Mining Incidents

Parks Sand & Gravel: 45 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Parks Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Dale Parks; Bonnie Parks
Salem, Dent County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2301823

Parks Sand & Gravel has $12K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
45
citations
17
significant & substantial
$11,844
proposed penalties
$7,037
paid to date
59% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,807 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
34
inspections on record
294
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: 294 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Parks Sand & Gravel has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-11-24.
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.
37.8%
significant & substantial
2.2%
high negligence or reckless
37.8%
reasonably likely or greater
62.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.9% low, 88.9% moderate, 2.2% 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.
13 citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
  • Settled 12 · 92%
  • Stood as issued 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 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
60%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $3K 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 2021-06-09.
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 2021-0162 Settlement 2021 $8K → $3K
CENT 2018-0145 Default Lesnick 2018 $128 → $128
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: 2017-11-29, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-11-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.92 0.40 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-11-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.68 0.09 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2013-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2005-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 2.68 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Salem Ready-Mix Inc 1980 to 1987
  2. Parks Sand & Gravel 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 5
2017 5
2016 5
2015 5
2014 5
2013 5
2012 5
2011 5
2010 5
2009 5
2008 5
2007 5
2006 5
2005 5
2004 5
2003 5
2002 5
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Parks Sand & Gravel sits in Dent County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Dent County, Missouri · Population 14,506
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$54,306
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
2022 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 354 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 410 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 232 5 2 21551.7
2021 Q3 329 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 487 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 353 12 8 33994.3
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4 318 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 371 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 676 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 524 1 0 1908.4
2019 Q4 666 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 620 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 562 1 0 1779.4
2019 Q1 472 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 454 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 626 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 536 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 572 5 4 8741.3
2017 Q3 630 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 458 3 1 6550.2
2016 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 558 4 0 7168.5
2016 Q1 588 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 468 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 532 1 0 1879.7
2015 Q2 542 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 392 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 592 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 784 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 824 1 0 1213.6
2014 Q1 468 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 768 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 828 1 1 1207.7
2013 Q2 439 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 730 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 644 2 1 3105.6
2012 Q2 506 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 398 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 416 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 608 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 534 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 342 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 374 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 576 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 536 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 348 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 544 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 534 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 431 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 574 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 632 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 446 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 240 1 0 4166.7
2007 Q4 582 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 716 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 404 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 558 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 852 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 762 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 562 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 530 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 786 1 0 1272.3
2005 Q1 712 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 658 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 876 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 728 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,068 2 0 1872.7
2003 Q4 540 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 466 1 0 2145.9
2003 Q2 359 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 224 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 294 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 408 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 534 1 0 1872.7
2002 Q1 124 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 154 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 101 3 0 29703.0
2000 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 158 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 202 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 169 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.