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
19
citations
4
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.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
29
inspections on record
360
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: 360 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.
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
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
2024 Q2
8,903
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
8,406
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
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
1
0
285.4
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, 2024NC · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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.
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