Northern White Sand has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2018–2021
Latest incident
Sep 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
74
citations
16
significant & substantial
$14,794
proposed penalties
$14,794
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 691 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Northern White Sand has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $147 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-15.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$147 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2024-03-13.
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: 2026-06-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
28
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (28)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2026-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2026-06-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.21
0.62
Utility Man
2025-09-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2025-09-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2025-09-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2025-09-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-07-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-07-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Loader
2024-07-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2023-08-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2023-08-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2022-04-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-04-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2022-04-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-03-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2021-03-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2021-03-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2021-03-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2019-09-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2019-09-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
Utility Man
2015-07-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2015-07-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
0.77
0.39
Utility Man
2014-09-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-09-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-09-24
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Bobcat Operator
2014-09-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.87
0.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-09-24
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.
Northern White Sand 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 Illinois, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.41 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
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
2.05
2.05
0.000
2020 *
3.94
0.00
0.000
2019
2.74
1.37
0.000
2018 *
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
41
2025
35
2024
36
2023
51
2022
57
2021
44
2020
32
2019
69
2018
44
2017
2
2016
2
2015
17
2014
9
2013
1
2012
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Northern White Sand sits in LaSalle County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
LaSalle County, Illinois · Population 109,049
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$72,281
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
29,211
1
0
34.2
2026 Q1
23,709
1
0
42.2
2025 Q4
20,322
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
19,346
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
19,039
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
19,128
5
0
261.4
2024 Q4
17,280
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
16,896
3
0
177.6
Show 46 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
16,151
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
22,777
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
24,324
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
23,324
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
38,180
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
31,455
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
30,788
1
0
32.5
2022 Q3
32,221
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
33,134
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
32,476
1
0
30.8
2021 Q4
26,985
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
25,204
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
21,821
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
23,375
1
0
42.8
2020 Q4
11,033
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,440
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
7,120
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
31,197
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
30,811
4
0
129.8
2019 Q3
38,078
2
0
52.5
2019 Q2
37,834
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
39,343
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
37,563
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
30,628
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
12,099
1
1
82.7
2018 Q1
2,471
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
1,477
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,017
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
418
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
551
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
534
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
580
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
494
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,099
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
4,665
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
8,999
4
1
444.5
2015 Q2
11,949
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
9,005
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
13,393
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
3,988
1
0
250.8
2014 Q2
650
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
790
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
610
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
650
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2021 · 1 incident
September 14, 2021IL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was dismounting haul truck to use the restroom and felt a pain in back on the final step. Employee visited doctor and was given restrictions from driving a haul truck. Employee worked restricted duty during this time until employee was cleared to return driving the haul truck.
2020 · 1 incident
February 14, 2020IL · Metal/Non-Metalutility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was trying to remove a rock that was wedged in a transfer point when the rock dislodged it fell striking the employees left index finger.
2019 · 3 incidents
September 17, 2019IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tech was changing an Eng. temp sensor that had fail on Crawler. EE remove the presser from cooling system and then removed the bad sensor, hot coolant splashed on to the back (Top) of left hand. Employee had on rubber palmed gloves with a cloth backing. Employee received second degree burns to back of hand and fingers.
The connector was tying a horizontal steel member (girt) into a vertical steel column in an aerial lift with the crane when the girt spun out of EE's hand, cutting EE on the left finger.