Brown Sand Inc operator
Controlled by
Robert H Brown Jr
MSHA operator ID: L10246
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 47
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 1984–2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
133
citations
26
significant & substantial
$16,932
proposed penalties
$15,828
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,104 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
1,037
inspection hours
12.8
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.133 citations across 1,037 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$755
outstanding
126 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 19 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 11 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 5 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 4 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2021
2
2020
1
2001
1
1999
3
1997
1
1996
5
1995
1
1994
3
1993
2
1992
3
1991
2
1990
6
1989
5
1988
6
1987
5
1984
1
Mines on record
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