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Oakland East Sand: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Topeka, Shawnee County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401742

Oakland East Sand has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2015–2017
Latest incident
May 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
34
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,581
proposed penalties
$4,107
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $474 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
26
inspections on record
237
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: 237 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Oakland East Sand has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-02-09.
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.
8.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
8.8%
reasonably likely or greater
41.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.6% low, 79.4% moderate, 0.0% 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.
12 citations taken to the federal commission · 35% of citations on record
  • Settled 10 · 83%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 17%
0%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
37%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 2020-04-15.
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 2020-0122 Settlement Manning 2020 $2K → $998
CENT 2018-0035 Settlement Simonton 2018 $392 → $232
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: 2022-09-08, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-09-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2022-09-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2022-09-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2017-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge 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. Builder's Choice Aggregates 2012 to 2026
  2. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 0
2022 6
2021 6
2020 5
2019 5
2018 5
2017 5
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Oakland East Sand sits in Shawnee County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Shawnee County, Kansas · Population 178,315
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$66,043
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
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 2,053 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,463 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,348 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,014 1 0 496.5
2021 Q4 1,977 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,360 2 0 847.5
2021 Q2 2,690 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1 2,229 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,173 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,633 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,199 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,837 8 0 4354.9
2019 Q4 1,550 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,202 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,113 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,774 1 0 563.7
2018 Q4 1,699 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,012 1 1 497.0
2018 Q2 1,978 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,429 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,779 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,833 2 0 1091.1
2017 Q2 2,024 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,753 1 0 570.5
2016 Q4 1,726 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,933 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,687 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 833 1 0 1200.5
2015 Q4 1,018 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,529 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,662 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,233 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,208 1 0 827.8
2014 Q3 1,122 1 0 891.3
2014 Q2 1,129 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,045 6 1 5741.6
2013 Q4 1,307 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,541 9 1 5840.4
2013 Q2 1,465 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,437 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,204 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,449 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 963 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2017 · 1 incident

May 17, 2017 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Builder's Choice Aggregates · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Was pulling on a safety cable out of the water to attach to the dredge, when EE felt a pop in the right shoulder. EE went to hospital where it was determined that EE strained the shoulder.

2015 · 1 incident

June 19, 2015 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Builder's Choice Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a 5" portable grinder with a metal cutting wheel to cut a slot in a bracket when the grinder kicked back into him.