Data / Mines / Illinois / Northern White Sand
Northern White Sand: 13 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Northern White Sand is an active sand, industrial surface mine in La Salle County, Illinois, operated by Northern White Sand LLC with 30 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1103253). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 13 citations and orders there with $1,774 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1103253
- Status
- Active since March 26, 2021
- Main commodity
- Sand, industrial
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- La Salle County, Illinois
- Nearest town
- Utica
- Operator
- Northern White Sand LLC
- Parent company
- Smart Sand Inc
- Employees
- 30
- MSHA field office
- Peru IL Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 13
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $1,774
- Amount paid so far
- $1,774
- Inspections
- 18
- Inspector hours on site
- 231
- Citations per inspection
- 0.72 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 13, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 3 ($755 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | $276 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | $441 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | $755 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | $302 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Northern White Sand
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.16005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in La Salle County, Illinois
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedron Plant | Wedron Silica LLC | La Salle County, IL | Sand, industrial | 140 | 244 |
| LaSalle Quarry and Mill | Illinois Cement Company | La Salle County, IL | Cement | 123 | 211 |
| Ottawa Plant | U.S. Silica Company, LLC | La Salle County, IL | Ground silica | 124 | 209 |
| Manley Bros. | Manley Bros.Of Indiana Inc | La Salle County, IL | Sand, industrial | 23 | 91 |
| Vermilion Plant (MC47) | RiverStone Group Inc | La Salle County, IL | Crushed, broken limestone | 6 | 39 |
| Troy Grove Stone Quarry (MC46) | RiverStone Group Inc | La Salle County, IL | Crushed, broken limestone | 7 | 35 |
| Amrize Utica Stone Plant | Amrize Mid-America Inc. | La Salle County, IL | Crushed, broken limestone | 8 | 25 |
| Troy Grove Plant | Covia Solutions LLC | La Salle County, IL | Sand, industrial | 4 | 24 |
| Seneca Sand LLC | Seneca Sand LLC. | La Salle County, IL | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 5 |
| Sheridan | Tri-Con Materials, Inc. | La Salle County, IL | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 1 |
| Kellyco Inc Portable | Kellyco Inc | La Salle County, IL | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 1 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.