North American Silica Sand, LLC has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $20K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Mar 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
68
citations
19
significant & substantial
$22,669
proposed penalties
$2,295
paid to date
10% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,374 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
19
inspections on record
461
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: 461 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
North American Silica Sand, LLC has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $20K 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$20K
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
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