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Ronald Sand & Gravel: 132 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Ronald, Kittitas County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503628

Ronald Sand & Gravel has $63K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2010–2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
132
citations
52
significant & substantial
$63,080
proposed penalties
$57,905
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,175 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Ronald Sand & Gravel's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
49
inspections on record
724
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: 724 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ronald Sand & Gravel has $63K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$63K
proposed penalties
$60K
current assessed
$58K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
130 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-10.
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.
40.0%
significant & substantial
10.8%
high negligence or reckless
40.0%
reasonably likely or greater
53.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.8% low, 68.5% moderate, 10.8% 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.
16 citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
  • Settled 15 · 94%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 6%
82%
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 11 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
48%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $4K 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 2012-07-23.
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
WEST 2010-1761M Settlement Barbour 2013 $5K → $2K
WEST 2012-1042M Prevail Barbour 2014 $2K → $1K
WEST 2012-1234M Settlement Simonton 2013 $108 → $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: 2020-06-10, 6 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-06-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 Backhoe Operator
2020-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-08-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 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.
Ownership history
  1. Ronald Sand & Gravel 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 2
2020 2
2019 3
2018 3
2017 2
2016 1
2015 0
2014 1
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ronald Sand & Gravel sits in Kittitas County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Kittitas County, Washington · Population 44,736
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,928
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 1,766 11 2 6228.8
2026 Q1 1,828 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,246 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,730 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,651 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,315 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,694 7 3 4132.2
2024 Q3 710 0 0 0.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,010 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,460 1 0 684.9
2023 Q4 1,204 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,627 5 1 3073.1
2023 Q2 1,858 2 1 1076.4
2023 Q1 2,253 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,539 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,854 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,905 1 1 524.9
2022 Q1 760 6 3 7894.7
2021 Q4 1,020 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,368 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,273 5 3 3927.7
2021 Q1 1,252 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,190 9 7 7563.0
2020 Q3 1,524 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,390 9 1 6474.8
2020 Q1 1,170 2 0 1709.4
2019 Q4 1,527 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,303 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,894 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,229 6 0 4882.0
2018 Q4 1,862 1 0 537.1
2018 Q3 1,009 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,110 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 852 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 862 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 332 4 0 12048.2
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 2 1
2016 Q1 160 4 3 25000.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 70 1 0 14285.7
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 28 4 0 142857.1
2013 Q2 178 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 84 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 84 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 199 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 232 11 5 47413.8
2011 Q4 232 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 76 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 164 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 378 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 100 3 1 30000.0
2010 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 688 5 4 7267.4
2010 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,901 1 0 526.0
2009 Q2 256 4 1 15625.0
2009 Q1 24 5 1 208333.3
2008 Q4 444 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 958 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 288 1 1 3472.2
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 432 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 913 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,105 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 260 19 11 73076.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2024 · 1 incident

April 22, 2024 WA · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker MACHINERY
Ronald Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A Rock hit a metal guard and the metal guard hit the employee.

2010 · 1 incident

October 7, 2010 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ronald Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

One end of a chain was hooked to a 160 excavator and the miner hooked the other end to a hitch to move dolly out from under portable crusher. The chain came undone and the miner grabbed at the chain before it had quit moving. The chain pulled his right thumb through the eye of the dolly. The miner pulled his thumb out of the eye.