Mining Incidents

Westside Sand Products Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Randy P Willing
Bad Axe, Huron County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003553

Westside Sand Products has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $922 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
29
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,393
proposed penalties
$3,471
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $922 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
14
inspections on record
210
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: 210 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Westside Sand Products has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $922 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$922
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-09.
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 1,910 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,160 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 483 4 0 8281.6
2024 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 350 0 0 0.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 400 2 0 5000.0
2022 Q4 1,222 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,115 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,900 2 0 1052.6
2022 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,000 3 1 1000.0
2021 Q1 2,700 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,700 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,200 4 2 1818.2
2020 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 960 2 0 2083.3
2019 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,400 5 1 2083.3
2019 Q1 1,260 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,040 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,160 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,200 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,000 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 320 1 0 3125.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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