Mother Earth has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2022
Latest incident
Nov 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
66
citations
13
significant & substantial
$43,600
proposed penalties
$43,600
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
19
inspections on record
268
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: 268 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mother Earth has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$44K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-10.
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
1,620
5
1
3086.4
2025 Q3
2,795
8
2
2862.3
2025 Q2
4,040
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
32
11
0
343750.0
2024 Q4
0
0
0
2024 Q3
32
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
3,510
11
4
3133.9
2024 Q1
3,683
17
6
4615.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
8,970
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
9,797
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
10,311
7
0
678.9
2023 Q1
4,520
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
8,803
7
0
795.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2022 · 1 incident
November 9, 2022TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Employee was using an angle grinder with a wire brush to clean surfaces of screening plant. The angle grinder kicked free of their control and the body of the grinder hit them in the chin, mouth and nose. They were given first aid and then taken to a doctor. The employee received 5 stitches on chin and a tetanus shot. The employee can return to work on 11/14/2022.
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