Alpine Silica-Kermit has $103K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 13,955 | 16 | 0 | 1146.5 |
| 2025 Q3 | 17,881 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 8,013 | 5 | 0 | 624.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 33,998 | 9 | 0 | 264.7 |
| 2024 Q4 | 22,122 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 14,499 | 2 | 0 | 137.9 |
| 2024 Q2 | 38,972 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 37,122 | 9 | 0 | 242.4 |
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 24,732 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 28,054 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 45,781 | 16 | 9 | 349.5 |
| 2023 Q1 | 41,957 | 5 | 1 | 119.2 |
| 2022 Q4 | 52,487 | 3 | 0 | 57.2 |
| 2022 Q3 | 33,986 | 22 | 10 | 647.3 |
| 2022 Q2 | 32,412 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 37,110 | 9 | 1 | 242.5 |
| 2021 Q4 | 38,870 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 39,225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 37,300 | 12 | 4 | 321.7 |
| 2021 Q1 | 32,062 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 24,965 | 8 | 3 | 320.4 |
| 2020 Q3 | 22,074 | 8 | 2 | 362.4 |
| 2020 Q2 | 5,395 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 33,878 | 8 | 5 | 236.1 |
| 2019 Q4 | 29,556 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 32,933 | 6 | 2 | 182.2 |
| 2019 Q2 | 54,628 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 58,057 | 7 | 3 | 120.6 |
| 2018 Q4 | 61,552 | 1 | 0 | 16.2 |
| 2018 Q3 | 54,077 | 23 | 7 | 425.3 |
| 2018 Q2 | 45,399 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 38,938 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 31,537 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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.
Operator slipped from top step/deck of 980K loader, landing on their back on concrete deck of sand storage area. Suffered injury to their head.
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.
Employee tripped over door threshold and landed on EE's right ankle.
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."
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.
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.
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.