Valerie Carnes controller
MSHA controller ID: 0183444
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Mines on record
- 6
- Years on record
- 2024–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
241
citations
79
significant & substantial
$297,096
proposed penalties
$285,991
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,105 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
74
inspections on record
1,062
inspection hours
22.7
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.241 citations across 1,062 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.$297K
proposed penalties
$297K
current assessed
$286K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
239 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 5 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
5
2025
3
2024
7
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- SILICA PLANT FL
- Edgar Minerals, Inc. FL
- Lake Wales Dry Plant FL
- FLINT PLANT FL
- Scott Pit AL
- IVEY SAND PLANT GA
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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.