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RUEGGS PIT: 127 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

PRECISION SAND FOLEY LLC · Surface
Foley, Baldwin County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0103159

RUEGGS PIT has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2005–2022
Latest incident
Sep 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
127
citations
32
significant & substantial
$25,905
proposed penalties
$21,521
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,384 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
70
inspections on record
993
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: 993 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

RUEGGS PIT has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
127 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-20.
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.
25.2%
significant & substantial
8.7%
high negligence or reckless
25.2%
reasonably likely or greater
44.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.8% none, 11.0% low, 79.5% moderate, 8.7% 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.
17 citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 16 · 94%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 6%
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 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$11K proposed, $8K 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 2015-08-02.
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
SE 2013-297M Settlement Gill 2014 $4K → $3K
SE 2015-0382 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $3K → $1K
SE 2013-470M Dismissal Miller 2013 $2K → $2K
SE 2012-631M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $839 → $722
SE 2007-2M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $668 → $534
SE 2009-263M Settlement Miller 2010 $598 → $292
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: 2025-03-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
35
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg18
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (35)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2025-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-01 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-01 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2022-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2020-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 Mechanic
2020-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-05-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2019-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2017-10-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Dredge/Barge Operator
2017-10-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.29 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2015-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.29 0.41 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.1 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.22 0.95 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-05-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1 0.13 Utility Man
2012-05-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-12-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-12-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.2 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.78 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 1.88 0.21 Backhoe Operator
2002-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.57 0.37 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.

RUEGGS PIT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2020.

Injury rate, 2020
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.29 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
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 4.54 4.54 0.000
2004 * 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. Layco Mining LLC 1999 to 2004
  2. RLF Baldwin Operations LLC 2004 to 2015
  3. Precision Sand Products LLC 2015 to 2024
  4. Precision Sand Foley LLC 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 8
2024 7
2023 9
2022 8
2021 9
2020 9
2019 9
2018 9
2017 9
2016 8
2015 8
2014 7
2013 7
2012 7
2011 5
2010 4
2009 4
2008 6
2007 14
2006 23
2005 21
2004 11
2003 10
2002 10
2001 6
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

RUEGGS PIT sits in Baldwin County, Alabama, 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.
Baldwin County, Alabama · Population 239,945
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$75,019
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 3,636 1 0 275.0
2026 Q1 3,886 2 1 514.7
2025 Q4 4,257 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,897 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,021 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,457 1 0 289.3
2024 Q4 3,888 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,422 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,661 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,928 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,290 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,382 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,460 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,476 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,058 1 0 197.7
2022 Q3 4,832 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,895 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,065 1 0 246.0
2021 Q4 4,493 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,826 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,054 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,378 2 0 456.8
2020 Q4 5,241 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,300 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,699 1 0 212.8
2020 Q1 4,922 1 0 203.2
2019 Q4 4,199 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,205 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,603 1 0 217.2
2019 Q1 5,668 2 0 352.9
2018 Q4 5,169 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,615 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,499 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,095 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,934 2 1 405.4
2017 Q3 5,454 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,817 1 0 207.6
2017 Q1 5,856 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,280 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,130 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,146 1 0 241.2
2016 Q1 3,998 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,020 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,020 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,033 1 0 329.7
2015 Q1 2,684 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,353 6 3 1789.4
2014 Q3 3,111 7 3 2250.1
2014 Q2 3,243 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,359 1 0 423.9
2013 Q4 2,786 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,017 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,697 2 0 741.6
2013 Q1 2,120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 436 7 6 16055.0
2012 Q3 970 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,195 8 2 3644.6
2012 Q1 1,358 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,487 7 0 4707.5
2011 Q3 2,701 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,829 1 0 546.7
2011 Q1 1,415 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,742 1 0 574.1
2010 Q3 2,387 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,136 1 1 468.2
2010 Q1 1,894 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,849 2 1 1081.7
2009 Q3 1,867 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,173 1 0 852.5
2009 Q1 2,487 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,680 3 0 1119.4
2008 Q3 3,411 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,923 2 0 684.2
2008 Q1 3,758 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,074 1 0 245.5
2007 Q3 8,582 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,758 9 5 1160.1
2007 Q1 8,162 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,089 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,839 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,846 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,896 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 12,262 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 10,007 5 2 499.7
2005 Q2 11,256 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10,500 6 2 571.4
2004 Q4 10,155 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,524 7 1 1267.2
2004 Q2 4,764 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,338 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,967 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,937 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,530 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,910 3 0 767.3
2002 Q4 4,075 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,001 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,094 3 1 732.8
2002 Q1 3,156 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,026 2 0 660.9
2001 Q3 2,911 4 0 1374.1
2001 Q2 3,751 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,076 4 0 1300.4
2000 Q4 2,949 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,425 4 0 1167.9
2000 Q2 3,411 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,047 5 0 1641.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2022 · 1 incident

September 1, 2022 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Precision Sand Products LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

On September 1st 2022 I was notified by our office that an employee had reported being injured at work. The employee had been off work since July 26th 2022 with a kidney infection. EE first stated that they had injured their back when pulling bags. Then stated that they did it while changing a roller on a conveyor. No time or date was given on either event.

2010 · 1 incident

January 28, 2010 AL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
RLF Baldwin Operations LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EE was standing on top of a conveyor. He slipped and began to slide down the conveyor on his back. As he was sliding down the conveyor, he tried to slow down the conveyor, he tried to slow his descent by putting his right foot up to brace himself on a metal wind strap. When his foot hit the wind strap, it broke his ankle and he continued sliding.

2005 · 1 incident

April 12, 2005 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
RLF Baldwin Operations LLC · Struck by flying object

OUR SERVICE TRUCK WAS STUCK IN THE SAND & EE WENT TO PULL IT OUT WITH A SKID STEER AFTER BEING WARNED NOT TO DO SO. THE TRUCK & THE SKID STEER WERE CONNECTED WITH A TOW STRAP AND IN THE COURSE OF PULLING THE TRUCK OUT, THE STRAP BROKE DUE TO THE TENSION & RECOILED, HITTING EE IN THE FACE. EE SUFFERED A CUT ON LIP AND FRACTURED NOSE.