V-Tech Sand, LLC: 13 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
V-Tech Sand, LLC
· Surface
MSHA Mine ID: 0301980
V-Tech Sand, LLC has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2009
- Latest incident
- Nov 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
8
significant & substantial
$8,009
proposed penalties
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 68 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
V-Tech Sand, LLC has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
13 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-04-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
61.5%
significant & substantial
46.2%
high negligence or reckless
61.5%
reasonably likely or greater
38.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 53.8% moderate, 46.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
12
citations taken to the federal commission · 92% of citations on record
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
21%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K 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 2011-10-31.
Contested penalties
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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 2010-45M |
Settlement |
|
2010 |
$2K → $2K |
| CENT 2010-44M |
Settlement |
|
2010 |
$2K → $2K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2009-08-25, 17 years ago
Most sampled contaminants
Show the individual readings (3)
| Date |
Contaminant |
Concentration |
Limit |
Conc / limit |
Occupation |
| 2009-08-25 |
Respirable dust, <.1mg |
0 |
|
|
Utility Man |
| 2009-08-25 |
Respirable dust, <.1mg |
0 |
|
|
Utility Man |
| 2009-08-25 |
Respirable dust, <.1mg |
0 |
|
|
Utility Man |
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
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Specialty Sands LLC
2008 to 2010
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V-Tech Sand, LLC
2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2010 |
3 |
| 2009 |
5 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
V-Tech Sand, LLC sits in Jackson County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Jackson County, Arkansas · Population 16,775
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$41,215
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2010 Q3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2010 Q2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
| 2010 Q1 |
3,155 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 |
4,981 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 |
2,130 |
11 |
7 |
5164.3 |
| 2009 Q2 |
1,024 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 |
953 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2009 · 1 incident
November 30, 2009
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager
POWERED HAULAGE
Specialty Sands LLC · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING OUT FROM UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT ATTACHED TO SCREENING PLANT. LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ON CONVEYOR BELT. SLICED RIGHT ARM.