Oxford Sand and Gravel has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1990–2015
Latest incident
Dec 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
138
citations
24
significant & substantial
$27,862
proposed penalties
$27,811
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $51 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: 858 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Oxford Sand and Gravel has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
136 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $930 in penalties contested before the Commission, $879 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-15.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 20%
Stood as issued
4 · 80%
67%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
5%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$930 proposed, $879 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 2018-03-25.
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: 2026-06-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (24)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2026-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2026-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2023-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2023-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2021-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2021-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-03-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2019-03-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-03-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2017-08-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2017-08-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2016-09-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Skip Dumper, Toploader, Tipple Operator
2011-07-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.09
0.23
Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-07-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2006-06-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.41
0.10
Dredge/Barge Operator
2006-06-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.79
0.25
Utility Man
2006-06-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.91
0.25
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-06-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
1.53
0.16
Washer 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.
Oxford Sand and Gravel 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
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 Kansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.88 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 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
10
2025
9
2024
9
2023
8
2022
8
2021
7
2020
6
2019
7
2018
6
2017
5
2016
6
2015
6
2014
5
2013
5
2012
8
2011
7
2010
7
2009
10
2008
11
2007
10
2006
10
2005
11
2004
11
2003
13
2002
12
2001
11
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Oxford Sand and Gravel sits in Sumner County, Kansas, 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.
Sumner County, Kansas · Population 22,386
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,348
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
Cornejo & Sons LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Mechanic was removing tape off of a diesel fuel high pressure hose when the pressure fuel punctured his finger causing possible fuel injected into this finger.
Maintenance was being performed on a skid frame that will be installed on a new floating booster. The employee went to assist the others when the forklift got stuck while bring an I-Beam down. Then the forks released the I-Beam wasn't secure causing it strike him on his head.
March 12, 2015KS · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking down the stairs of the plant following some routine maintenance and missed a step. Employee caught himself on the handrail of the stairs and felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.
2004 · 1 incident
March 25, 2004KS · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE PULLING ON A DREDGE CABLE THAT WAS STUCK IN THE SAND. THE NEXT MORNING, EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING.
2002 · 1 incident
March 26, 2002KS · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE SHAKER DECK CHANGING SCREENSWHEN SOMETHING GOT IN HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, BUT HAVING TO LIE ON HIS BACK LOOKING UP, WITH HEAD TILTED UP, APPARENTLY LET SMALL PIECE OF RUST OR SAND GET IN AROUND EDGE OF SAFETY GLASSES.
2001 · 1 incident
November 5, 2001KS · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ark River Sand Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A GRINDER FORM THE SIDE TOOL BOX OF THE SERVICE TRUCK, WHEN HE ACCIDENT-ALLY SHUT THE DOOR WITH HIS FINGER IN IT. EMPLOYER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF INJURY UNTIL THE EMPLOYEE 'S MEDICAL INSURANCE DENIED PAYMENT OF THE BILL.
1990 · 1 incident
October 30, 1990KS · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS