Western Sand & Gravel Company safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.
Safety activity
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
LOUISVILLE WEST · 25009832.5 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Wann Plant · 25012915.3 on-site hours reported
Electrical conductors.
Wann Plant · 250129130 CFR 56.12004 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
SAND CREEK PIT & PLANT · 25007595.8 on-site hours reported
Handtools (nonpowered)
Fremont Plant · 2501303Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Employee was securing an excavator to a lowboy trailer for transport when they experienced pain in their left shoulder while tightening a chain binder. The injury was initially diagnosed as a shoulder strain that did not require medical treatment. However, after they continued to experience shoulder pain, an MRI was performed and revealed a rotator cuff tear.
Compliance Follow-up Inspection
Fremont Plant · 25013030.8 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Fremont Plant · 250130310.3 on-site hours reported
Safe access.
Fremont Plant · 250130330 CFR 56.11001 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Locking transformer enclosures.
Fremont Plant · 250130330 CFR 56.12068 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Electrical conductors.
Wann Plant · 250129130 CFR 56.12004 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
LOUISVILLE WEST · 25009836.0 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Wann Plant · 25012918.5 on-site hours reported
Electrical conductors.
LOUISVILLE WEST · 250098330 CFR 56.12004 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
SAND CREEK PIT & PLANT · 25007594.0 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Fremont Plant · 25013037.0 on-site hours reported
Protection of gas cylinder valves.
Fremont Plant · 250130330 CFR 56.16006 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Inspection.
Fremont Plant · 250130330 CFR 56.4201(a)(2) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Handling of materials
Wann Plant · 2501291Days away from work only
Accident narrative
The employee picked up one end of a small piece of steel dredge pipe located toward the front of their pickup bed and slid it toward the rear of the truck near the tailgate so it could be removed by a forklift. After setting the pipe down near the tailgate, the employee experienced back pain and was determined to have sustained a back strain.
Safe access.
LOUISVILLE WEST · 250098330 CFR 56.11001 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Moving machine parts.
LOUISVILLE WEST · 250098330 CFR 56.14107(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Barricades and warning signs.
LOUISVILLE WEST · 250098330 CFR 56.20011 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Electrical conductors.
LOUISVILLE WEST · 250098330 CFR 56.12004 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
LOUISVILLE WEST · 250098311.3 on-site hours reported
Distribution boxes.
Wann Plant · 250129130 CFR 56.12006 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Testing grounding systems.
Wann Plant · 250129130 CFR 56.12028 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Status is from the current MSHA Mines snapshot, not the selected reporting period. Closed records can retain their last reported controller/operator.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.