The employee was near a screw conveyor on the 3rd floor of the finish mill 2 building. At some point their hand and arm became entangled in the screw conveyor. Emergency response was called immediately and the employee was transported to a hospital. The hospital later reported that the employee passed away.
Elementia Materiales controller
MSHA controller ID: 0139981
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
1,787
citations
389
significant & substantial
$3,379,752
proposed penalties
$2,612,449
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $767,303 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
236
inspections on record
11,312
inspection hours
15.8
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.1,787 citations across 11,312 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$3.4M
proposed penalties
$2.6M
current assessed
$2.6M
paid to date
$312
outstanding
1,730 assessments are final orders; 59 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 11 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 42 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 21 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 12 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 8 non-fatal
- STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT 5 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
2
2025
4
2024
9
2023
12
2022
14 (1f)
2021
17
2020
13
2019
15
2018
15
2017
8
2016
3
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
1 recorded
July 21, 2022
SC · Metal/Non-Metal
utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator
Fatality · MACHINERY
Giant Cement Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
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