Mineral Separation Plant has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $906 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Mineral Separation Plant.
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2010–2025
Latest incident
Dec 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
85
citations
11
significant & substantial
$24,550
proposed penalties
$23,443
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,107 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
30
inspections on record
614
inspection hours
n/a
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: 614 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mineral Separation Plant has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $906 outstanding across 4 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$906
outstanding
85 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4
21,167
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
23,300
1
0
42.9
2025 Q2
21,817
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
21,166
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
6,021
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
35,605
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
33,241
13
2
391.1
2015 Q2
39,858
0
0
0.0
Show 25 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1
34,594
2
0
57.8
2014 Q4
38,875
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
43,415
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
48,135
2
0
41.5
2014 Q1
42,292
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
48,696
7
1
143.7
2013 Q3
46,104
7
3
151.8
2013 Q2
47,382
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
21,175
13
0
613.9
2012 Q4
41,459
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
46,798
18
2
384.6
2012 Q2
46,416
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
44,499
10
2
224.7
2011 Q4
39,473
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
43,545
3
0
68.9
2011 Q2
43,056
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
40,560
4
1
98.6
2010 Q4
35,320
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
35,934
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
35,815
3
0
83.8
2010 Q1
32,945
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
28,318
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
27,716
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
33,527
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
32,216
1
0
31.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2025 · 2 incidents
December 8, 2025VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was cutting a 3" diameter steel pipe. When pipe was cut free, the material supporting the pipe failed, causing the pipe to swing and struck the employee in the right shoulder.
2012 · 2 incidents
July 17, 2012VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techDISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Employee was working in top of plant. Became hot and went to cool down. Was transported to hospital for evaluation only as precaution. Diagnosed with heat stress and discharged within 2 hours. No loss of consciousness or orientation occurred.
June 17, 2012VA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee picked up a 2 gallon bucket of sand with his right arm and felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder. Seen at local ER and diagnosed with separated AC joint in right shoulder.
2010 · 1 incident
January 18, 2010VA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Mechanic was cutting a 2" steel pipe with a Metabo and metal cutting disc. The Metabo kicked back and cut employee on left arm, 3" above elbow. Employee suffered a 3" laceration requiring 7 stitches to close wound.
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on Mineral Separation Plant
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.