Alpine Silica-Kermit has $103K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2018–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
173
citations
47
significant & substantial
$102,884
proposed penalties
$102,431
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $453 gap.
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.
Rate withheld: 974 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Alpine Silica-Kermit has $103K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$103K
proposed penalties
$103K
current assessed
$102K
paid to date
$453
outstanding
173 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2025-07-15
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz31 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-04-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
0.43
1.26
Utility Man
2025-07-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2025-04-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
0.44
0.91
Utility Man
2025-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2021-04-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
0.53
0.87
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-04-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2021-04-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2021-04-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2019-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2019-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Alpine Silica-Kermit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.17 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023
1.42
1.42
0.000
2022
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021
1.36
1.36
0.000
2020 *
2.32
0.00
0.000
2019
1.14
1.14
0.000
2018
2.00
2.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
35
2025
36
2024
51
2023
62
2022
53
2021
56
2020
40
2019
73
2018
72
2017
44
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Alpine Silica-Kermit sits in Winkler County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 17.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Winkler County, Texas · Population 7,540
17.6%
Mining share of county employment
$91,898
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Alpine Silica, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee changed a bearing on an exhaust fan and was reinstalling the V-belts by hand when left pointer fingertip was caught between the V-belt and pulley sheave. The belt was rotated to free their finger. After removing their glove, a laceration was found. Employee was taken to the hospital, received four sutures, and returned to duty after treatment.
2023 · 1 incident
February 3, 2023TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee started shift on 8/28/21 at 6PM operating a Loader. At 2:30AM (8/29/21), they stopped Loader operation for a break. When they stepped down onto last step, they reported left knee bent backwards causing pain. Medical care diagnoses include: 1) sprain of unspecified site of left knee, 2-3) pain in and effusion unspecified knee, and 4) other bursitis.
Plant Maintenance Employee was attempting to align mounting points on exhaust duct work with a bull pin when EE's grasp on the bull pin slipped and EE was struck on the mouth/nose, lacerating EE's lip.
2019 · 2 incidents
November 22, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A contractor truck driver was opening a hatch on top of the trailer when the driver fell off of the truck. The driver was using a safety rack to access the hatch on top of the truck. The driver complained of back pain. 911 was called and driver was taken to the ER via ambulance. X-rays showed no broken bones. Driver was released with "bumps and bruises."
Alpine Silica, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Conveyor belt shifted causing overloads to trip. Maintenance discovered the take ups had failed. They were trying to remove them to do repairs when the load shifted catching the miner's arm.
March 3, 2018TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was in screen house A putting screens back on the top rack. Employee and another employee were pushing the screens back in and pulled a muscle in back.