Butler Sand Company operator
Controlled by
Mike L Watson
MSHA operator ID: L01663
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 22
- Mines on record
- 5
- Years on record
- 1986–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
146
citations
14
significant & substantial
$18,080
proposed penalties
$15,686
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,394 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
119
inspections on record
1,455
inspection hours
10.0
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.146 citations across 1,455 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.$18K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
146 assessments are final orders; 18 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 11 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
1
2017
2
2016
1
2015
1
2014
2
2010
1
2009
1
2008
1
1999
1
1997
2
1995
1
1994
2
1991
1
1987
4
1986
1
Mines on record
- Butler Mine GA
- J.C. Plant GA
- HOWARD MINE GA
- Shorter Plant AL
- Howard Mine GA
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