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DOCK #1 WHISKEY ISLAND: 229 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

CSI Sands NE LTD. · Facility
Controlled by 1442246 AB Ltd
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3302551

DOCK #1 WHISKEY ISLAND has $112K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1994–2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
229
citations
81
significant & substantial
$111,922
proposed penalties
$55,149
paid to date
49% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $56,773 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See CSI Sands NE LTD.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
87
inspections on record
1,292
inspection hours
17.7
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.
229 citations across 1,292 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2018-06-07.
On record since 2018.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

DOCK #1 WHISKEY ISLAND has $112K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K outstanding across 7 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.
$112K
proposed penalties
$72K
current assessed
$55K
paid to date
$17K
outstanding
225 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $67K in penalties contested before the Commission, $27K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-24.
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.
35.5%
significant & substantial
7.0%
high negligence or reckless
34.6%
reasonably likely or greater
36.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.2% low, 69.7% moderate, 7.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
37 citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
  • Settled 12 · 32%
  • Stood as issued 25 · 68%
86%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 21 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
60%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$67K proposed, $27K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2025-07-20.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2025-0303 Settlement Simonton 2026 $28K → $11K
LAKE 2021-0141 Settlement Bulluck 2021 $20K → $2K
LAKE 2022-0242 Settlement Bulluck 2023 $6K → $2K
LAKE 2025-0302 Dismissal Simonton 2026 $5K → $5K
LAKE 2023-0167 Dismissal Lewis 2023 $4K → $4K
LAKE 2021-0140 Dismissal Bulluck 2021 $3K → $3K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-06-04
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
47
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg29
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz16
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (47)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2025-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2024-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 3.29 Truck Loader
2024-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.71 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-02-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-02-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.55 0.56 Utility Man
2023-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2021-10-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 Scale Man
2021-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2021-10-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 0.58 0.98 Utility Man
2021-10-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.53 0.38 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2021-04-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.53 0.36 Utility Man
2021-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2021-02-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-02-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-02-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-02-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2019-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2019-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Loader
2018-06-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 1.23 0.49 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-06-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.31 0.97 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-06-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.3 0.43 Truck Loader
2018-02-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2018-02-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.53 0.55 Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-02-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.96 0.17 Utility Man
2017-01-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-01-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2016-01-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2016-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2013-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2013-09-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.55 0.22 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2010-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2010-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2002-04-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2010-02-03, 16 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2010-02-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 MP Drying
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.

DOCK #1 WHISKEY ISLAND recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.

Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.67 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.
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. Sand Products Corp 1950 to 2017
  2. CSI Sands NE LTD. 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 5
2023 4
2022 4
2021 6
2020 8
2019 9
2018 18
2017 7
2016 6
2015 7
2014 7
2013 6
2012 6
2011 6
2010 4
2009 4
2008 5
2007 5
2006 5
2005 4
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DOCK #1 WHISKEY ISLAND sits in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Cuyahoga County, Ohio · Population 1,249,418
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,823
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 1,194 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,174 3 1 2555.4
2025 Q4 1,123 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,213 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,590 25 8 15723.3
2025 Q1 2,929 13 1 4438.4
2024 Q4 2,926 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,217 6 0 1865.1
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,024 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,402 15 5 6244.8
2023 Q4 2,311 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,264 6 5 2650.2
2023 Q2 2,130 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,124 6 4 2824.9
2022 Q4 1,864 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,148 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,880 8 5 4255.3
2022 Q1 2,161 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,935 6 0 2044.3
2021 Q3 1,474 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,083 3 1 2770.1
2021 Q1 3,148 17 6 5400.3
2020 Q4 3,259 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,376 10 3 2962.1
2020 Q2 3,318 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,852 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,041 4 2 793.5
2019 Q3 4,601 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,331 3 0 900.6
2019 Q1 6,412 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,989 5 3 715.4
2018 Q3 10,675 8 1 749.4
2018 Q2 13,844 10 4 722.3
2018 Q1 4,136 3 1 725.3
2017 Q4 4,068 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,370 3 1 890.2
2017 Q2 3,772 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,492 2 0 802.6
2016 Q4 3,056 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,749 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,498 3 0 857.6
2016 Q1 3,267 2 0 612.2
2015 Q4 3,983 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,770 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,365 6 4 1783.1
2015 Q1 4,399 5 2 1136.6
2014 Q4 3,918 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,679 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,881 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,920 1 0 255.1
2013 Q4 3,231 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,099 5 3 1219.8
2013 Q2 3,658 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,219 5 4 1185.1
2012 Q4 3,361 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,017 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,394 6 1 1767.8
2012 Q1 3,927 2 0 509.3
2011 Q4 2,969 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,693 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,966 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,193 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,351 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,117 6 3 2834.2
2010 Q2 2,309 1 0 433.1
2010 Q1 1,722 3 1 1742.2
2009 Q4 2,078 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,737 4 2 2302.8
2009 Q2 2,263 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,947 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,537 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,134 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,154 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,957 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,035 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,757 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,163 1 0 462.3
2007 Q1 1,901 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,300 4 2 1739.1
2006 Q3 1,786 1 0 559.9
2006 Q2 2,394 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,902 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,834 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,828 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,998 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,475 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,834 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,701 1 0 587.9
2004 Q2 1,479 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,498 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,721 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,743 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,492 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,752 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,527 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,702 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,449 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,696 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,458 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,431 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,176 6 3 5102.0
2001 Q1 1,636 2 0 1222.5
2000 Q4 1,446 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,595 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,374 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2024 · 1 incident

January 17, 2024 OH · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec NONPOWERED HAULAGE
CSI Sands NE LTD. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was using a wheelbarrow to move spilled sand and felt a pop in their arm.

2019 · 1 incident

March 13, 2019 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CSI Sands NE LTD. · Struck against stationary object

After greasing, employee turned to walk down the cat walk & received a minor cut on the finger. The transfer belt is a fully enclosed structure and employee says they cut it on the outside of the housing. They went to hospital & received 2 stitches, was discharged and returned to finish the shift

2017 · 1 incident

February 28, 2017 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) MACHINERY
Sand Products Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was performing various tasks, welding and grinding. EE was not sure of the exact time or source but eye became irritated during lunch break and assumed happened prior.

2008 · 1 incident

February 5, 2008 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sand Products Corp · Fall from machine

EE was getting out of loader when he slipped and fell to the ground, fall around 5'8".

2003 · 1 incident

June 18, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sand Products Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING A SLIDE GATE WITH A WRENCH, THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIS ARM HIT CORNER OF GATE FRAME WHICH CUT HIS ARM.

1994 · 1 incident

August 10, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sand Products Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS LATE TO WORK, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON WINCH OR GROUND WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO ENTER OFFICE/CHANGING ROOM BUILDING. HE MAY HAVE TRIPPED ON LOOSE STONE ON ROAD, HE DOESN'T KNOW. HE INJURED HIS FOREHEADC WAS GROGGY AND THERE WAS SOME BLEEDING. HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER--X-RAYED AND DISCHARGED.