record
581
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: 581 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Merrick Sand & Gravel has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 1 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
77 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
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
John was checking on employees on the dredge in the pit. EE exited EE's truck to walk to the berm of the pit for a visual inspection. Upon exiting, EE stepped into a hole where a tree had been removed. EE fell, but EE's leg/ankle stayed straight in the hole, hearing a pop.
2025 · 1 incident
July 22, 2025MD · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was shoveling sand at the sand plant and had soreness in employee's back. The next morning employee could hardly move with the pain from the muscles in chest and back.
2011 · 1 incident
January 11, 2011MD · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking to his excavator and slipped and fell on the ice. Fractured left ankle from fall.
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