Sand Products of Monterey has $55K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Sand Products of Monterey.
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2001–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
176
citations
40
significant & substantial
$54,744
proposed penalties
$45,763
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,981 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.
176 citations across 1,315 inspection hours.
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.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2012-04-25.
On record since 2012.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Sand Products of Monterey has $55K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$55K
proposed penalties
$46K
current assessed
$46K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
173 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $38K in penalties contested before the Commission, $26K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-28.
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.
35citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
Settled
30 · 86%
Vacated or withdrawn
5 · 14%
67%
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 15 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
32%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$38K proposed, $26K 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 2012-07-03.
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: 2025-06-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
37
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (37)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-06-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-06-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-06-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-06-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2023-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2021-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2021-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bobcat Operator
2017-11-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2017-11-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2017-11-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.94
0.24
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-11-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2017-11-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2017-03-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
1.55
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-03-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2013-11-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
1.29
0.09
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-11-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
1.52
0.14
Supervisor, Co. Official
2013-11-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.76
Utility Man
2013-11-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.64
2.24
0.29
Mechanic
2009-07-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-07-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-07-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2004-11-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
2.19
0.20
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2004-11-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2003-03-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-03-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.81
0.27
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-03-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-11-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.42
0.38
Washer Operator
2001-11-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.83
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.61
0.57
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2001-05-17
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.
Sand Products of Monterey recorded 7.01 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.
7.01
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 Tennessee, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.25 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 *
7.01
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 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
8.71
8.71
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
14
2025
13
2024
69
2023
12
2022
12
2021
11
2020
10
2019
13
2018
10
2017
16
2016
17
2015
17
2014
14
2013
12
2012
14
2011
13
2010
14
2009
13
2008
19
2007
19
2006
20
2005
18
2004
19
2003
18
2002
14
2001
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Sand Products of Monterey sits in Overton County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Overton County, Tennessee · Population 22,807
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$46,159
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
7,187
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
7,084
1
0
141.2
2025 Q4
6,692
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
7,200
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
7,586
4
0
527.3
2025 Q1
7,041
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
6,783
1
0
147.4
2024 Q3
7,562
0
0
0.0
Show 93 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
7,397
2
0
270.4
2024 Q1
4,267
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
4,422
3
0
678.4
2023 Q3
4,522
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,741
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,741
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
7,422
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,112
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
6,530
2
0
306.3
2022 Q1
5,741
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
6,512
3
1
460.7
2021 Q3
5,609
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
5,453
1
0
183.4
2021 Q1
5,794
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
5,997
1
0
166.8
2020 Q3
6,619
1
0
151.1
2020 Q2
7,485
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
5,159
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
5,488
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
6,977
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
9,421
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
7,897
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
8,107
1
0
123.4
2018 Q3
5,714
3
2
525.0
2018 Q2
4,826
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
4,303
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
6,497
3
0
461.8
2017 Q3
11,291
2
1
177.1
2017 Q2
11,220
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
9,892
3
1
303.3
2016 Q4
9,975
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
9,991
4
1
400.4
2016 Q2
11,019
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
9,147
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
10,180
1
0
98.2
2015 Q3
10,514
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
11,816
2
1
169.3
2015 Q1
6,683
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
7,759
2
0
257.8
2014 Q3
8,937
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
9,663
2
0
207.0
2014 Q1
7,796
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
6,664
2
0
300.1
2013 Q3
7,423
4
2
538.9
2013 Q2
5,928
2
0
337.4
2013 Q1
4,459
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
6,780
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
5,732
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,383
10
2
1354.5
2012 Q1
5,443
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
4,527
4
1
883.6
2011 Q3
6,893
3
1
435.2
2011 Q2
7,395
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
4,189
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
6,225
1
0
160.6
2010 Q3
7,962
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
8,366
1
0
119.5
2010 Q1
6,482
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
6,599
21
8
3182.3
2009 Q3
7,140
9
3
1260.5
2009 Q2
5,898
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
3,898
4
0
1026.2
2008 Q4
7,940
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
10,904
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
11,805
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
9,495
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
10,017
5
1
499.2
2007 Q3
12,564
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
11,295
1
0
88.5
2007 Q1
10,323
6
2
581.2
2006 Q4
11,311
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
12,899
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
12,817
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
11,785
11
2
933.4
2005 Q4
10,374
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
11,516
8
3
694.7
2005 Q2
12,462
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
9,020
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
10,148
3
2
295.6
2004 Q3
10,914
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
11,692
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
9,653
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
10,363
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
10,137
2
0
197.3
2003 Q2
9,569
6
1
627.0
2003 Q1
8,093
2
0
247.1
2002 Q4
6,620
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
9,371
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
9,831
4
1
406.9
2002 Q1
4,999
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,269
7
1
1328.5
2001 Q3
6,939
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
4,700
12
2
2553.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2025 · 1 incident
November 13, 2025TN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was using water hose to clean out under crusher when there was a change in water pressure causing employee to fall forward. Employee received 5 stitches to LT eyebrow. Discharged to full duty with no restrictions and no prescriptions.
2018 · 1 incident
July 16, 2018TN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mechanic was working on a Bell articulated truck engine, removing misc exhaust hoses. He was leaning on a wrench and slipped, causing his forearm to come in contact with something that resulted in a laceration. The right forearm was affected.
2008 · 1 incident
March 26, 2008TN · Metal/Non-Metalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerMACHINERY
Water pump motor had stoped running. He thought it needed to be primed before he started it back. The discharge line was full of water up a step grade. The water had sit it pump and gotten hot. He removed prime plug and hot water sprayed on his left hand burning it.
2006 · 1 incident
May 23, 2006TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee got under shaker, removed guard from tail pulley and placed it leaning on shaker frame. He turned around and the vibration of shaker made guard fall on his back. On 8-26-05 employee was told not to be around shaker on tail pulley when it was running. This was the reason he was starting work at 5:30 a.m.
2004 · 1 incident
August 5, 2004TN · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDLING OF MATERIALS