Metro East Sand Inc has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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
1984–1997
Latest incident
Dec 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
28
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,466
proposed penalties
$966
paid to date
39% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,500 gap.
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: 225 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Metro East Sand Inc has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$966
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $800 in penalties contested before the Commission, $800 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-02-18.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$800 proposed, $800 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2008-03-19.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
1
2008
5
2007
5
2006
7
2005
6
2004
5
2003
5
2002
5
2001
5
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Metro East Sand Inc sits in St. Clair County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
St. Clair County, Illinois · Population 254,777
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$70,178
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
TRUCK DRIVER WAS DRIVING AND STOPPED SHORT OF WHERE TO BE LOADD. TACKHOE OPERATOR TRIED TO GET HIM TO MOVE UP AND TRUCK DRIVER WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION SO TRACKHOE OPERATOR BUMPED TRUCK AND DR IVER SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.
1995 · 1 incident
September 28, 1995IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
PERSON WAS KNEELING ADJUSTING A SLURRY PUMP SUCTION SIDE LINER WHEN A HYDRALIC PUMP AND METER FELL OVER STIRKING PERSON MID TO LOWER BACK AREA. THE HYD PUMP METER ASSEMBLY WAS INSERTED INTO A 55 GALLONG DRUM. WHEN DRUM WAS EMPTY IT WAS A LITTLE TOP HEAVY AND FELL STRIKING PERSON.
1984 · 1 incident
December 5, 1984IL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
OPERATOR LEFT BULLDOZER IN A SPOT WHERE WE COULDNT USE A BOOSTER ON BATTERY, HAD TO PULL DOZER 15\ SO WE COULD START DOZER WHEN OPERATOR KNEELED TO ATTACH CABLE TO DRAW BAR HE COMPLAINED THAT HAD HURT HIS KNEE