TOLAND SAND PLANT has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $504 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
32
Years on record
1987–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
88
citations
21
significant & substantial
$14,488
proposed penalties
$13,984
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $504 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.
88 citations across 1,002 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
TOLAND SAND PLANT has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $504 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$504
outstanding
87 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $578 in penalties contested before the Commission, $578 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-22.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$578 proposed, $578 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 2014-09-22.
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: 2025-05-06
55%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
35
samples
22
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2212 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (35)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2008-12-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.62
0.15
4.13
Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-12-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.27
1.30
Laborer, Bullgang
2008-10-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.71
0.32
2.22
Laborer, Bullgang
2008-10-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
0.35
1.20
Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-04-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.22
1.00
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-06-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.19
1.00
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-04-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
0.18
2.39
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-09-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
0.16
3.13
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
0.22
2.27
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2
1.88
1.06
Washer Operator
2004-05-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.03
0.66
1.56
Washer Operator
2004-05-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.22
1.27
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-05-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-05-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.43
0.53
Truck Loader
2021-05-11
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0.39
Truck Driver
2021-05-11
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
2.62
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-05-11
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
0.6
0.70
Utility Man
2017-06-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-06-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2017-06-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.51
0.29
Utility Man
2017-06-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2008-12-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
0.49
0.76
Laborer, Bullgang
2008-10-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.54
0.43
Truck Loader
2008-04-10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Utility Man
2008-04-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.38
0.47
Utility Man
2004-05-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.67
1.28
0.52
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-11-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.27
0.96
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
2.06
0.23
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-05-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.66
0.24
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
TOLAND SAND PLANT recorded 17.84 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.
17.84
total case rate
8.92
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 Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.07 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 *
17.84
8.92
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
7.27
0.00
0.000
2018 *
6.48
0.00
0.000
2017 *
6.36
6.36
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
0.00
0.00
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
8
2025
10
2024
11
2023
11
2022
17
2021
18
2020
15
2019
13
2018
15
2017
15
2016
16
2015
15
2014
13
2013
15
2012
15
2011
13
2010
13
2009
12
2008
11
2007
13
2006
10
2005
9
2004
9
2003
11
2002
12
2001
9
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
TOLAND SAND PLANT sits in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania · Population 264,422
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$85,634
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
6,025
1
1
166.0
2026 Q1
5,851
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
7,814
3
2
383.9
2025 Q3
6,045
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
4,611
5
1
1084.4
2025 Q1
3,951
3
0
759.3
2024 Q4
3,483
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
4,716
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,613
3
0
650.3
2024 Q1
4,320
1
0
231.5
2023 Q4
4,627
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
4,750
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,047
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
4,930
2
1
405.7
2022 Q4
4,503
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
4,971
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
1,710
3
1
1754.4
2022 Q1
4,280
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
4,669
4
0
856.7
2021 Q3
5,080
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
4,172
1
0
239.7
2021 Q1
5,565
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
6,769
2
0
295.5
2020 Q3
7,336
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
7,818
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
8,114
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
7,110
1
0
140.6
2019 Q3
7,401
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
7,122
2
0
280.8
2019 Q1
5,895
1
0
169.6
2018 Q4
7,425
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
8,151
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
7,776
1
0
128.6
2018 Q1
7,514
3
1
399.3
2017 Q4
7,750
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
8,607
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
7,360
2
2
271.7
2017 Q1
7,729
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
8,319
2
0
240.4
2016 Q3
9,595
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
9,257
2
1
216.1
2016 Q1
8,618
2
0
232.1
2015 Q4
9,614
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
9,835
1
0
101.7
2015 Q2
9,074
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
5,947
1
0
168.2
2014 Q4
7,795
1
0
128.3
2014 Q3
7,489
3
2
400.6
2014 Q2
7,123
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
5,036
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
7,381
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
7,792
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
8,136
3
0
368.7
2013 Q1
6,867
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
7,098
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
7,091
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
8,081
2
0
247.5
2012 Q1
6,702
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,134
2
0
326.1
2011 Q3
6,366
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,899
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
5,163
1
0
193.7
2010 Q4
6,165
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
6,902
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
6,607
2
0
302.7
2010 Q1
5,717
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
6,864
6
4
874.1
2009 Q3
7,369
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,892
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
4,046
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,578
3
2
537.8
2008 Q3
5,285
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
5,874
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
4,081
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
6,606
2
1
302.8
2007 Q3
7,100
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
8,054
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,430
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
6,280
1
0
159.2
2006 Q3
6,287
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
4,760
2
0
420.2
2006 Q1
4,450
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
5,352
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
5,231
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
4,104
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,903
1
0
344.5
2004 Q4
3,977
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
6,272
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
6,653
3
1
450.9
2004 Q1
3,570
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,437
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,730
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,629
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
4,782
3
0
627.4
2002 Q4
6,188
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,375
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,980
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
5,592
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,189
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,107
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,420
2
0
369.0
2001 Q1
4,677
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,100
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,451
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
6,570
1
1
152.2
2000 Q1
5,242
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
32 on file
2025 · 2 incidents
November 10, 2025PA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was removing accumulated metal from the magnet. During the removal of a large piece of metal, the angle iron shifted and struck the employee on the left side of the head below the hard hat brim. Employee sustained a laceration requiring a staple and a tetanus shot. The next morning, the Coworker reported dizziness and nausea and was diagnosed with a concussion.
October 2, 2025PA · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE was trying to remove a tree that was stuck at the underside of a crusher, on top of a belt. While pulling on the tree, EE felt pain on the right side of abdomen, and the injury resulted in a strain. The injury did not meet reportable criteria until after EE's follow up visit on 01/22/2024 when ee was issued a work restriction of no shoveling.
2023 · 1 incident
June 28, 2023PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE has suffered a standard threshold shift in hearing compared to their baseline. EE has been retrained on proper use of hearing protection and has also went over the hearing conservation plan with a safety team member.
Employee was lifting a pump with other employees and strained his leg. Employees on site were previously instructed to use a come-along to lift anything heavy.
Employee was installing a new 20HP electric motor on the #3 conveyor. A 3/4 ton chain hoist was being used to lift the motor into place. The safety latch on the hook failed resulting in the motor striking the employees left forearm.
2009 · 3 incidents
November 18, 2009PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Injured was cutting tree's for firewood and a wind gust caused the striking tree to fall in a unexpected direction thus striking the tree cutter. Injured was not an employee of the mine.
February 10, 2009PA · Metal/Non-MetalpumperMACHINERY
The employee was assisting a contract welder who was working in a feeder area of the plant. The injured employee was acting as a spotter in the event that the welder needed help due to working in a confined space.
Employee fell thru a elevated walkway when the steel grating approx. 22" wide and 36" long he stepped on dislodged. the walkway was supported on both side with 3"x3" angle iron and was adjacent to a crusher. It appears the weld broke as a result of vibration.
May 16, 2007PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was shoveling from under belt for several hours before pain & tingling in hands/fingers began. He did not report any problem until 7/5/06, we then sent him for a medical examination. *Possible carpal tunnel syndrome.
1997 · 1 incident
June 3, 1997PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS STANDING ON DECK ABOVE CLASSIFIER CHECKING HOW GATE WAS WORKING WHILE LEANING AGAINST METAL RESTRAINING RAILING. WELD FAILED & RAILING GAVE WAS CAUSING EE TO FALL INTO CLASSIFIER TANK A PPROX 6-8' BELOW, SUFFERING HEAD, FACIAL & LOWERBACK INJURIES.
1991 · 2 incidents
May 28, 1991PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN KNOCKING HOLES IN A CONCRETE PIPE WITH A JACK HAMMER.EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE BIT IN PLACE.WHEN THE BIT BROKE THROUGH THE PIPE THE HAMMER DROPPED AGAINST THE PIPE MAS HING EMPLOYEES FINGER.
February 11, 1991PA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS ASCENDING A STAIRWAY WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL UP THE STAIRS HITTING HIS KNEE ON THE STEP CAUSING A CONTUSION TO THE KNEE
1988 · 2 incidents
July 30, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CREW HAD REPLACED BEARING IN HEAD PULLEY #5.INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD REMOVED COME-A-LONG FROM CRANE HOOK AND WAS CLIMBING OVER SPEED REDUCER,FELL IN AN UNKNOWN MANNER.HE BRUSHED THE BACK OF FOREMA N(NAME) WHO WAS STANDING ON THE 42" WIDE CATWALK.FROM THERE HE FELL 34' TO THE GROUND,MISSING THE CATWALK ON THE NEXT LOWER LEVEL AND LANDING ON THE GROUND.
May 17, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON