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STANDARD GRAVEL CO INC: 224 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Darline Alexander
Bearden, Ouachita County, AR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0301501

STANDARD GRAVEL CO INC has $66K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1992–2002
Latest incident
Apr 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
224
citations
53
significant & substantial
$65,569
proposed penalties
$56,656
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,913 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Standard Gravel Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
67
inspections on record
1,080
inspection hours
20.7
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.
224 citations across 1,080 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

STANDARD GRAVEL CO INC has $66K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 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.
$66K
proposed penalties
$57K
current assessed
$57K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
223 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $14K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-02.
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.
23.8%
significant & substantial
6.3%
high negligence or reckless
24.7%
reasonably likely or greater
48.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.4% none, 12.1% low, 81.2% moderate, 6.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
CENT20010129M Settlement Melick 2001 $12K → $4K
CENT20010130M Settlement Melick 2001 $784 → $306
CENT20010304M Settlement Barbour 2001 $500 → $400
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: 2025-09-10
16%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
42
samples
19
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz193 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg21
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (42)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.26 1.08 Truck Driver
2008-11-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.24 1.08 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 0.21 3.90 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.36 0.56 Truck Driver
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2023-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.28 0.54 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2023-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-09-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.27 0.93 Truck Driver
2021-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2014-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.46 0.43 Truck Driver
2014-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.41 0.56 Truck Driver
2014-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Tractor Operator
2014-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2014-01-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.39 0.41 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-01-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.84 0.20 Mechanic
2012-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.49 0.39 Cleanup Man
2012-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 1.93 0.18 Truck Driver
2012-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.7 0.34 Truck Driver
2012-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.46 0.98 Hydrating Plant Operator
2010-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2010-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2010-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2010-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-01-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.64 Utility Man
2010-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2007-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.26 0.58 Utility Man
2007-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2007-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2007-07-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.37 0.84 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-02-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.55 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.2 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.36 0.44 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-02-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
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.

STANDARD GRAVEL CO INC recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below 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 * 0.00 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
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 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. Redbug Materials 1980 to 1985
  2. Standard Gravel Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 11
2025 11
2024 10
2023 10
2022 9
2021 9
2020 9
2019 9
2018 8
2017 8
2016 7
2015 6
2014 7
2013 7
2012 11
2011 15
2010 14
2009 12
2008 9
2007 9
2006 9
2005 11
2004 12
2003 12
2002 12
2001 13
2000 16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

STANDARD GRAVEL CO INC sits in Ouachita County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Ouachita County, Arkansas · Population 22,317
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$49,838
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 5,709 5 2 875.8
2026 Q1 5,408 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,441 7 1 1086.8
2025 Q3 6,184 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,820 7 0 1202.7
2025 Q1 5,660 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,373 8 0 1488.9
2024 Q3 4,897 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,743 4 1 696.5
2024 Q1 4,730 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,592 3 1 536.5
2023 Q3 5,529 2 0 361.7
2023 Q2 5,523 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,165 7 3 1355.3
2022 Q4 5,442 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,192 3 0 484.5
2022 Q2 5,794 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,330 6 2 1125.7
2021 Q4 6,097 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,737 1 0 174.3
2021 Q2 6,031 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,009 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,972 7 2 1172.1
2020 Q2 5,802 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,572 3 1 538.4
2019 Q4 5,413 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,956 3 1 605.3
2019 Q2 4,960 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,165 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,953 3 0 605.7
2018 Q3 5,605 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,048 3 0 594.3
2018 Q1 4,975 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,972 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,764 2 0 419.8
2017 Q1 4,169 2 1 479.7
2016 Q4 3,386 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,717 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,348 2 1 460.0
2016 Q1 3,625 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,989 3 0 752.1
2015 Q3 3,902 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,888 2 1 514.4
2015 Q1 3,932 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,007 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,052 4 1 987.2
2014 Q2 4,192 5 2 1192.7
2014 Q1 3,431 3 0 874.4
2013 Q4 3,925 2 1 509.6
2013 Q3 4,181 2 0 478.4
2013 Q2 3,783 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,372 3 0 686.2
2012 Q4 4,609 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,486 5 1 667.9
2012 Q2 6,128 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6,685 3 0 448.8
2011 Q4 6,445 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 9,570 8 3 835.9
2011 Q2 9,020 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 6,849 4 2 584.0
2010 Q4 9,260 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,883 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 8,307 5 4 601.9
2010 Q1 7,369 6 4 814.2
2009 Q4 8,229 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,637 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,493 5 1 770.1
2009 Q1 5,838 4 0 685.2
2008 Q4 5,684 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,293 10 1 1589.1
2008 Q2 5,780 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,825 5 2 858.4
2007 Q4 5,683 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,111 5 0 703.1
2007 Q2 6,555 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,093 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,340 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,446 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,745 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,882 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,734 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,228 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,000 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,935 5 2 842.5
2004 Q4 6,311 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,651 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,938 3 0 432.4
2004 Q1 7,073 1 0 141.4
2003 Q4 7,681 6 0 781.1
2003 Q3 7,475 2 1 267.6
2003 Q2 6,618 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,721 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,060 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,481 2 1 308.6
2002 Q2 6,208 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,169 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,106 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,173 1 0 162.0
2001 Q2 5,990 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,762 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,050 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,107 26 9 3658.4
2000 Q2 7,051 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,713 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2002 · 1 incident

April 18, 2002 AR · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Standard Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WORKER WAS STANDING ON LEVEL SURFACE PULLING ON ROPE TO COVER LOAD WITH TARP. THE ROPE/TARP CONNECTION BROKE AND WORKER FELL BACKWARDS, LANDING ON HIS BACK AND STRIKING HIS HEAD ON GRAVEL, RES ULTING IN SEVERAL SMALL CUTS TO HEAD AND ONE ON ELBOW. WORKER LATER COMPLAINED OF DIZZINESS AND DR. DIAGNOSED BLOOD CLOT AT BACK OF BRAIN.

1997 · 1 incident

November 20, 1997 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A SMALL PIN FROM A BUSHING. HE OVER SWUNG AND STRUCK THE PINKY FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR WHO X-RAYED THE FINGER. THE VERY END WAS CRUSHED AND THE SKIN WAS SPLIT. THEY PUT IN FIVE STITCHES &A FULL SPLINT. NO LIMITATIONS.

1996 · 1 incident

January 29, 1996 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Standard Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE AND MYSELF WERE WORKING ON A GRAVEL TRAILER WHEN THE FIFTH WHEEL FELL AND STRUCK HE ACROSS HIS UPPER LEG BONES. HIS RIGHT LEG WAS FRACTURED BETWEEN THE HIP AND KNEE. HE IS EXPECTED TO COMPL ETELY RECOVER. THE LEG BONE WAS PINNED TOGETHER.HIS LEFT LEG WAS SCRAPED BUT NOT SERIOUSLY.

1995 · 1 incident

February 6, 1995 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Standard Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

THE MAN WHO WAS INJURED WATCHING OUR WELDER GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL & WAS HIT BY A TINY PIECE OF SLAG IN HIS RIGHT EYE. LOCAL CLINIC REMOVED PIECE & HE RETURNED TO WORK WITH AN EYE PATCH. HE MUST WEAR IT FOR 1 DAY.

1994 · 2 incidents

May 5, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Standard Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

MECHANIC WAS TRYING TO LIFT A DIESEL ENGINE HEAD BY HIMSELF & SLIPPED ON SOME OIL DRY AGENT ON THE FLOOR THE EXCESS WSEIGHT & BAD FOOTING & NOT CALLING FOR SOMEONE TO HELP LIFT THE HEAD OFF TH E TRUCK CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT

March 10, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator MACHINERY
Standard Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS REFUELING THE DRAGLINE WHEN THE NOZZLE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE STARTER OF THE ENGINE. THE NOZZLE WAS BLOWN OR PULLED INTO HIS FOREHEAD AND CUT HIM IN ONE SPOT AND SCRAPED ANOTHER SPOT. THE OPENING TO THE FUEL TANKE WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE STARTER.

1993 · 1 incident

March 31, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Standard Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH AND FORGOT TO WEAR ANY GOGGLES OR GLASSES HE RECEIVED A SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. DR REMOVED OBJECT AND GAVE HIM SOME MEDICINE AND SENT HIM HOME.

1992 · 3 incidents

November 2, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO POUND ON A STEEL BAR. THE HAMMER MISSED THE BAR AND HIT HIS LEFT HAND. AFTER CONTINUING PAIN HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THE STAFF SAID THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY FRA CTURES, ONLY A POSSIBLE BRUISE. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK TIME.

August 11, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

55061S CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER BOLTING WITH A HACK-SAW & THE SAW SLIPPED & MADE A SMALL CUT ON HIS LEFT THUMB

June 19, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

9?514E RUNNING UP THE WALKWAY OF A CONVEYOR AND BRUSHED HAND ON THE HANDRAIL. ALTHOUGH THE SKIN WAS NOT BROKEN OR BRUISED OR SWOLLEN IN ANY WAY.EMPL CLAIMED IT WAS BROKEN. A DR SAID IT WAS SLI 78338 CRACKED IN ONE SMALL SPOT.