MINE DETAILS
Preferred Sands of Genoa
MSHA MINE ID2501243
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Preferred Sands of Genoa41.40778, -97.82361Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-17. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
—reported short tons
Hours worked
—reported employee hours
Tons per hour
—production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q2 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q1 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q2 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-17
Violations
172 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
50 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
8,393.0016 of 17 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
84.755 inspections · 5 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q2 | 5 | 1 | 4,182.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28.5 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q1 | 5 | 0 | 3,155.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26.5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q3 | 6 | 0 | 1,056.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.8 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
56.5001(a)/56.5005 · S&S
Spot Inspection · 13.0 on-site hours
56.4011 · $151.00 proposed
56.12018 · $151.00 proposed
56.12004 · $226.00 proposed
56.14132(a) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 16.8 on-site hours
56.12004 · $226.00 proposed
56.4201(a)(2) · $151.00 proposed
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Accident narrative
Employee experience back pain while trying to hook up a tow cable to a piece of equipment. Employee complained of pain, so EE was taken to the hospital for evaluation.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Maintenance employee was working in the plant and at some point, in time EE debris in EE's eye. EE flushed it out, but it was still irritated so EE went to the eye doctor to make sure the debris was not still present. The eye doctor prescribed eye drops for the irritation. Employee was able to return to work immediately.
Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 1.0 on-site hours
56.14132(a) · $642.00 proposed
56.14201(b) · $288.00 proposed
56.4130(b) · $151.00 proposed
56.14214(a) · $1,037.00 proposed
56.14132(b) · $1,037.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 25.5 on-site hours
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Accident narrative
Employee was carrying a ladder and felt a sharp pain in EE's wrist. Employee iced EE's wrist. Near the end of January the employee felt that it wasn't getting any better and decided to have it checked and ultimately have surgery. Had surgery on 1/28/26 and returned to work EE's next scheduled day of work, 1/31/26.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee was carrying fire extinguishers to the safety cage for inspection. EE's elbow became sore with discomfort from lifting the extinguishers.
56.14209(b) · $245.00 proposed
56.14100(c) · S&S · $1,550.00 proposed
56.14109 · $313.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 28.5 on-site hours
56.12017 · $1,037.00 proposed
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-17.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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Preferred Intermediate Holding Company, LLCcontrolsPreferred Proppants LLC.operatesPreferred Sands of Genoa
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2501243—
Mike O'Neill et alcontrolsPreferred Sands of Genoa LLCoperatesPreferred Sands of Genoa
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2501243Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
59 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 510 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD13 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
285 violation rows across the full record; 52 carry an S&S flag and $126,715 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY89 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
36 personal. 7 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE36 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
NO CURRENT QUARTERNo published quarter
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
27 contested-violation rows, 27 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE62 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
Contractors
Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT15 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
67 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE21 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 17, 2026. 20 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000000202603919900 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Sampler, Dust | 0.55× published limitConcentration: 0000.28 · limit: 0000.51Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F0483DD |
| 000000202603920100 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Dry Screen Plant Operator | 1.44× published limitConcentration: 0000.95 · limit: 0000.66Source unit unspecified | Not reported | EXCEEDS THE PEL BUT NOT THE PEL X ERROR FACTORInspection F0483DD |
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 56.5001Exposure limits for airborne contaminants.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.4011Abandoned electric circuits.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12018Identification of power switches.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12004Electrical conductors.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.14132Horns and backup alarms.3 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.4201Inspection.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14201Conveyor start-up warnings.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.4130Electric substations and liquid storage facilities.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
527024956.5001(a)/56.5005S&S
527002356.4011Citation
527002256.12018Citation
527002156.12004Citation
527002056.14132(a)Citation
527001956.12004Citation
527001856.4201(a)(2)Citation
511391056.14132(a)Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgTruck Loader
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
14 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors59May 27, 2008—Mar 22, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Apr 22, 2008—Apr 22, 2008mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal282Apr 23, 2008—Aug 10, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal27Jul 16, 2009—Jul 17, 2025mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal8May 8, 2008—Sep 21, 2015mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal27May 13, 2008—Feb 22, 2023mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety2,699Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety451Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance2Apr 23, 2008—Jul 14, 2015mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance40Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance67Apr 23, 2008—Sep 21, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety36May 14, 2008—Sep 22, 2026mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal285Apr 23, 2008—Oct 12, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.