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Northridge Sand LLC: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Northridge Sand LLC · Surface
Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401499

Northridge Sand LLC has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1986–2009
Latest incident
Jun 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
125
citations
21
significant & substantial
$28,546
proposed penalties
$28,194
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $352 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Northridge Sand LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
66
inspections on record
724
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: 724 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2024-08-21.
On record since 2018.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Northridge Sand LLC has $29K 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
115 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $874 in penalties contested before the Commission, $522 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-03.
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.
17.1%
significant & substantial
10.6%
high negligence or reckless
17.1%
reasonably likely or greater
56.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.1% low, 81.3% moderate, 10.6% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
40%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$874 proposed, $522 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 2018-07-25.
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
CENT 2018-0395 Settlement Lesnick 2018 $874 → $522
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: 2026-07-27
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg17
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2026-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Building Repair/Maint.
2022-11-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2019-01-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.79 Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-03-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-03-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2018-03-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-03-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2016-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2016-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-06-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 2.08 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. L A Knebler Construction Company Inc 1986 to 1997
  2. Couch Construction Materials 1997 to 2000
  3. Northridge Sand LLC 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 6
2024 7
2023 7
2022 6
2021 6
2020 6
2019 6
2018 7
2017 7
2016 6
2015 5
2014 5
2013 5
2012 5
2011 5
2010 6
2009 5
2008 5
2007 5
2006 6
2005 6
2004 5
2003 5
2002 5
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Northridge Sand LLC sits in Sedgwick County, Kansas, 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.
Sedgwick County, Kansas · Population 524,810
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$67,675
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 4,313 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,109 1 0 243.4
2025 Q4 3,992 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,123 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,939 1 0 253.9
2025 Q1 3,437 1 0 291.0
2024 Q4 3,464 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,583 4 1 1116.4
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,226 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,020 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,243 3 0 925.1
2023 Q3 3,641 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,872 2 1 516.5
2023 Q1 3,736 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,596 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,862 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,791 1 0 358.3
2022 Q1 3,156 1 1 316.9
2021 Q4 3,054 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,827 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,634 2 0 431.6
2021 Q1 4,007 3 1 748.7
2020 Q4 2,656 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,966 4 0 1008.6
2020 Q2 4,433 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,118 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,129 5 0 1210.9
2019 Q3 4,319 4 1 926.1
2019 Q2 3,762 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,838 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,974 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,955 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,619 3 2 649.5
2018 Q1 4,839 2 0 413.3
2017 Q4 4,491 3 0 668.0
2017 Q3 4,804 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,789 2 0 417.6
2017 Q1 2,781 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,146 2 0 482.4
2016 Q3 4,026 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,137 3 1 725.2
2016 Q1 3,595 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,857 8 3 2074.2
2015 Q3 3,623 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,559 4 0 1123.9
2015 Q1 3,235 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,864 2 0 1073.0
2014 Q3 1,657 2 0 1207.0
2014 Q2 3,468 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,953 2 0 677.3
2013 Q4 3,219 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,423 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,068 2 0 651.9
2013 Q1 2,803 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,529 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,495 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,907 1 0 344.0
2012 Q1 2,748 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,396 1 0 417.4
2011 Q3 2,994 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,045 1 0 328.4
2011 Q1 3,127 6 1 1918.8
2010 Q4 3,099 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,870 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,231 1 0 309.5
2010 Q1 2,637 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,571 1 0 389.0
2009 Q3 3,491 1 1 286.5
2009 Q2 3,038 4 0 1316.7
2009 Q1 2,622 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,679 2 0 746.5
2008 Q3 2,858 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,310 1 0 302.1
2008 Q1 2,875 2 0 695.7
2007 Q4 2,523 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,127 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,025 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,890 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,220 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,695 3 1 1113.2
2006 Q2 3,260 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,474 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,042 3 2 986.2
2005 Q3 3,455 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,971 7 1 2356.1
2005 Q1 2,745 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,398 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,059 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,805 2 1 525.6
2004 Q1 2,773 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,150 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,280 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,109 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,718 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,770 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,140 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,014 1 0 331.8
2002 Q1 3,647 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,451 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,644 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,635 1 0 275.1
2001 Q1 2,425 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,075 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,674 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,157 1 0 316.8
2000 Q1 2,627 6 0 2284.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 23, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · MACHINERY
L A Knebler Construction Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

WE WERE SETTING3SAND PUMP ON BARGE. BARGE WAS FACING WEST WITH 3 MEN ON WEST SIDE, TWO MEN ON EAST AND ONE MAN ON NORTH SIDE OF SAND PUMP. THEN INDEPENDENT LINE BROKE DROPPING THE HEADACHE BAL ABOUT 25 -30 FE9T STRIKING THE NORTH MAN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD AND FACE

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2009 · 1 incident

June 19, 2009 KS · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northridge Sand LLC · Fall onto or against objects

No one was here at the time of the accident. No witnesses were available to report what happened. The person entered after hours, walked on main pipeline, slipped, fell forward striking head on pipe, broke neck, fell into water. Death from broken neck. The person involved was not part of the mining operations.

1999 · 1 incident

August 2, 1999 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Couch Construction Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE'S THUMB WAS HIT BY A ROCK WHILE CLEARING OVERSIZED ROCK STUCK IN JAW. RESULTED IN BROKEN RIGHT THUMB

1998 · 1 incident

July 16, 1998 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Couch Construction Materials · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS WALKING ACROSS WET DECK ON DREDGE BY FRESH WATER PUMP, SLIPPED, FELL AGAINST MUFFLER ON DREDGE MOTOR.

1989 · 1 incident

May 22, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
L A Knebler Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING FITTING OUT OF HOSE WITH SCREW DRIVER SCREW DRIVER SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT HAND BACK OF THUMB.

1986 · 1 incident

August 13, 1986 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
L A Knebler Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING DREDGE U8ING LOADER TO MOVE ANCHOR BLOCKS INSTEAD OF LOADER OP DROPPING ANCHOR WHEN HE WAS TOLD HE BACKED UP PULLING THE WINCH HANDLE OUT OF MY HAND CAUSING IT TO SWING AROUND & HITIN G THE BACKSIDE 2F THE HAND.