Mining Incidents

Silver Lake West Sand Metal/Non-Metal

Topeka, Shawnee County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401702

Silver Lake West Sand has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2022–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
58
citations
9
significant & substantial
$10,597
proposed penalties
$10,597
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
43
inspections on record
334
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: 334 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Silver Lake West Sand has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 3,438 3 0 872.6
2025 Q3 3,674 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,205 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,697 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,108 1 0 321.8
2024 Q3 3,947 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,138 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,466 0 0 0.0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,397 2 0 588.8
2023 Q3 3,320 1 0 301.2
2023 Q2 2,539 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,863 1 0 349.3
2022 Q4 2,203 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,449 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,587 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,469 1 0 405.0
2021 Q4 2,492 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,455 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,264 4 0 1766.8
2021 Q1 2,111 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,223 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,270 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,286 1 0 437.4
2020 Q1 1,988 2 0 1006.0
2019 Q4 1,812 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,077 6 2 2888.8
2019 Q2 1,669 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,503 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,060 6 2 2912.6
2018 Q3 2,682 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,069 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,475 1 0 678.0
2017 Q4 1,623 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,020 5 0 2475.2
2017 Q2 2,152 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,520 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,463 3 0 1218.0
2016 Q3 2,190 1 0 456.6
2016 Q2 2,032 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,986 2 0 1007.0
2015 Q4 2,009 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,998 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,024 3 0 1482.2
2015 Q1 1,833 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,276 1 0 783.7
2014 Q3 1,504 3 1 1994.7
2014 Q2 1,455 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,215 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,247 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,488 1 0 672.0
2013 Q2 1,865 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,055 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,374 2 1 1455.6
2012 Q3 1,478 1 1 676.6
2012 Q2 1,456 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,454 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,175 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,185 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,245 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,967 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,301 2 0 869.2
2010 Q3 2,437 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,236 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,937 3 2 1548.8
2009 Q4 2,338 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,469 2 0 810.0
2009 Q2 1,895 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

November 24, 2025 KS · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Builders Choice Aggregates · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was attempting to lift the end of a office desk and pulled a muscle in the left arm. Lifting item.

2022 · 1 incident

September 26, 2022 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Builders Choice Aggregates · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was pulling chain onto dredge pontoon for repair. Chain got caught on a bolt head of pontoon access panel. When chain popped free, the resulting slack caused employee to slip backwards into the hand railing of the steps built over the lift winch.

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The full compliance file on Silver Lake West Sand

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.