Mining Incidents

Wilks Brothers LLC controller

MSHA controller ID: 0137421

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
30
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2018–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
193
citations
55
significant & substantial
$113,199
proposed penalties
$112,511
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $688 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
67
inspections on record
1,249
inspection hours
15.5
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
193 citations across 1,249 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$113K
proposed penalties
$113K
current assessed
$113K
paid to date
$688
outstanding
187 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
6
2024
3
2023
5
2022
5
2021
5
2020
2
2019
2
2018
2

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