Northern White Sand LLC has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2013–2015
Latest incident
Mar 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
24
citations
8
significant & substantial
$6,928
proposed penalties
$6,928
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: 181 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 LLC has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-05-16.
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.
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: 2013-11-06, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2013-11-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2013-11-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2013-11-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.53
1.26
0.42
Utility Man
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 LLC recorded 2.99 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.
Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ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.
2.99
total case rate
2.99
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.22 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
2015 *
2.99
2.99
0.000
2014 *
10.45
10.45
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
2018
10
2017
7
2016
5
2015
28
2014
27
2013
18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Northern White Sand LLC sits in Nueces County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Nueces County, Texas · Population 352,829
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$66,021
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
2018 Q2
4,970
3
1
603.6
2018 Q1
6,060
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,761
1
1
362.2
2016 Q1
2,788
3
0
1076.0
2015 Q4
9,706
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
16,759
2
0
119.3
2015 Q2
16,965
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
23,464
2
0
85.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4
25,206
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
19,972
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
17,552
3
0
170.9
2014 Q1
13,823
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
11,267
3
2
266.3
2013 Q3
9,848
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
9,268
1
0
107.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2015 · 3 incidents
March 17, 2015TX · Metal/Non-Metalsteel worker, iron metal worker, iron workerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The employee was transitioning from the top of a silo to the 135' manlift. He was tied off to the manlift climbing over the rail of the silo, his foot slipped and he caught himself with his right hand and his weight injured his right hand. He was taken to the clinic where he was x-rayed and referred to an orthopedic who determined he just bruised his hand.
March 13, 2015TX · Metal/Non-Metalelectrician, linemanELECTRICAL
EE was running wire when energized motor leads laying on the floor of the wire way were apparently sawed through wire insulation and caused a short and caused a arc flash. EE received burns to hands, arms, and face. EE was treated at hospital for burns release from hospital on 3/16/15.
January 28, 2015TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee had lowered the wheel chock on the 980M loader and was placing it under the front of the back wheel when the momentum to place the chock in front of the tire when he felt a snap in his shoulder. This injury did not improve with first aid.
2014 · 5 incidents
October 23, 2014TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was running the 980 Cat loader in the plant and came across a concrete slab in the yard. The slab halted the equipment immediately and caused a back injury in the operator. On 10/29/14 the employee requested to go to the doctor since the pain in his back was not improving. At this point the dr prescribed medicine and rehab to improve his condition.
September 29, 2014TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was removing a bolt from a plate without the proper PPE. He was not wearing protective gloves. The plate struck his hand when the bolt was removing causing a laceration between the index finger and thumb. Stitches were required and is estimated to take 5-10 days for skin to heal.
September 14, 2014TX · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While jack hammering a chunk through a side opening a chunk from above fell on the jackhammer bit causing the handle of the jackhammer to thrust up hitting the operator above the left eye causing a cut that required 4 stitches.
February 10, 2014TX · Metal/Non-Metalcar trimmer, car loader, bin puller, truck loaderSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE's foot slipped getting into the skid steer. The downward momentum caused him to lose his balance due to not having a full three points of contact. He reached for the roof of the equipment but was unable to grab firmly to the roof. He twisted around and fell to ground while his foot was behind the bucket. He broke his tibia and fibia in the fall.
2013 · 1 incident
November 7, 2013TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee walked behind the loader without radio communication assuming the loader would take a path that would not put him in danger. Accident resulted in lower extremities suffering soft tissue trauma and sprained ankles.