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Sand Express Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Quikrete Holdings Inc.
Columbus, Colorado County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4103760

Sand Express has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2011–2022
Latest incident
Jan 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
185
citations
30
significant & substantial
$46,437
proposed penalties
$41,702
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,735 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
78
inspections on record
904
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: 904 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sand Express has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 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.
$46K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
184 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 7,937 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,476 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,349 3 0 320.9
2025 Q1 8,757 2 0 228.4
2024 Q4 7,578 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,239 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 8,511 3 0 352.5
2024 Q1 8,507 5 0 587.8
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 9,311 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,252 4 0 484.7
2023 Q2 9,312 2 0 214.8
2023 Q1 8,962 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,458 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,441 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,197 4 0 434.9
2022 Q1 9,505 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 9,774 2 0 204.6
2021 Q3 8,566 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 10,966 1 0 91.2
2021 Q1 9,777 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 10,128 4 0 394.9
2020 Q3 10,217 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 11,565 1 0 86.5
2020 Q1 9,513 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 10,240 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 11,512 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 11,546 4 0 346.4
2019 Q1 9,096 2 0 219.9
2018 Q4 9,218 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 11,972 6 1 501.2
2018 Q2 13,870 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 13,949 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 12,606 4 0 317.3
2017 Q2 13,072 3 0 229.5
2017 Q1 11,879 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 10,711 3 0 280.1
2016 Q3 13,976 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 14,875 1 0 67.2
2016 Q1 15,335 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 15,053 7 1 465.0
2015 Q3 16,008 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 16,224 3 1 184.9
2015 Q1 12,265 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 11,292 14 2 1239.8
2014 Q3 12,503 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 14,937 7 3 468.6
2014 Q1 15,643 1 0 63.9
2013 Q4 10,696 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 11,501 2 0 173.9
2013 Q2 13,474 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 12,353 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 12,443 2 0 160.7
2012 Q3 12,163 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 11,296 3 1 265.6
2012 Q1 10,870 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 9,940 3 0 301.8
2011 Q3 11,215 3 0 267.5
2011 Q2 10,169 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 13,540 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 11,827 4 1 338.2
2010 Q3 11,715 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 12,505 1 0 80.0
2010 Q1 10,684 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 11,984 4 3 333.8
2009 Q3 10,113 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 11,587 6 1 517.8
2009 Q1 9,597 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 13,347 10 3 749.2
2008 Q3 11,438 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 14,904 4 1 268.4
2008 Q1 11,827 17 3 1437.4
2007 Q4 14,758 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 11,868 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 13,948 3 1 215.1
2007 Q1 10,804 1 1 92.6
2006 Q4 11,542 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,966 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 12,613 1 0 79.3
2006 Q1 12,712 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 14,191 5 2 352.3
2005 Q3 13,702 9 4 656.8
2005 Q2 8,982 1 0 111.3
2005 Q1 7,598 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,965 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,323 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,660 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,943 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,986 1 0 167.1
2003 Q3 6,385 2 0 313.2
2003 Q2 6,156 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,480 3 0 463.0
2002 Q4 8,512 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,957 3 0 431.2
2002 Q1 3,840 3 0 781.2
2001 Q4 3,563 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,158 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,393 1 0 227.6
2001 Q1 4,561 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,333 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,264 2 0 379.9
2000 Q2 4,258 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,149 2 1 482.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2022 · 1 incident

January 20, 2022 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
The Quikrete Companies · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE tended to pallet while it was being motorized out of palletizer, finger got pinched between pallet and roller, tissue amputation on right hand ring finger

2011 · 2 incidents

March 15, 2011 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Quikrete Companies · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee tripped with pallet next to the shrink wrap area while trying to replace shrink wrap roll. Employee was carrying the tube that holds the shrink wrap roll and when he fell, the tube fell on his left hand, fracturing two fingers.

February 22, 2011 TX · Metal/Non-Metal forklift operator POWERED HAULAGE
The Quikrete Companies · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

An employee was driving a forklift with a couple of pallets and was not able to see in front of him while another employee walked in front of him and caught his right foot with the pallets. Employee was taken to emergency room to x-ray foot and found no fractures but very bruised up. The nurse said it was a contusion.

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