Gulf Coast Sand, LLC has $339K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2005–2020
Latest incident
Mar 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
355
citations
122
significant & substantial
$338,941
proposed penalties
$320,888
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,053 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
71
inspections on record
1,336
inspection hours
26.6
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.
355 citations across 1,336 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Gulf Coast Sand, LLC has $339K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 9 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.
$339K
proposed penalties
$331K
current assessed
$321K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
352 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $158K in penalties contested before the Commission, $151K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-16.
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.
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.
34citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
Settled
22 · 65%
Stood as issued
12 · 35%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 20 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
5%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$158K proposed, $151K 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 2020-04-28.
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.
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
20
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (20)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-06-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-04-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2024-04-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Yard Engine Operator
2020-08-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2018-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2018-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2016-10-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2016-10-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.6
0.22
Washer Operator
2016-10-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.17
0.11
Dredge/Barge Operator
2016-10-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2015-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2015-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bobcat Operator
2015-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2012-11-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2012-11-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2009-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.29
0.62
Truck Driver
2009-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.96
1.97
0.99
Mechanic
2009-06-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe 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.
Gulf Coast Sand, LLC 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 Mississippi, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 0.78 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
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020
1.91
1.91
0.000
2019
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
8
2025
10
2024
13
2023
32
2022
9
2021
15
2020
46
2019
82
2018
74
2017
58
2016
44
2015
43
2014
27
2013
29
2012
15
2011
11
2010
17
2009
12
2008
13
2007
11
2006
12
2005
17
2004
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Gulf Coast Sand, LLC sits in Hancock County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Hancock County, Mississippi · Population 46,057
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$67,728
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
5,212
3
0
575.6
2026 Q1
4,796
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
5,398
3
1
555.8
2025 Q3
7,931
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
7,006
1
0
142.7
2025 Q1
6,087
2
0
328.6
2024 Q4
7,662
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
7,776
0
0
0.0
Show 75 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1
9,868
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
9,270
10
1
1078.7
2023 Q3
19,435
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
20,055
2
0
99.7
2023 Q1
8,422
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
6,523
2
0
306.6
2022 Q3
6,794
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
5,377
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
5,373
1
1
186.1
2021 Q4
1,550
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
7,240
7
3
966.9
2021 Q2
11,592
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
14,015
9
1
642.2
2020 Q4
13,836
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
19,591
3
1
153.1
2020 Q2
24,297
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
47,038
1
1
21.3
2019 Q4
42,477
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
47,564
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
51,014
8
0
156.8
2019 Q1
54,392
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
52,195
11
3
210.7
2018 Q3
44,298
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
41,245
5
2
121.2
2018 Q1
36,869
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
37,801
2
0
52.9
2017 Q3
37,085
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
33,577
8
3
238.3
2017 Q1
29,780
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
29,990
7
1
233.4
2016 Q3
26,286
6
2
228.3
2016 Q2
13,920
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
20,617
10
5
485.0
2015 Q4
18,845
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
25,268
51
16
2018.4
2015 Q2
27,657
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
20,874
12
7
574.9
2014 Q4
21,084
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
15,467
5
1
323.3
2014 Q2
16,617
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
14,300
5
3
349.7
2013 Q4
16,077
5
3
311.0
2013 Q3
16,984
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
18,460
11
7
595.9
2013 Q1
15,977
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
12,720
6
2
471.7
2012 Q3
11,400
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,239
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
3,129
5
1
1598.0
2011 Q4
3,277
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6,120
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,120
6
3
980.4
2011 Q1
6,120
3
0
490.2
2010 Q4
5,760
5
1
868.1
2010 Q3
3,162
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
5,760
3
0
520.8
2010 Q1
5,120
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
5,760
3
0
520.8
2009 Q3
4,550
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
3,887
8
5
2058.1
2008 Q4
1,440
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,480
15
7
4310.3
2008 Q2
3,480
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
4,656
8
0
1718.2
2007 Q2
2,435
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,090
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
3,100
10
3
3225.8
2006 Q1
3,090
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
3,060
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
4,549
3
2
659.5
2005 Q1
5,329
15
3
2814.8
2004 Q4
5,820
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,158
17
4
7877.7
2004 Q2
5,580
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
570
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2020 · 1 incident
March 25, 2020MS · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was getting ready to lift a log shaft, but chain that was going to be used was dislodged and fell on the left hand index finger of the employee.
2014 · 4 incidents
June 21, 2014MS · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The operator was holding the tail line in place while being cut from the dredge. While holding the line, the line was cut, the line jerked pulling the operator's right shoulder out of socket.
June 20, 2014MS · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was trying to free cable from winch when his foot slipped and caught himself and twisted his back. He said he hurt his back and was taken to the hospital to be checked out by a doctor.
January 6, 2014MS · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The employee was climbing the steps to get into the cab of the loader and the bottom step broke causing the employee to strike his right leg on the step and fell on the ground.
2013 · 5 incidents
October 1, 2013MS · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Supervisor was trying to get track hoe started, so he tried to jump the battery. When he attached the cables to jump the battery, the battery exploded. He sustained miner ringing to his ears. He did not receive any other injuries.
Operator was on tractor cutting grass. He unknowingly hit a stump, the tractor came to a stop and he hit his head, resulting in a small cut on his forehead.
March 18, 2013MS · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Employee was lifting the head of a C-11 Engine With another employee when the second employee lost his footing causing the weigh of the head to shift to the employee that was injuried.
January 22, 2013MS · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The employee was engaging a clutch on the dredge and a bolt backed out of the Dodge coupling ripping the guard off. The guard struck the employee in the bottom lip causing a laceration. The cut required 5 stitches on the outside and 4 on the inside of his lip. A new guard was built that is larger eliminating the possibility of a bolt catching the guard.
2005 · 1 incident
February 15, 2005MS · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handMACHINERY
EE was welding on 55 gallon drum. after not ruemoving and caps off of one drum and striking arch to drum causing the drum to explode, sending the lid off striking ee in the leg.