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421 Sand: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

421 Sand · Surface
Controlled by Allen Jeff Earp
Willmington, New Hanover County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3102306

421 Sand has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2022–2024
Latest incident
Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
21
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,478
proposed penalties
$3,478
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See 421 Sand's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
30
inspections on record
371
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 371 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

421 Sand has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
28.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
61.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.3% low, 85.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-11-05
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
30
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg23
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (30)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2025-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2025-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2025-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2025-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2025-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-06-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.46 Dredge/Barge Operator
2023-06-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-06-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2023-06-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2022-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2022-03-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.78 0.29 Dredge/Barge Operator
2022-03-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.68 0.54 Utility Man
2022-03-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 Dredge/Barge Operator
2022-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2021-04-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2021-04-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2021-04-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2021-04-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2021-04-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2019-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.62 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2019-04-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.43 0.60 Dredge/Barge Operator
2019-04-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Sampler, Dust
2019-04-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.5 0.40 Bulldozer Operator
2019-04-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2019-04-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

421 Sand recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In North Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.14 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 5.47 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 6.07 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. 421 Sand 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 24
2025 24
2024 17
2023 17
2022 14
2021 12
2020 12
2019 16
2018 9
2017 6
2016 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

421 Sand sits in New Hanover County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
New Hanover County, North Carolina · Population 231,214
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$72,892
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 10,151 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 12,576 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 13,671 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 14,624 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 13,011 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 11,385 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 10,588 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,682 1 0 115.2
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 8,903 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,406 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 9,169 1 0 109.1
2023 Q3 9,239 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 10,055 1 0 99.5
2023 Q1 8,825 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,575 7 3 816.3
2022 Q3 5,836 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,452 2 1 211.6
2022 Q1 9,085 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,843 1 0 146.1
2021 Q3 7,199 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,154 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,868 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,784 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,848 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,675 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,640 1 0 130.9
2019 Q4 5,132 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,904 1 0 203.9
2019 Q2 5,336 1 0 187.4
2019 Q1 7,171 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,598 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,225 1 0 236.7
2018 Q2 4,211 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,205 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,504 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,970 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,499 1 0 222.3
2017 Q1 2,341 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,774 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2024 · 1 incident

August 23, 2024 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
421 Sand · Fall down stairs

Debris such as drink bottles, where left on the front steps going into the control room.

2022 · 1 incident

February 1, 2022 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
421 Sand · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was holding a coil of disconnected oxygen/acetylene hoses while a fellow miner cut the plastic tie straps off the coil with a knife. When the knife went through the plastic, it deflected the knife upwards into the injured hand. The 3cm laceration needed 6 stitches to close.