Mining Incidents

Partridge Sand & Gravel: 55 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Partridge Sand & Gravel · Surface
Galena, Stone County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302382

Partridge Sand & Gravel has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $39K outstanding across 6 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 2008
55
citations
27
significant & substantial
$44,907
proposed penalties
$3,764
paid to date
8% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $41,143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
28
inspections on record
381
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: 381 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Partridge Sand & Gravel has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $39K outstanding across 6 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.
$45K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$39K
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $37K in penalties contested before the Commission, $34K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-01-12.
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.
50.9%
significant & substantial
34.0%
high negligence or reckless
49.1%
reasonably likely or greater
67.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 1.9% low, 64.2% moderate, 34.0% 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.
20 citations taken to the federal commission · 36% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 10%
  • Stood as issued 16 · 80%
  • Still open 2 · 10%
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 14 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
7%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$37K proposed, $34K 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 2021-11-03.
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 2019-0041 Default Lesnick 2019 $29K → $29K
CENT 2009-776M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $4K → $1K
CENT 2019-0119 Default Bulluck 2019 $2K → $2K
CENT 2010-529M Default Lesnick 2011 $2K → $2K
CENT 2022-0034 Decision pending
CENT 2022-0035 Decision pending
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: 2009-06-24, 17 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-06-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Gathering Arm 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. Partridge Sand & Gravel 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2012 1
2011 1
2010 0
2009 1
2008 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Partridge Sand & Gravel sits in Stone County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Stone County, Missouri · Population 31,697
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$61,323
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
2012 Q2 17 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 63 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 18 3 0 166666.7
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 96 3 2 31250.0
2009 Q3 155 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 144 2 2 13888.9
2009 Q1 415 5 1 12048.2
2008 Q4 125 1 0 8000.0
2008 Q3 450 10 5 22222.2

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.