Mining Incidents

Summit Sand & Gravel -Beaver Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jim Otteman
Beaver, Pike County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3304427

Summit Sand & Gravel -Beaver Plant has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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
2014–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
222
citations
61
significant & substantial
$56,854
proposed penalties
$51,878
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,976 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
108
inspections on record
1,684
inspection hours
13.2
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.
222 citations across 1,684 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Summit Sand & Gravel -Beaver Plant has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$57K
proposed penalties
$55K
current assessed
$52K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
221 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-12.
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 5,876 4 1 680.7
2025 Q3 6,337 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,054 4 3 986.7
2025 Q1 3,265 6 5 1837.7
2024 Q4 3,586 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,900 4 1 1025.6
2024 Q2 4,218 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,644 1 0 215.3
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 5,328 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,395 2 0 370.7
2023 Q2 4,776 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,056 5 1 1232.7
2022 Q4 6,110 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,123 1 1 195.2
2022 Q2 5,462 7 3 1281.6
2022 Q1 2,226 2 0 898.5
2021 Q4 3,342 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,764 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,057 1 1 141.7
2021 Q1 8,122 5 0 615.6
2020 Q4 9,435 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,994 4 1 500.4
2020 Q2 22,774 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 14,067 1 0 71.1
2019 Q4 8,522 5 1 586.7
2019 Q3 6,482 5 0 771.4
2019 Q2 15,996 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 12,158 5 1 411.3
2018 Q4 17,723 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 15,728 5 1 317.9
2018 Q2 13,938 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 11,068 5 1 451.8
2017 Q4 8,975 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 11,081 6 0 541.5
2017 Q2 11,623 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 6,206 5 1 805.7
2016 Q4 5,677 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,491 5 0 910.6
2016 Q2 5,089 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,690 20 7 4264.4
2015 Q4 9,990 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,712 6 0 778.0
2015 Q2 7,061 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 13,750 10 2 727.3
2014 Q4 24,071 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 24,814 10 3 403.0
2014 Q2 20,118 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 10,781 1 0 92.8
2013 Q4 8,442 13 5 1539.9
2013 Q3 9,370 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 9,800 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 11,122 3 0 269.7
2012 Q4 7,767 10 6 1287.5
2012 Q3 5,178 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,210 9 1 2137.8
2012 Q1 0 4 0
2011 Q4 4,757 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,124 3 1 960.3
2011 Q2 2,359 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,891 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,264 3 0 1325.1
2010 Q3 1,783 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,917 3 1 1564.9
2010 Q1 778 5 3 6426.7
2009 Q4 1,839 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,408 6 5 4261.4
2009 Q2 1,219 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 824 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,488 1 0 672.0
2008 Q3 1,565 9 0 5750.8
2008 Q2 340 1 0 2941.2
2008 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 620 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,980 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,010 1 1 990.1
2007 Q1 820 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,040 1 0 961.5
2006 Q3 1,040 2 0 1923.1
2006 Q2 1,007 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 790 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 964 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 963 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 876 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 482 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 850 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 968 2 1 2066.1
2004 Q2 972 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 840 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 840 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 680 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 680 1 0 1470.6
2001 Q3 960 1 0 1041.7
2001 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 960 3 0 3125.0
2000 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 960 6 3 6250.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

July 14, 2025 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Konya Sands · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was carrying a Sib cardboard tube from the drying facility over to a shed. This was EE's first actual day on the job after completing EE's MSHA training. EE answered with "it was bad luck." Other employees have stated that EE was complaining about EE's shoulder hurting and having troubles with it before EE began work.

2014 · 3 incidents

May 29, 2014 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Southern Ohio Sand · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee caught his thumb between two pieces of metal. This caused a cut on his thumb. He was taken to the hospital to have it checked out. They did clean it and sterry stitched it together. He was released and returned to work with no exceptions. He returned to work the same day and worked the rest of his shift, 7:00pm quit time.

May 28, 2014 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Southern Ohio Sand · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was drilling a hole in the side of a connex box with safety glasses on a believed a piece of metal had gotten under his glasses and in his eye. He was taken to the hospital to have it checked. They did not find anything in his eye but was given some drops for discomfort. He did return to work for the rest of his shift, 3:00 am quit time.

May 19, 2014 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Southern Ohio Sand · Accident type, without injuries

There was a conveyor belt that caught fire and went to the insulation on the roof of the building. The fire flashed from one end of the building and put itself out. This fire lasted about 5-6 minutes. The fire dept. had been called but was not needed. Once the building was cleared of smoke employees went back to work and the building was back in operation.

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