At 5:32 pm the employee who was injured was closing the hatches on a pneumatic frac sand truck when the Truck driver drove off before the employee was off of the truck. Employee was wearing proper safety equipment. MSHA was notified.
Cayuga Sand Metal/Non-Metal
Cayuga Sand LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Joseph A Thompson; Tommy P Tutle; Christopher E Thompson
Cayuga,
Anderson County,
TX
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4105442
Cayuga Sand has $18K 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
- 2020–2021
- Latest incident
- May 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
31
citations
9
significant & substantial
$17,914
proposed penalties
$17,914
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
16
inspections on record
262
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: 262 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cayuga Sand has $18K 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.$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 4,395 | 3 | 1 | 682.6 |
| 2025 Q3 | 5,394 | 9 | 0 | 1668.5 |
| 2025 Q2 | 5,868 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4,162 | 1 | 0 | 240.3 |
| 2024 Q4 | 3,106 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 355 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 50000.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,589 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 4,408 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 4,874 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 10,045 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 8,670 | 2 | 0 | 230.7 |
| 2022 Q4 | 6,201 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 5,488 | 1 | 1 | 182.2 |
| 2022 Q2 | 6,828 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 5,519 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 4,196 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 4,707 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 7,020 | 4 | 2 | 569.8 |
| 2021 Q1 | 7,111 | 5 | 3 | 703.1 |
| 2020 Q4 | 5,359 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,312 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 7,417 | 1 | 1 | 134.8 |
| 2020 Q1 | 7,073 | 2 | 1 | 282.8 |
| 2019 Q4 | 2,943 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 3,862 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 3,230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2021 · 1 incident
May 23, 2021
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Cayuga Sand LLC · Fall from machine
2020 · 1 incident
December 14, 2020
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Cayuga Sand LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Employee was reaching into a tail end roller of a conveyor with a shovel and then the employee's right arm got caught in roller.
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