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Madison County Sand LLC: 148 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Collinsville, Madison County, IL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1102895

Madison County Sand LLC has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $895 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2006–2020
Latest incident
Dec 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
148
citations
28
significant & substantial
$27,562
proposed penalties
$26,667
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $895 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Madison County Sand LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
1,002
inspection hours
14.8
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.
148 citations across 1,002 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.
3
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2023-04-26.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Madison County Sand LLC has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $895 outstanding across 1 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$895
outstanding
143 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-23.
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.
19.6%
significant & substantial
5.6%
high negligence or reckless
19.6%
reasonably likely or greater
36.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 76.2% moderate, 5.6% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 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 2010-03-02.
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 2010-486M Vacate Lesnick 2011 $100 → $0
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: 2024-09-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2020-12-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2015-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-10-06 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.55 10 0.06 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-07-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2000-11-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 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.
Ownership history
  1. Quality Sand, Inc. 1990 to 2010
  2. Madison County Sand LLC 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 6
2024 6
2023 6
2022 6
2021 6
2020 6
2019 6
2018 5
2017 5
2016 5
2015 5
2014 5
2013 6
2012 7
2011 5
2010 5
2009 6
2008 7
2007 5
2006 5
2005 6
2004 6
2003 6
2002 7
2001 8
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Madison County Sand LLC sits in Madison County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Madison County, Illinois · Population 264,631
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$74,800
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 2,809 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,631 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,354 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,301 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,375 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,714 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,638 2 0 549.8
2024 Q3 3,301 1 0 302.9
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,774 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,853 3 0 1051.5
2023 Q4 2,839 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,906 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,051 2 0 655.5
2023 Q1 3,669 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,660 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,634 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,234 2 0 618.4
2022 Q1 2,423 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,711 2 0 737.7
2021 Q3 3,197 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,231 3 1 928.5
2021 Q1 2,874 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,423 1 0 292.1
2020 Q3 3,442 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,204 1 0 312.1
2020 Q1 2,839 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,459 12 4 3469.2
2019 Q3 3,526 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,977 4 2 1343.6
2019 Q1 2,489 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,044 3 1 985.5
2018 Q3 3,341 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,647 3 0 1133.4
2018 Q1 2,263 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,635 6 1 2277.0
2017 Q3 2,549 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,021 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,502 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,459 2 1 813.3
2016 Q3 2,502 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,595 1 0 385.4
2016 Q1 2,367 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,533 2 0 789.6
2015 Q3 2,821 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,620 1 0 381.7
2015 Q1 2,086 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,550 4 1 1568.6
2014 Q3 2,687 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,313 6 0 1811.0
2014 Q1 2,691 10 1 3716.1
2013 Q4 3,134 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,935 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,939 8 3 2722.0
2013 Q1 3,150 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,487 4 1 1147.1
2012 Q3 3,525 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,388 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,287 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,103 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,378 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,179 2 0 917.9
2011 Q1 1,238 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,613 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,859 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,938 1 0 340.4
2010 Q1 2,426 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,466 1 0 288.5
2009 Q3 3,246 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,729 2 0 536.3
2009 Q1 3,577 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,606 1 0 277.3
2008 Q3 4,530 4 0 883.0
2008 Q2 4,229 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,137 5 0 2339.7
2007 Q4 3,770 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,889 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,115 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,851 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,525 1 0 396.0
2006 Q3 3,357 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,425 1 0 292.0
2006 Q1 2,885 2 1 693.2
2005 Q4 3,237 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,556 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,736 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,623 3 0 1143.7
2004 Q4 3,545 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,823 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,846 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,212 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,283 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,695 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,429 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,539 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,540 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,296 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,834 4 2 1411.4
2002 Q1 1,569 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,070 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,719 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,772 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,761 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,892 14 2 7399.6
2000 Q3 3,398 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,372 6 2 1779.4
2000 Q1 2,355 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2020 · 1 incident

December 15, 2020 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Madison County Sand LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was eating lunch and got choked on piece of meat. Once given Heimlich maneuver one of the pieces was unwedged allowing employee to breathe. Employee was taken to hospital and put under anesthesia for a throat scope to remove rest of blockage.

2007 · 1 incident

June 19, 2007 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Sand, Inc. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE alleges he was walking across an I beam on the Dredge when he slipped and fell.

2006 · 1 incident

March 7, 2006 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Quality Sand, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE was using a cutting torch when a piece of Slag went into his boot causing a minor burn, EE was sent to the clinic to receive a tetanus shot. On 4/21/06 EE was given a prescription.