SDAC OZ has $4K 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
2
Years on record
2022–2024
Latest incident
Jun 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
24
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,142
proposed penalties
$4,142
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
16
inspections on record
179
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: 179 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SDAC OZ has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-24.
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
565
2
1
3539.8
2025 Q3
435
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
240
2
0
8333.3
2025 Q1
366
5
2
13661.2
2024 Q4
205
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
605
2
0
3305.8
2024 Q1
651
2
1
3072.2
2023 Q4
677
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3
677
2
0
2954.2
2023 Q2
678
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
779
3
1
3851.1
2022 Q4
1,435
1
1
696.9
2022 Q3
1,362
2
0
1468.4
2022 Q2
1,156
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,252
1
0
798.7
2021 Q4
2,074
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
2,240
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
3,417
2
0
585.3
2021 Q1
1,152
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2024 · 1 incident
June 7, 2024AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
Contractor haul truck over traveled berm. no injuries to miner, no damage to equipment
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