Mining Incidents

Premier Sand and Stone LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Coyote Rock LLC
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.
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.

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
260 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
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 11 2 602.5
2024 Q4 15,272 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 17,412 8 6 459.5
2024 Q2 16,363 11 1 672.2
2024 Q1 15,664 2 0 127.7
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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 7 3 376.5
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.

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