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Hugo Sand Company Incorporated Metal/Non-Metal

Hugo Sand Company Inc · Surface

Controlled by Dorothy Strohm

Kent, Portage County, OH · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3301519

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2000–2018
Latest incident: Jul 2018

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$12,695

proposed penalties

$12,695

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	1,060	0	0.0
2025 Q3	1,060	0	0.0
2025 Q1	1,040	0	0.0
2024 Q4	1,060	2	1886.8
2024 Q2	20	0	0.0
2023 Q2	20	0	0.0
2023 Q1	1,040	0	0.0
2022 Q3	20	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

May 26, 2005 OH · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand Fatality · MACHINERY

Hugo Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was making dredge repairs using hand tools: 3/4" ratchet & 4'-long cheater pipe. He took dredge pump apart and left the ratchet and pipe on the end of the shaft. He started the engine and then engaged the clutch. The pipe came around and hit him on the left side of his skull. Employee was hospitalized and died of his injuries on 7/3/05.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2018 · 1 incident

July 16, 2018 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Hugo Sand Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Filling water truck. When full, EE walked to shut water off. On the way, EE walked under sand plant. EE came to a 4 inch water pipe, 19 inches off pad. Instead of stepping over pipe, EE stepped on it and fell on right shoulder.

2016 · 1 incident

July 25, 2016 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor STRIKING OR BUMPING

Hugo Sand Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Taking dredge pump apart, leaned face plate on a beam. When they put pump back together, employee stepped back and hit the face plate. It slid down right leg.

2000 · 1 incident

July 19, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Hugo Sand Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WE WERE GETTIN GREADY TO CHANG A 40 FOOT PIPE ON DREDGE PIPELINE. IT WAS RAINING THE PIPE WAS SLIPPERY. HE WALKED ON TO TH EPIPES WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO THE PONTOON. HITTING HS RIGHT KNEE ON A BRACE CUTTING IT. NEEDED 7 STITCHES.