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Petersburg Sand: 53 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Petersburg, KY, Boone County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1516895

Petersburg Sand has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1990–2022
Latest incident
May 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
53
citations
4
significant & substantial
$5,269
proposed penalties
$5,226
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $43 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
60
inspections on record
807
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: 807 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Petersburg Sand has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $514 in penalties contested before the Commission, $471 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-21.
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.
7.5%
significant & substantial
5.7%
high negligence or reckless
7.5%
reasonably likely or greater
32.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.0% low, 77.4% moderate, 5.7% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 33%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $300 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 2013-03-19.
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
KENT 2004-36M Settlement Melick 2004 $214 → $171
KENT 2008-856M Default Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
KENT 2009-141M Settlement 2010 $100 → $100
KENT 2013-578M Settlement Gill 2013 $100 → $100
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: 2025-06-12
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg19
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (24)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.1 0.19 Utility Man
2025-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2021-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2021-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-06-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2018-06-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-07-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Utility Man
2013-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.1 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 1.01 0.32 Utility Man
2001-07-24 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.

Petersburg Sand recorded 9.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.

Injury rate, 2022
ⓘ 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.
9.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.59 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
2022 * 9.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 7.59 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Watson Gravel Inc 1990 to 1998
  2. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1998 to 2005
  3. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 8
2024 9
2023 9
2022 10
2021 10
2020 8
2019 8
2018 5
2017 5
2016 2
2015 2
2014 3
2013 4
2012 2
2011 7
2010 3
2009 8
2008 9
2007 11
2006 12
2005 11
2004 11
2003 10
2002 9
2001 8
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Petersburg Sand sits in Boone County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Boone County, Kentucky · Population 137,676
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$94,752
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
2026 Q2 4,918 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,024 1 0 330.7
2025 Q4 3,251 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,511 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,703 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,203 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,912 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,644 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,419 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,885 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,090 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,879 1 0 170.1
2023 Q2 5,952 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,991 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,937 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,613 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,602 2 0 357.0
2022 Q1 4,076 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,742 1 0 174.2
2021 Q3 6,047 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,432 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,484 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,644 3 0 646.0
2020 Q3 4,643 1 0 215.4
2020 Q2 4,864 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,309 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,234 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,813 2 0 415.5
2019 Q2 4,968 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,157 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,625 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,274 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,005 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,460 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,872 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,552 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,467 2 0 576.9
2017 Q1 1,543 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 305 2 0 6557.4
2016 Q3 265 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 424 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 483 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 648 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 598 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 593 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 753 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,095 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,150 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,992 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 622 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,056 1 0 947.0
2013 Q3 2,798 1 0 357.4
2013 Q2 3,021 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,326 3 0 2262.4
2012 Q4 292 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 495 2 0 4040.4
2012 Q2 521 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 376 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,677 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,435 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,303 6 0 2605.3
2010 Q2 521 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,579 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,167 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,742 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,869 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,448 1 0 290.0
2008 Q3 4,207 3 0 713.1
2008 Q2 4,130 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,657 1 0 376.4
2007 Q4 4,535 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,451 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,381 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,884 1 0 257.5
2006 Q4 5,846 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,701 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,251 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,554 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,547 1 0 132.5
2005 Q3 8,828 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,173 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,969 1 0 167.5
2004 Q4 7,554 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,378 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,631 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,782 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,418 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,865 1 1 170.5
2003 Q2 5,646 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,614 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,710 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,745 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,934 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,790 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,535 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,578 3 0 537.8
2001 Q2 5,606 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,158 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,805 1 0 208.1
2000 Q3 5,332 1 0 187.5
2000 Q2 5,653 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,821 4 0 829.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2022 · 1 incident

May 11, 2022 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mechanic was stepping down off of a skid steer and sprained EE's ankle.

2004 · 1 incident

2002 · 1 incident

October 10, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER HE FELT SICK AND GOT OUT OF THE CAB FOR FRESH AIR HE GOT DIZZY AND FELL OFF THE LOADER LANDING ON HIS BACK.

1999 · 1 incident

September 15, 1999 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WALKING TO THE STEPS OF THE CONTROL TOWER, AND STEPPED ON A ROCK AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

1998 · 1 incident

September 22, 1998 KY · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE REPLACING DRIVE BELTS ON THE FEEDER CONVEYOR EE GOT HIS FINGER PINCED BETWEEN THE BELT AND DRIVE SHEAVE. THE BELT WAS DEENERGIZED AND LOCKED OUT WHILE THE WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED.

1997 · 2 incidents

December 19, 1997 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

REPAIRING HOIST CABLE ON DREDGE, WEDGE ON CABLE SOCKET CAME LOOSE AND SOCKET FELL ON EE S FOOT.

October 7, 1997 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Watson Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF RUBBER FROM CONVEYOR BELT. [APP 3' OFF GROUND]. ANOTHER EE THINKG HE WAS CLEAR STARTED BELT. EE FELL OFF CONVEYOR BRUISING HIS KNEE & STRAINING KNEE.

1996 · 1 incident

July 9, 1996 KY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Watson Gravel Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP WAS CLEANING TIP OF CUTTING TORCH WHEN IT BACKFIRED AND BURNT HIS HAND.

1995 · 5 incidents

June 12, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

A BEAM CLAMP CAME LOOSE WHILE UNLOADING BEAMS FROM A TRUCK WITH A CRAIN. BEAM FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE ON HEEL OF FOOT.

May 22, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Watson Gravel Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN LADDER ON WATER TRUCKS HIS FOOT MISSED THE LAST STEP. HE FELL SIDEWAYS STRIKING A TRAILER DOLLEY WITH HIS RIGHT SIDE. EMPLOYEE WAS EXAMINED AT HOSPITAL AND SENT BACK TO WORK. HE WORKED UNTIL 5-25-95 AND THEN TOOK OFF TWO DAYS.

May 3, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Watson Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING STEEL BEAM, LIFTING EYE IN BEAM PULLED LOOSE BEAM FELL ON ONE SIDE PINNING HIS LEG TO LOOSE EARTH.

March 14, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS RUNNING SPARE LOADER WHILE HIS WAS BEING REPAIRED. EE SAID HIS NECK STARTED TO HURT FROM HITTING HOLES AND BUMPS. THIS WAS OLD INJURY.

February 13, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Watson Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS HELPING REPAIR A HANDRAIL ON DRILLING SLIPPED ON AND FELL APPROX 5 FT TO THE GROUND BRUISED HIS BACK SIDE AND SPRAINED HIS WRIST.

1994 · 2 incidents

June 17, 1994 KY · Metal/Non-Metal coal strip operator POWERED HAULAGE
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

DAT E REPOR TED 06 -23-94 OPERA TOR OF BELLY DUMP H AULING TO FILL/A REA S YS HE H IT A POT HOLE & JARRED HIS BACK

April 19, 1994 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE DIDN'T SEE A CHUCK HOLE IN HAUL ROAD. HE RAN OVER IT AND SEAT BOTTOMED OUT. THE JOLT CAUSED HIS BACK TO HURT.

1992 · 2 incidents

May 29, 1992 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOOM HOOK CAME LOOSE FROM MOUNTING BRACKET HITTING EMPLOYEE'S HAND.

April 18, 1992 KY · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger OTHER
Watson Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE OPERATING LOADER A HIGHWIND BLEW DOOR CLOSED TRIED TO CATCH TO KEEP FROM SLAMMING CAUGHT RIGH THUMG IN DOOR.

1990 · 2 incidents

August 14, 1990 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHIPPING SLAG OFF WELD. PIECE OF SLAG WENT UNDER SAFETY GLASSES.

August 9, 1990 KY · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Watson Gravel Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

LIFTING TOOLS AND PARTS TO PLATFORM WITH ROPE LIFT AND BUCKET. BUCKET HIT I BEAM AND CAME LOOSE FALLING TO THE GROUND.