EE was operating an excavator in Pit 2 at SPS Atascosa. Pit 2 is located between two tailings ponds. 9:18 AM one of the tailings ponds breached causing tailings mixture to flow into the work site. Tailings mixture tipped over the excavator EE was operating cab side down. The front window broke, tailings mixture engulfed the cab & 75% of the vehicle. Employee could not escape.
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MSHA controller ID: 0146121
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
286
citations
46
significant & substantial
$249,870
proposed penalties
$66,774
paid to date
27% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $183,096 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
87
inspections on record
2,543
inspection hours
11.2
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.286 citations across 2,543 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.$250K
proposed penalties
$250K
current assessed
$67K
paid to date
$183K
outstanding
253 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 fatality
- MACHINERY 1 fatality
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 17 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 13 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
4 (1f)
2024
8
2023
7
2022
7 (1f)
2021
4
2020
3
2019
12
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
2 recorded
May 1, 2025
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
rotary bucket excavator operator
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
SP Silica of Atascosa, LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object
December 16, 2022
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · MACHINERY
SP Silica of Atascosa, LLC · Struck by falling object
Employee was working with a 3 man crew dismantling a Caterpillar 390F Excavator. During dismantling, EE was impacted by the counterweight. The other 2 crew members did not witness the accident.
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