Best Sand Corp operator
Controlled by
Fairmount Santrol
MSHA operator ID: L08064
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 1995–2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
49
citations
15
significant & substantial
$3,977
proposed penalties
$3,977
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
528
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: 528 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-04-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2001
3
1999
2
1998
2
1997
3
1996
2
1995
1
Mines on record
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