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WOLF CREEK SAND & GRAVEL: 178 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Larry Harris
Antoine, Pike County, AR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0301753

WOLF CREEK SAND & GRAVEL has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 15 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Jun 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
178
citations
37
significant & substantial
$34,584
proposed penalties
$26,005
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,579 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Wolf Creek Sand & Gravel's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
55
inspections on record
751
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: 751 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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: 2021-07-29.
On record since 2021.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

WOLF CREEK SAND & GRAVEL has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 15 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
170 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
Of $20K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-16.
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.
21.1%
significant & substantial
5.1%
high negligence or reckless
23.4%
reasonably likely or greater
56.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.0% low, 86.9% moderate, 5.1% 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.
70 citations taken to the federal commission · 39% of citations on record
  • Settled 47 · 67%
  • Stood as issued 16 · 23%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 7 · 10%
76%
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 25 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$20K proposed, $11K 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 2025-02-13.
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 2025-0141 Settlement Paez 2025 $6K → $2K
CENT 2012-70M Dismissal Lesnick 2012 $3K → $1K
CENT 2010-440M Settlement Pope II 2011 $1K → $900
CENT 2005-4M Dismissal Hodgdon 2005 $1K → $292
CENT 2021-0218 Default 2022 $1K → $1K
CENT 2013-167M Settlement Miller 2013 $1K → $312
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: 2024-01-09
7%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Arsenic fumes5
  • Beryllium fumes5
Show the individual readings (86)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2008-11-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 0.31 1.52 Truck Driver
2024-01-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2013-09-25 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Utility Man
2013-09-25 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Utility Man
2013-09-25 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Utility Man
2013-09-25 Iron oxide fumes 0.1 10 0.01 Utility Man
2013-09-25 Copper fumes 1.01 100 0.01 Utility Man
2013-09-25 Lead fumes 0.52 150 0.00 Utility Man
2013-09-25 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Utility Man
2013-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-25 Arsenic fumes 0.4 500 0.00 Utility Man
2013-09-25 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Utility Man
2013-09-25 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Utility Man
2013-09-25 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Utility Man
2013-09-25 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Utility Man
2013-09-25 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Utility Man
2013-09-25 Vanadium fumes 0.07 50 0.00 Utility Man
2012-09-18 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-09-18 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-09-18 Iron oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-09-18 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-09-18 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-09-18 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-09-18 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-09-18 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-09-18 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-09-18 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-09-18 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Iron oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Iron oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Iron oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Lead fumes 0.18 150 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Vanadium fumes 0.04 50 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-09-18 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-09-18 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-09-18 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-09-18 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2009-12-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2009-12-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-12-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-12-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2009-01-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 1.49 0.23 Truck Driver
2008-11-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.74 0.32 Backhoe Operator
2008-11-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.26 0.85 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-11-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.72 0.42 Truck Driver
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.

WOLF CREEK SAND & GRAVEL recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ 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 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Arkansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.24 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.
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. Wolf Creek Sand & Gravel 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 8
2024 7
2023 8
2022 8
2021 9
2020 8
2019 7
2018 8
2017 9
2016 9
2015 8
2014 7
2013 8
2012 8
2011 11
2010 9
2009 11
2008 11
2007 9
2006 8
2005 7
2004 6
2003 6
2002 5
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WOLF CREEK SAND & GRAVEL sits in Pike County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Pike County, Arkansas · Population 10,182
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$51,000
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 3,978 4 0 1005.5
2026 Q1 4,226 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,761 2 0 531.8
2025 Q3 3,781 4 2 1057.9
2025 Q2 3,426 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,081 1 0 324.6
2024 Q4 3,551 4 0 1126.4
2024 Q3 3,119 2 0 641.2
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,260 2 2 613.5
2024 Q1 2,833 1 0 353.0
2023 Q4 3,830 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,644 2 1 548.8
2023 Q2 3,220 13 3 4037.3
2023 Q1 3,192 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,376 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,378 1 0 296.0
2022 Q2 4,318 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,828 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,952 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,563 4 1 1122.6
2021 Q2 4,172 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,727 5 0 1341.6
2020 Q4 3,874 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,728 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,136 3 0 956.6
2020 Q1 3,250 5 2 1538.5
2019 Q4 3,715 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,414 2 1 585.8
2019 Q2 2,575 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,781 2 0 719.2
2018 Q4 3,452 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,128 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,099 7 3 1707.7
2018 Q1 4,227 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,779 4 2 1058.5
2017 Q3 4,131 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,391 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,776 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,805 2 0 525.6
2016 Q3 3,351 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,115 2 0 486.0
2016 Q1 3,843 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,901 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,616 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,732 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,773 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,753 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,442 6 0 2457.0
2014 Q2 2,910 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,048 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,579 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,146 10 3 2412.0
2013 Q2 2,919 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,030 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,882 2 0 694.0
2012 Q3 3,177 1 0 314.8
2012 Q2 3,779 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,386 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,072 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,724 6 2 1611.2
2011 Q2 4,647 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,739 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,535 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,224 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,573 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,604 15 8 4162.0
2009 Q3 4,729 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,246 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,486 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,775 7 1 1466.0
2008 Q3 6,371 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,533 12 2 2168.8
2008 Q1 4,649 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,412 10 1 1847.7
2007 Q3 4,970 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 856 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,385 3 1 684.2
2006 Q3 3,905 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,186 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,650 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,437 2 0 581.9
2005 Q3 3,560 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,355 2 0 596.1
2005 Q1 2,449 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,114 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,090 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,448 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,364 17 2 7191.2
2003 Q4 2,867 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,788 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,615 5 0 3096.0
2003 Q1 1,504 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,852 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,430 7 0 4895.1
2002 Q2 1,348 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 473 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,805 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,203 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,871 1 0 534.5
2001 Q1 2,114 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,798 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,387 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,223 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,339 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

June 11, 2024 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Sand & Gravel · Fall onto or against objects

Miner was helping move a piece of equipment when miner blacked out due to a pre-existing blood pressure problem (that employer did not know about) and fell on a trailer that was parked behind miner. Hitting head and back. Miner refused to go to the hospital at the time of the accident.