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SamSand LLC: 200 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

SamSand LLC · Surface
Controlled by Samuel M Brockinton
Garland City, Miller County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301985

SamSand LLC has $98K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2010–2020
Latest incident
Feb 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
200
citations
71
significant & substantial
$97,676
proposed penalties
$94,350
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,326 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See SamSand LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
57
inspections on record
1,081
inspection hours
18.5
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.
200 citations across 1,081 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: 2017-07-20.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

SamSand LLC has $98K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 5 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.
$98K
proposed penalties
$97K
current assessed
$94K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
196 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $15K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-18.
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.
36.2%
significant & substantial
12.2%
high negligence or reckless
36.2%
reasonably likely or greater
49.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.2% low, 78.6% moderate, 12.2% 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.
29 citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
  • Settled 26 · 90%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 3 · 10%
67%
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 12 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$15K 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 2012-02-21.
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 2012-397M Settlement Miller 2012 $9K → $5K
CENT 2012-321M Settlement Miller 2012 $5K → $2K
CENT 2010-1183M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $727 → $727
CENT 2010-1179M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $100 → $100
CENT 2010-467M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $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: 2022-10-04, 3 years ago
14%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
46
samples
21
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz163 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg17
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz7
  • Arsenic fumes3
Show the individual readings (82)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-09-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 0.4 1.58 Truck Loader
2022-08-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.34 0.35 3.83 Truck Loader
2022-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 0.5 1.64 Truck Loader
2022-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Loader
2022-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.35 0.63 Utility Man
2022-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.46 0.80 Truck Loader
2018-10-31 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-31 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-31 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-31 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-31 Iron oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-31 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-31 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-31 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-31 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-31 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-31 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-31 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 Utility Man
2018-10-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Scale Man
2018-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2018-10-31 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-31 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-31 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2018-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2017-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.6 0.47 Lab Technician
2017-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.69 0.19 Truck Driver
2016-10-19 Manganese fumes 0.02 5 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2016-10-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Hydrating Plant Operator
2016-10-19 Arsenic fumes 0.38 500 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Cobalt fumes 0.07 100 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Copper fumes 1.7 100 0.02 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Iron oxide fumes 0.34 10 0.03 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Manganese fumes 0.03 5 0.01 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Arsenic fumes 0.36 500 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Cobalt fumes 0.1 100 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Copper fumes 2.71 100 0.03 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Iron oxide fumes 0.39 10 0.04 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Utility Man
2016-10-19 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Utility Man
2016-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Hydrating Plant Operator
2016-03-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.94 0.13 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-03-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.24 Utility Man
2016-03-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.75 0.16 Utility Man
2016-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2014-06-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2014-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2014-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Sampler, Dust
2012-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.32 0.38 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.38 0.37 Cleanup Man
2012-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.36 0.56 Cleanup Man
2012-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2011-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.43 0.40 Cleanup Man
2011-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.46 0.26 Cleanup Man
2010-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.79 0.37 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Dredge/Barge Operator
2010-05-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.4 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2009-09-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.48 Mechanic
2009-09-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge 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.

SamSand LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ 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 Arkansas, 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
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 1.80 1.80 0.000
2019 1.45 0.00 0.000
2018 2.07 2.07 0.000
2017 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. Garland Sand and Gravel Corporation 2009 to 2009
  2. SamSand LLC 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 15
2024 33
2023 44
2022 46
2021 45
2020 53
2019 35
2018 94
2017 68
2016 25
2015 12
2014 19
2013 14
2012 25
2011 33
2010 27
2009 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SamSand LLC sits in Miller County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Miller County, Arkansas · Population 42,588
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$49,983
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
2025 Q2 3,691 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,362 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 13,488 2 0 148.3
2024 Q3 19,059 3 1 157.4
2024 Q2 18,553 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 19,118 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 23,724 7 2 295.1
2023 Q3 21,661 1 0 46.2
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 27,758 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 30,222 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 28,905 4 0 138.4
2022 Q3 25,354 2 1 78.9
2022 Q2 26,529 5 0 188.5
2022 Q1 21,174 5 3 236.1
2021 Q4 19,689 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 21,040 5 2 237.6
2021 Q2 27,756 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 19,771 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 22,310 2 1 89.6
2020 Q3 25,239 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 29,737 2 0 67.3
2020 Q1 33,718 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 36,963 6 1 162.3
2019 Q3 31,898 4 0 125.4
2019 Q2 38,995 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 30,139 1 0 33.2
2018 Q4 49,895 9 1 180.4
2018 Q3 50,441 11 6 218.1
2018 Q2 47,416 8 5 168.7
2018 Q1 45,584 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 51,410 6 0 116.7
2017 Q3 51,317 2 1 39.0
2017 Q2 23,831 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 26,208 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 15,566 3 0 192.7
2016 Q3 14,296 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 12,312 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8,240 3 0 364.1
2015 Q4 9,148 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,977 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,584 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,744 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 14,919 4 1 268.1
2014 Q1 13,544 4 1 295.3
2013 Q4 12,744 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,992 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,341 4 3 1197.2
2013 Q1 2,964 1 0 337.4
2012 Q4 9,219 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 13,194 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 13,805 15 6 1086.6
2012 Q1 31,640 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 31,389 19 9 605.3
2011 Q3 25,093 1 0 39.9
2011 Q2 17,409 3 0 172.3
2011 Q1 11,121 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 9,009 24 11 2664.0
2010 Q3 18,715 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 16,281 9 1 552.8
2010 Q1 16,250 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,708 6 1 1051.2
2009 Q3 4,305 10 7 2322.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2020 · 1 incident

February 19, 2020 AR · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SamSand LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee received partial fingertip amputation, crush injury to finger and open fracture of distal phalanx of right hand when positioning forks on a Cat 1255D Telehandler. Forks were pushed out by employee who had a hand behind forks and when they swung back, fingers were caught between forks and mast.

2019 · 1 incident

November 30, 2019 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SamSand LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee fell while changing drive belt on sand screw motor.

2018 · 2 incidents

October 9, 2018 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SamSand LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator slipped on bottom step getting off of front end loader,twisting ankle when their hit the ground. Employee refused to be evaluated beyond first aid the day of accident. Employee asked to get it looked at on 10/16/2018. Medical Exam concurred ankle was broken.

July 6, 2018 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) POWERED HAULAGE
SamSand LLC · Fall from machine

Improper selection of man basket resulted in a 25' fall from unsecure man basket attached to telehandler, fall resulted in broken ankles and heels, right leg and left wrist.

2016 · 1 incident

April 15, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SamSand LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was placing cribbing under a pipe and right ring finger was pinched between pipe and cribbing miners hand was positioned on end of cribbing and EE jammed fingers into pipe

2011 · 3 incidents

June 3, 2011 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SamSand LLC · Fall onto or against objects

While preparing a belt splice the employee slipped on the conveyor frame falling forward until his eyebrow and bridge of nose made contact with a conveyor cover hoop.

April 23, 2011 AR · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SamSand LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While repairing pump on pontoon, employee struck bridge of nose with angle iron while bending over in water. Root cause was lack of awareness of surroundings.

April 14, 2011 AR · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SamSand LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee walked out of lab and ran into a cigarette butt can that was out from and to the left of the doorway. This caused employee to fall and when she placed her hands on the ground to stop her fall she sprained her right wrist. she did not wish to see a doctor but saw one after her shift. Root cause was not watching where she was walking.

2010 · 1 incident

November 18, 2010 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER
SamSand LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Contract welder had an apparent seizure. He has a history of seizures. His partner observed him laying over a steel beam that he had been welding on, gasping for air. There were no apparent injuries other than minor blood coming from his nose. His breathing was fine and pulse strong although slightly fast. He left in an ambulance.