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North American Silica Sand, LLC: 36 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
North American Silica Sand, LLC is an intermittent sand, industrial processing facility in Atascosa County, Texas, operated by North American Silica Sand, LLC with 8 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4105470). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 36 citations and orders there with $21,426 in proposed penalties, and 2 accident reports were filed there, with 2 injury or illness cases, 1 of them fatal.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4105470
- Status
- Intermittent since December 3, 2025
- Main commodity
- Sand, industrial
- Mine type
- Facility
- County
- Atascosa County, Texas
- Nearest town
- Poteet
- Operator
- North American Silica Sand, LLC
- Employees
- 8
- MSHA field office
- San Antonio TX Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 36
- Significant and substantial
- 11 (30.6%)
- Closure orders
- 6
- High negligence or reckless
- 7
- Proposed penalties
- $21,426
- Amount paid so far
- $2,295
- Inspections
- 18
- Inspector hours on site
- 114
- Citations per inspection
- 2.00 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 2
- Injury and illness cases
- 2
- Fatalities
- 1
- Latest MSHA record
- October 26, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 9 ($604 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 | 7 | 1 | $1,119 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 4 | $16,145 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | $723 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 0 |
| 2026 | 9 | 5 | $3,288 | 2 |
Standards cited most at North American Silica Sand, LLC
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 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.20011 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 46.5 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 41.12 | Notice of legal identity | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.16005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.3200 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.11 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4203 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at North American Silica Sand, LLC
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Fatality | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at North American Silica Sand, LLC describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
| Falling/sliding/rolling materials | 1 |
Other open mines in Atascosa County, Texas
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Force Sand Pleasanton | Force Sand, LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Sand, industrial | 13 | 142 |
| Poteet Plant | Carousel Energy Services | Atascosa County, TX | Ground silica | 4 | 117 |
| Atascosa | Iron Oak Atascosa LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Sand, industrial | 99 | 96 |
| San Miguel Lignite Mine | Nacg Texas, Inc. | Atascosa County, TX | Coal (lignite) | 287 | 82 |
| Bigfoot Mine | Iron Oak Eagle Ford LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 14 | 40 |
| 16 Sand, LLC | 16 Sand, LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Sand, common | 2 | 37 |
| Sandy Oak Materials | Sandy Oak Materials, LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Sand, common | 5 | 29 |
| Palo Alto Sand Inc. | Palo Alto Silica Sand Inc | Atascosa County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 9 | 14 |
| Brazil Pit | Far South Mining LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 12 |
| Poteet Sand Plant | Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 11 | 8 |
| Poteet Sand and Gravel | Capitol Aggregates, Inc. | Atascosa County, TX | Sand, common | 5 | 8 |
| Espey Pit and Plant | Espey Silica Sand Company | Atascosa County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 11 | 6 |
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.