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Nugent Sand Plant #2: 215 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert L Chandonnet
Muskegon, Muskegon County, MI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2000780

Nugent Sand Plant #2 has $44K 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
20
Years on record
1983–2024
Latest incident
Jul 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
215
citations
36
significant & substantial
$44,291
proposed penalties
$44,291
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Nugent Sand Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
77
inspections on record
1,798
inspection hours
12.0
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.
215 citations across 1,798 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Nugent Sand Plant #2 has $44K 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$44K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
210 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-02.
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.
16.7%
significant & substantial
4.7%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
42.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.0% low, 81.4% moderate, 4.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-12-03
28%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
42
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz185 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg21
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (42)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-04-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.29 1.24 Truck Loader
2011-03-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.77 0.32 2.41 Truck Loader
2011-02-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 0.49 1.43 Truck Loader
2008-03-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.25 1.08 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2005-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.3 1.10 Laborer, Bullgang
2025-12-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.26 0.73 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2025-12-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.29 0.86 Scale Man
2023-09-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2023-09-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Sand Filler (Dry)
2019-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Sand Filler (Dry)
2016-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Loader
2016-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2015-02-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Loader
2015-02-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2013-02-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.45 0.40 Truck Loader
2013-02-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2013-02-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2012-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2012-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Loader
2011-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Loader
2011-09-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.52 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-09-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Washer Operator
2011-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2011-05-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.47 0.49 Truck Loader
2011-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2011-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2010-11-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2010-11-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.45 0.76 Truck Loader
2010-01-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.34 0.62 Lab Technician
2010-01-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.58 0.24 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2009-02-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.08 0.21 Cleanup Man
2009-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2009-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2008-08-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 0.44 0.98 Sand Filler (Dry)
2008-08-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.46 0.35 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2008-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2008-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.42 0.31 Sand Filler (Dry)
2008-03-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.53 0.64 Sand Filler (Dry)
2005-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.25 0.56 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2005-08-24 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.

Nugent Sand Plant #2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Michigan, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.06 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 2.65 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 5.38 2.69 0.000
2020 * 2.77 2.77 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Nugent Sand Company Inc 1950 to 1989
  2. Nugent Sand Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 38
2025 38
2024 37
2023 40
2022 36
2021 33
2020 33
2019 36
2018 39
2017 28
2016 17
2015 25
2014 23
2013 26
2012 24
2011 20
2010 14
2009 11
2008 13
2007 13
2006 13
2005 8
2004 8
2003 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Nugent Sand Plant #2 sits in Muskegon County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Muskegon County, Michigan · Population 175,378
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$63,495
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 18,479 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 18,212 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 21,389 4 0 187.0
2025 Q3 20,450 2 0 97.8
2025 Q2 19,992 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 17,294 6 1 346.9
2024 Q4 17,366 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 19,043 2 0 105.0
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 18,419 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 20,714 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 19,652 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 23,145 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 23,595 6 1 254.3
2023 Q1 21,483 5 1 232.7
2022 Q4 20,278 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 22,579 6 4 265.7
2022 Q2 19,810 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 19,443 1 0 51.4
2021 Q4 17,347 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 20,592 7 0 339.9
2021 Q2 19,555 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 16,786 3 1 178.7
2020 Q4 18,757 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 18,791 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 17,894 3 0 167.7
2020 Q1 16,760 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 17,094 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 16,837 1 0 59.4
2019 Q2 18,931 11 3 581.1
2019 Q1 21,476 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 22,812 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 22,602 7 0 309.7
2018 Q2 20,327 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 17,316 7 0 404.3
2017 Q4 16,232 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 21,434 3 0 140.0
2017 Q2 13,758 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 8,487 3 0 353.5
2016 Q4 7,626 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,469 5 0 528.0
2016 Q2 8,201 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 9,893 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 9,966 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 14,459 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 14,234 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 12,739 2 0 157.0
2014 Q4 11,934 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 14,286 2 0 140.0
2014 Q2 14,755 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 11,473 12 1 1045.9
2013 Q4 11,729 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 14,991 7 3 466.9
2013 Q2 16,921 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 13,644 14 1 1026.1
2012 Q4 13,491 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 16,093 11 1 683.5
2012 Q2 13,539 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 12,357 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 11,938 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 13,465 7 2 519.9
2011 Q2 12,101 1 0 82.6
2011 Q1 9,665 4 2 413.9
2010 Q4 8,245 3 2 363.9
2010 Q3 9,994 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 9,313 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 7,556 9 4 1191.1
2009 Q4 6,450 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,107 1 0 163.7
2009 Q2 4,660 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,143 10 0 1627.9
2008 Q4 6,172 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,680 1 0 115.2
2008 Q2 7,390 5 1 676.6
2008 Q1 5,724 2 0 349.4
2007 Q4 5,873 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,706 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,038 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,901 1 0 169.5
2006 Q4 5,297 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,971 7 0 878.2
2006 Q2 8,734 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,228 7 2 1655.6
2005 Q3 5,454 5 1 916.8
2005 Q2 5,124 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,763 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,171 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,227 4 0 765.3
2004 Q2 5,301 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,716 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,027 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,430 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 386 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2024 · 1 incident

July 8, 2024 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Struck by flying object

While striking a track pin with a 10lb sledge hammer, a fragment of the pin broke off becoming a projectile and lodging in left leg just above the work boot. Employee was taken to emergency room to have metal chip removed.

2021 · 2 incidents

December 27, 2021 MI · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Changing roller on belt when finger was pinched between roller and beam that the guard bolts to. *This injury was originally deemed as a first aid injury and not reportable but has evolved into a reportable injury with medical treatment involved.

November 2, 2021 MI · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking in a brush pile and slipped off of a log injuring EE's left knee.

2020 · 2 incidents

May 11, 2020 MI · Metal/Non-Metal washer operator, sizing operator OTHER
Nugent Sand Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was in Wash Plant Lab starting up the plant. EE blacked out and fell on the floor. Co-worker walked into Lab and tried to do chest compressions on EE. EE opened eyes. Co-worker called 911. EE is on several medications. EE was in the hospital for a couple days for observation. Cause was issue with medications.

April 29, 2020 MI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Excavator was hoisting an electric motor in place to be bolted by injured employee. Excavator operator shirt sleeve accidentally bumped swing joy stick after EE released the hydraulic lockout lever causing motor to swing and hit employee against side of screen. Employee was conscious entire time. EMS was called and employee was conscious when taken by EMS to hospital.

2018 · 1 incident

October 23, 2018 MI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Fall from ladders

Employee fell from a ladder and broke wrist while adding washers to bolts on a structural steel building that was under construction.

2016 · 1 incident

March 9, 2016 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee working with a hand grinder and piece a foreign body got into EE's eye.

2013 · 1 incident

October 12, 2013 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee shoveling under conveyor belt and strained back/leg.

2012 · 1 incident

March 28, 2012 MI · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

When exiting the loader he slipped on ladder and hit his knee.

2011 · 1 incident

February 4, 2011 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepping down off step of tractor and misstepped

2010 · 1 incident

August 28, 2010 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee's fingers were pinched when bearing slipped and his fingers were caught between bearing and housing.

2009 · 1 incident

January 29, 2009 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Changing reducer on fabco belt using skidsteer with boom attachment; reducer fell and hit employee's hand.

2008 · 2 incidents

August 24, 2008 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee working on #3 elevator and wind blew something in his right eye.

August 14, 2008 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Lost grip with left hand coming down ladder of trailer, caught himself with right hand as he was falling back.

2007 · 1 incident

November 5, 2007 MI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee walking on uneven ground and twisted ankle.

2006 · 2 incidents

November 7, 2006 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee using a grinder when it kicked back and hit his right thigh

November 2, 2006 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

Wrench slipped and cut finger/knuckle on left hand on the edge of 1/8" sheared stainless plate.

2005 · 1 incident

December 6, 2005 MI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee using pipe wrench to free auger, wrench slipped causing employee to fall and strike head.

1994 · 1 incident

October 20, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JUMPED OFF 4' HIGH STEEL SUPPORT FOR NORTH DRYER AND DID NOT SEE PIECE OF ANGLE IRON STICKIN GOUT OF GROUND.

1983 · 1 incident

May 4, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nugent Sand Company Inc · Fall from ladders

STEPPING FROM 6\ LADDER ON LOADING CATWALK TO LADDER OF WHEEL LOADER TO AVOID WALKING UP AND DOWN LADDER.