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Premier Sand and Stone LLC: 274 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Allan Douglas Meador
Sheridan, Grant County, AR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0301853

Premier Sand and Stone LLC has $129K in proposed MSHA penalties and $18K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2019–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
274
citations
66
significant & substantial
$128,751
proposed penalties
$86,759
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $41,992 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Premier Sand and Stone LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
91
inspections on record
1,777
inspection hours
15.4
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.
274 citations across 1,777 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2024-09-23.
On record since 2024.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Premier Sand and Stone LLC has $129K in proposed MSHA penalties and $18K 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.
$129K
proposed penalties
$105K
current assessed
$87K
paid to date
$18K
outstanding
267 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $45K in penalties contested before the Commission, $21K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-27.
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.
24.6%
significant & substantial
16.0%
high negligence or reckless
24.6%
reasonably likely or greater
49.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.4% none, 6.3% low, 77.2% moderate, 16.0% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Still open 1 · 33%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
53%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$45K proposed, $21K 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 2025-01-05.
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 2025-0112 Settlement Bulluck 2025 $35K → $20K
CENT 2025-0012 Settlement Paez 2025 $10K → $959
CENT 2025-0068 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: 2026-06-01
49%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
107
samples
55
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4727 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg49
  • Arsenic fumes4
  • Beryllium fumes4
Show the individual readings (100)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.27 1.19 Bagging Operator
2026-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 0.19 2.63 Bagging Operator
2024-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.15 2.00 Bagging Operator
2024-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.16 1.00 Bagging Operator
2024-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.17 1.35 Bagging Operator
2024-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.2 1.15 Packaging Operations Worker
2024-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.21 1.00 Bagging Operator
2024-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.08 0.23 4.70 Bagging Operator
2024-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.17 1.82 Bagging Operator
2024-03-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.16 2.38 Bagging Operator
2024-03-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.17 1.71 Bagging Operator
2023-07-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.11 0.13 16.23 Bagging Operator
2023-07-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.63 0.14 11.64 Bagging Operator
2023-07-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.37 0.15 9.13 Bagging Operator
2023-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 0.14 5.29 Bagging Operator
2023-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.94 0.14 6.71 Bagging Operator
2023-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.07 0.15 7.13 Bagging Operator
2023-04-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 0.16 3.88 Bagging Operator
2023-04-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.16 1.81 Bagging Operator
2023-04-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.2 1.50 Bagging Operator
2022-10-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 5.13 0.27 19.00 Bagging Operator
2022-10-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 4.34 0.34 12.76 Bagging Operator
2019-02-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.16 1.75 Packaging Operations Worker
2019-02-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.19 1.74 Packaging Operations Worker
2019-02-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.18 1.67 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-09-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.16 1.00 Forklift Operator
2018-09-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.15 2.40 Supervisor, Co. Official
2026-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2026-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.37 0.73 Bagging Operator
2026-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.35 0.89 Bagging Operator
2026-02-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2026-02-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.48 0.35 Bagging Operator
2026-02-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.2 0.70 Bagging Operator
2026-02-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.21 0.71 Bagging Operator
2025-04-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Packaging Operations Worker
2025-04-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Packaging Operations Worker
2025-04-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2024-08-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.34 0.68 Bagging Operator
2024-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2024-08-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.21 0.81 Bagging Operator
2024-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2024-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2024-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2024-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2024-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2024-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2024-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2024-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2024-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.2 0.90 Packaging Operations Worker
2024-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.22 0.68 Packaging Operations Worker
2024-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.18 0.94 Packaging Operations Worker
2024-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2024-03-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.2 0.90 Bagging Operator
2024-03-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.2 0.80 Bagging Operator
2023-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2023-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2023-10-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.26 0.46 Bagging Operator
2023-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.21 0.90 Forklift Operator
2023-01-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2023-01-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2019-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.2 0.75 Packaging Operations Worker
2019-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.19 0.68 Packaging Operations Worker
2019-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.26 0.73 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-02-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.18 0.94 Forklift Operator
2018-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2017-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2016-12-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 Cleanup Man
2016-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2016-12-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Cleanup Man
2016-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2014-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2014-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Sampler, Dust
2014-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Iron oxide fumes 0.02 10 0.00 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Copper fumes 0.21 100 0.00 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Vanadium fumes 0.02 50 0.00 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Utility Man
2012-09-26 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Utility Man
Showing 100 of 155 laboratory readings: every over-limit reading, then the most recent. MSHA reads one air sample several times, so readings outnumber the samples counted above. The full set is in MSHA's Personal Health Samples file.

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2023-07-28, 3 years ago
3
samples
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2023-07-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 MP BAGGING/PACKAGING
2023-07-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 MP BAGGING/PACKAGING
2023-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 MP BAGGING/PACKAGING
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.

Premier Sand and Stone LLC recorded 2.71 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.
2.71
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 Arkansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.60 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 * 2.71 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
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 3.06 3.06 0.000
2018 * 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. Arkansas Decorative Stone LLC 2001 to 2018
  2. The Hayden Group Inc. 2019 to 2023
  3. Premier Sand and Stone LLC 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 33
2025 34
2024 35
2023 33
2022 36
2021 36
2020 39
2019 39
2018 24
2017 22
2016 19
2015 17
2014 16
2013 14
2012 14
2011 13
2010 13
2009 12
2008 13
2007 12
2006 12
2005 8
2004 8
2003 11
2002 13
2001 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Premier Sand and Stone LLC sits in Grant County, Arkansas, 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.
Grant County, Arkansas · Population 18,111
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,512
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 14,514 7 3 482.3
2026 Q1 13,691 9 4 657.4
2025 Q4 18,246 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 17,943 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 19,259 3 0 155.8
2025 Q1 18,256 8 2 438.2
2024 Q4 15,272 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 17,412 8 6 459.5
Show 88 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 16,363 11 1 672.2
2024 Q1 15,664 2 0 127.7
2023 Q4 14,979 18 5 1201.7
2023 Q3 17,595 7 1 397.8
2023 Q2 18,915 24 5 1268.8
2023 Q1 16,079 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 14,769 17 4 1151.1
2022 Q3 16,514 4 1 242.2
2022 Q2 18,218 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 15,363 10 1 650.9
2021 Q4 17,997 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 16,497 4 3 242.5
2021 Q2 18,265 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 14,591 4 0 274.1
2020 Q4 16,897 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 14,240 1 0 70.2
2020 Q2 15,638 1 0 63.9
2020 Q1 16,241 4 0 246.3
2019 Q4 15,210 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 14,898 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 18,591 6 3 322.7
2019 Q1 16,636 8 0 480.9
2018 Q4 12,928 1 0 77.4
2018 Q3 12,727 8 2 628.6
2018 Q2 9,009 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 8,290 2 0 241.3
2017 Q4 10,286 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 9,788 7 0 715.2
2017 Q2 10,580 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,643 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8,639 2 0 231.5
2016 Q3 9,371 3 1 320.1
2016 Q2 10,720 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 9,461 6 2 634.2
2015 Q4 6,305 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10,063 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 8,734 6 2 687.0
2015 Q1 8,681 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,512 6 0 798.7
2014 Q3 8,752 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,290 2 1 274.3
2014 Q1 6,906 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,537 2 0 440.8
2013 Q3 5,990 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,131 2 0 280.5
2013 Q1 6,310 2 1 317.0
2012 Q4 5,495 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,746 4 2 592.9
2012 Q2 6,022 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6,150 7 0 1138.2
2011 Q4 3,377 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,302 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,654 5 3 1883.9
2011 Q1 3,365 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,669 6 5 899.7
2010 Q3 6,084 6 2 986.2
2010 Q2 6,020 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,586 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,758 6 0 1261.0
2009 Q3 5,598 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,381 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,236 2 2 320.7
2008 Q4 6,925 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,638 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,705 1 0 149.1
2008 Q1 5,894 2 0 339.3
2007 Q4 5,144 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,463 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,164 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,383 5 0 928.9
2006 Q3 6,561 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,243 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,462 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,441 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,577 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,692 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,087 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,839 5 0 1302.4
2004 Q3 4,066 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,592 3 1 835.2
2004 Q1 3,531 7 3 1982.4
2003 Q4 2,803 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,346 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,982 5 0 716.1
2003 Q1 7,174 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,000 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,360 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,200 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

April 18, 2025 AR · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Premier Sand and Stone LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was walking and rolled EE's ankle. EE did not trip or fall over anything or step up to nor down to any level. EE was walking on flat ground. Conditions were clear and dry at the time of event. Employee admitted to HR that EE has a hyper mobility condition that causes this to happen often.

2024 · 2 incidents

September 3, 2024 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver ELECTRICAL
Premier Sand and Stone LLC · Contact with electrical current

Customer truck driver pulled to the washout station, lifted the bed of EE's truck into a overhead power line and stepped out of EE's vehicle. The driver touched the side of the vehicle and was electrocuted. EE was knocked to the ground but got up and attempted to start washing out the bed of EE's truck. The only visible injury was a burn on EE's hand.

March 22, 2024 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bagging, package operator OTHER
Premier Sand and Stone LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was a temp employee. Friday morning EE appeared to be paranoid and irritated claiming "someone was after EE." At 1:28pm EE was walking in the parking lot and fell to the ground between 2 cars and seemed to be having a seizure of some sort. 911 was called immediately.

2019 · 1 incident

April 12, 2019 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
The Hayden Group Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee put foot on moving conveyor to give self leverage while moving bags and caught foot between the return chain and the frame of the conveyor. Employee was able to remove foot from conveyor and take off boot where ee noted foot was red and slightly swollen near toes.