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White Sands Mining Co.: 75 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

The Sand Trap, Inc · Surface
Controlled by John Schardein
Elizabeth, Harrison County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1200676

White Sands Mining Co. has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $862 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1987–2007
Latest incident
Jan 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
75
citations
23
significant & substantial
$7,193
proposed penalties
$6,331
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $862 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See The Sand Trap, Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
51
inspections on record
573
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: 573 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

White Sands Mining Co. has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $862 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$862
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-02.
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.
30.7%
significant & substantial
1.3%
high negligence or reckless
30.7%
reasonably likely or greater
29.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.7% low, 84.0% moderate, 1.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2013-09-18, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (23)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-09-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2013-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2013-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Loader
2010-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2010-08-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Backhoe Operator
2010-08-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Truck Driver
2009-05-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2009-05-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Utility Man
2005-01-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Utility Man
2004-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.49 0.10 Truck Driver
2004-05-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Backhoe Operator
2004-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.24 0.13 Truck Loader
2003-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2003-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.53 0.47 Truck Driver
2002-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.95 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 1.07 0.31 Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-02-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Truck Loader
2002-02-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Building Repair/Maint.
2001-01-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 1.78 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-07-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2000-07-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
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.
Ownership history
  1. M E G Constructors Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. Card Industrial Sand Corp 1985 to 1989
  3. U S Silica Company 1989 to 1995
  4. The Sand Trap, Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 5
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 3
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 5
2003 5
2002 5
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

White Sands Mining Co. sits in Harrison County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Harrison County, Indiana · Population 39,785
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$72,468
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
2014 Q4 1,954 7 0 3582.4
2014 Q3 2,299 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,640 1 1 609.8
2014 Q1 1,489 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,641 3 1 1828.2
2013 Q3 1,983 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,743 5 3 2868.6
2013 Q1 1,768 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4 1,438 3 2 2086.2
2012 Q3 1,625 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,575 3 0 1904.8
2012 Q1 120 1 0 8333.3
2011 Q4 1,740 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,326 5 2 2149.6
2011 Q2 1,663 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,118 3 1 2683.4
2010 Q4 1,515 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,877 4 2 2131.1
2010 Q2 1,444 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,272 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,638 2 1 1221.0
2009 Q3 2,181 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,751 1 0 571.1
2009 Q1 1,419 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,067 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,047 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,036 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,009 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,004 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,643 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,082 2 0 960.6
2007 Q1 1,681 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 728 2 0 2747.3
2006 Q3 1,856 3 2 1616.4
2006 Q2 2,183 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,422 3 2 1238.6
2005 Q4 2,173 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,033 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,214 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,536 2 0 1302.1
2004 Q4 1,875 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,984 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,021 6 3 2968.8
2004 Q1 1,496 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,427 5 1 2060.2
2003 Q3 2,271 2 1 880.7
2003 Q2 2,035 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,214 3 0 1355.0
2002 Q3 1,901 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,653 1 0 605.0
2002 Q1 1,693 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,271 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,444 2 0 818.3
2001 Q2 2,108 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,752 2 1 1141.6
2000 Q4 2,470 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 767 4 0 5215.1
2000 Q2 2,629 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,184 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2007 · 1 incident

January 19, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Sand Trap, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was changing the battery cable when the service door shut on his left hand.

2002 · 1 incident

February 6, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The Sand Trap, Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF BELTING FOR A BELT SCRAPER USING A BOX KNIFE ON THE WORK BENCH. WHEN THE PIECE HE WAS CUTTING SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS HAND.

2000 · 2 incidents

December 6, 2000 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The Sand Trap, Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING ACHEATER BAR TO TIGHTEN LUG NUTS WHEN THE SOCKET BROKE. GIVING HIM A JOLT TO THE UPPER BODY.

June 5, 2000 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Sand Trap, Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS STARTING TO LOAD A STRUCK WITH DRY SAND. WHEN HE REACHED UP AND PULLED THE LEVER TO RELEASE THE SAND RUST FROM THE LEVER FELL INTO HIS EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME.

1999 · 1 incident

June 18, 1999 IN · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Sand Trap, Inc · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN THE STEPS. WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED, HE REACHED AROUND HIMSELF TO CATCH HIMSELF FROM FALLING.

1998 · 2 incidents

August 12, 1998 IN · Metal/Non-Metal DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
The Sand Trap, Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WELDING TRACK HOE BUCKET AND GOT A FLASH.

July 8, 1998 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
The Sand Trap, Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WE WERE WELDING ON TOOTH ON THE EXCAVATOR BUCKET THE LAST THING BEFORE WE WENT HOME. EE WASN'T AWARE OF IT TIL 700 OR 800 THAT NIGHT.

1987 · 2 incidents