Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · Drowning
Employee was operating an excavator between two small ponds when the ground beneath the excavator tracks failed and the excavator toppled into one of the ponds.
Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership operator
Controlled by
Martin Marietta Materials Inc
MSHA operator ID: L18213
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
809
citations
196
significant & substantial
$181,956
proposed penalties
$161,370
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,586 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
490
inspections on record
8,343
inspection hours
9.7
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.809 citations across 8,343 inspection hours.
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.$182K
proposed penalties
$161K
current assessed
$161K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
799 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 8 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 48 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 24 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 20 non-fatal
- OTHER 9 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2024
1
2022
1
2021
1
2020
1
2019
2
2018
1
2015
2
2014
2
2013
2
2012
4 (1f)
2011
3
2010
2
2009
1
2008
5
2007
5
2006
4
2005
10
2004
16
2003
22
2002
19
2001
32
1984
1
Mines on record
- SAWYER OK
- Black Rock Quarry & Plant AR
- Broken Bow Sand & Gravel OK
- Idabel OK
- HUGO OK
- Pacific Quarry WA
- Mill Creek OK
- Snyder OK
- HATTON QUARRY AR
- Granite Falls Quarry WA
- Red River Sand & Gravel OK
- Troy Plant OK
- TRP Table Mountain Plant CA
- SIERRA BLANCA TX
- HARRELL PLANT AR
- WILLIS OK
- Yellow Medicine Quarry MN
- REBEL SAND & GRAVEL PLANT #1 LA
- St. Cloud Quarry MN
Fatalities under this operator
1 recordedWatch this operator
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at any Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership mine.
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.