Sand Mountain Sand has $2K 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
5
Years on record
1996–2004
Latest incident
Mar 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
8
significant & substantial
$1,692
proposed penalties
$1,692
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: 340 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 Mountain Sand has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-10-12.
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: 2006-02-07, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-02-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-02-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
1.32
0.13
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-02-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2002-11-07
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.41
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-11-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
1
0.37
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-11-07
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-11-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.32
0.53
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.84
0.21
Truck Driver
2001-10-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.6
0.91
0.66
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Sand Mountain Sand recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘ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 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.11 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
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
6.82
6.82
0.000
2000 *
5.90
5.90
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
2008
1
2007
1
2006
8
2005
6
2004
8
2003
8
2002
9
2001
10
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Sand Mountain Sand sits in Wythe County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Wythe County, Virginia · Population 28,219
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$55,359
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
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
984
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
133
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
0
0
0
2007 Q2
0
0
0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
Show 28 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4
2,998
1
1
333.6
2006 Q3
3,607
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
4,311
3
2
695.9
2006 Q1
4,423
3
1
678.3
2005 Q4
4,647
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,027
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
3,485
2
1
573.9
2005 Q1
2,747
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,757
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
4,632
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,436
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,749
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,743
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,914
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,955
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,953
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,854
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,375
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,936
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
5,220
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,877
3
1
510.5
2001 Q3
8,648
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
8,056
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
6,753
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,744
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
8,021
5
2
623.4
2000 Q2
8,909
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
9,237
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2004 · 1 incident
March 11, 2004VA · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorDUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Salem Stone Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE WENT TO DR ON 3/31/03 WITH A COMPLAINT OF PAIN IN HIS LEFT RIB-CAGE AREA. X-RAYS WERE TAKEN & HE WAS REFERRED TO ANOTHER DR WHO ORDERED MORE TESTS. DR STATED IT COULD BE SILICOSIS BUT MORE TESTS NEEDED TO BE DONE. THIS WAS TURNED INTO WORKER'S COMP ON 7/24/03 SO THEY COULD OBTAIN MEDICAL RECORDS ON EE. RECEIVED LETTER FROM WC 3/11/04 THAT SUGGESTS HE MAY HAVE SILICOSIS.
2001 · 1 incident
September 27, 2001VA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS USING A WEDGE TO GET ROCK OUT OF JAW CRUSHER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF WEDGE AND STRUCK HIS CHIN. DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL 10/2MISSING 2 DAYS OF WORK GOING TO DOCTOR.
2000 · 1 incident
October 26, 2000VA · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS GOING TO CLEAN UP AROUND BOOTH WHEN ROCK CAME OUT OF FEEDER & FELL ON EE'S LEFT FOOT
1998 · 1 incident
November 30, 1998VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF PIPE WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO THREAD A GALV. PIPE FITTING INTO THE PIPE, WHEN PIPE SLIPPED, FITTING HIT INJURED IN MOUTH, CAUSING A FRACTURE TO FRONT TOOTH.
1996 · 1 incident
August 9, 1996VA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)