Sand Springs Mine has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2022–2023
Latest incident
Dec 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
63
citations
8
significant & substantial
$16,447
proposed penalties
$16,447
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
12
inspections on record
218
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: 218 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sand Springs Mine has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-11.
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
22,454
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
10,529
14
1
1329.7
2025 Q2
12,019
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
11,421
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
11,512
9
2
781.8
2024 Q3
19,081
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
22,279
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
17,883
8
1
447.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
20,200
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
15,565
2
0
128.5
2023 Q2
19,532
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
13,795
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
14,237
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
12,338
7
1
567.4
2022 Q2
4,303
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2023 · 2 incidents
December 15, 2023TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was stepping down off the ladder of the haul truck when EE's right foot planted, EE went to step forward and the right foot slipped in the mud. EE grabbed for the hand rail and felt a tear and pull in upper arm.
Employee was tied off and working on loadout spout out of a manlift, when a customer truck disregarded stop lights and entered the scale. Upon entering scale, truck's cab sleeper came in contact with manlift boom and made it sway, this caused EE to lose footing and fall to the floor of manlift which caused EE to strain back.
2022 · 1 incident
August 27, 2022TX · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was moving a 6" hose. When EE let go of it, EE's finger was some how pinched causing a cut on EE's right middle finger. EE was taken to walk in clinic to receive first aid. They cleaned and dressed the wound and released employee.
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