Olivue Sand & Gravel has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Jan 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
60
citations
7
significant & substantial
$15,723
proposed penalties
$15,278
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $445 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: 415 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Olivue Sand & Gravel has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-27.
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.
12citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
Settled
11 · 92%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 8%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
13%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$12K proposed, $11K 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 2011-08-22.
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: 2021-06-16, 5 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2021-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-16
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2025
2
2024
2
2023
1
2022
1
2021
1
2020
1
2019
1
2018
1
2017
1
2016
1
2015
1
2014
1
2013
1
2012
1
2011
1
2010
1
2009
1
2008
1
2007
1
2006
1
2004
1
2003
1
2002
1
2001
1
2000
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Olivue Sand & Gravel sits in Eaton 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.
Eaton County, Michigan · Population 109,000
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$78,025
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
2025 Q4
125
1
0
8000.0
2025 Q3
387
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
34
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
112
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
157
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
225
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
150
1
0
6666.7
2024 Q1
30
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
162
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
368
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
128
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
182
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
187
3
0
16042.8
2022 Q3
363
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
56
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
46
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
111
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
347
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
376
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
325
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
255
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
253
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
535
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
319
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
249
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
412
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
402
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
228
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
52
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
255
1
0
3921.6
2018 Q2
250
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
50
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
310
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
360
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
252
1
0
3968.3
2017 Q1
100
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
217
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
250
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
350
1
0
2857.1
2016 Q1
200
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
50
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
360
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
365
2
0
5479.5
2015 Q1
77
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
250
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
250
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
256
4
0
15625.0
2014 Q1
25
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
50
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
210
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
420
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
75
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
450
1
0
2222.2
2012 Q3
360
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
360
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
60
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
520
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
520
3
0
5769.2
2011 Q2
520
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
520
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
520
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
520
11
3
21153.8
2010 Q2
520
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
520
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
520
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
520
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
520
14
0
26923.1
2009 Q1
520
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
520
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
520
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
520
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
520
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
520
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
520
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
520
1
0
1923.1
2007 Q1
520
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
520
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
520
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
200
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
360
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
360
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
160
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
520
1
0
1923.1
2003 Q3
560
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
520
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
520
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
520
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
520
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
520
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
520
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
520
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
520
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
520
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
520
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
120
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2006 · 1 incident
January 20, 2006MI · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerOTHER