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Blue River Sand & Gravel: 48 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Blue River Sand & Gravel is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Marshall County, Kansas, operated by Blue River Sand & Gravel with 5 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1400464). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 48 citations and orders there with $6,461 in proposed penalties, and 3 accident reports were filed there, with 3 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1400464
- Status
- Active since September 30, 2024
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Marshall County, Kansas
- Nearest town
- Blue Rapids
- Operator
- Blue River Sand & Gravel
- Employees
- 5
- MSHA field office
- Topeka KS Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 48
- Significant and substantial
- 6 (12.5%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 2
- Proposed penalties
- $6,461
- Amount paid so far
- $6,461
- Inspections
- 9
- Inspector hours on site
- 72
- Citations per inspection
- 5.33 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 3
- Injury and illness cases
- 3
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 21, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | $984 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | $572 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | $588 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | $646 | 1 |
| 2026 | 33 | 5 | $3,671 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Blue River Sand & Gravel
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.4104 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12030 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 41.12 | Notice of legal identity | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14207 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 50.20 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Blue River Sand & Gravel
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 2 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 1 |
What the accident reports at Blue River Sand & Gravel describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 2 |
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
Other open mines in Marshall County, Kansas
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Rapids Mine and Mill | GP Industrial Plasters LLC | Marshall County, KS | Gypsum | 41 | 96 |
| Glacier Hills Quarry | R.L. Jueneman Construction, Inc. | Marshall County, KS | Crushed, broken granite | 3 | 20 |
| Roper 2 | Nemaha Sand & Gravel Inc. | Marshall County, KS | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 14 |
| Or-Al Quarries, Inc | Or-Al Quarries, Inc. | Marshall County, KS | Crushed, broken limestone | 2 | 11 |
| Roper 1 | Nemaha Sand & Gravel Inc. | Marshall County, KS | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 3 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.