Mining Incidents

Signal Peak Silica of Carrizo Metal/Non-Metal

Carrizo Springs, TX, Dimmit County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105699

Signal Peak Silica of Carrizo has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 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
2024–2025
Latest incident
Feb 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
45
citations
4
significant & substantial
$8,949
proposed penalties
$8,831
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $118 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
8
inspections on record
148
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: 148 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Signal Peak Silica of Carrizo has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$118
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-20.
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 27,312 19 1 695.7
2025 Q3 28,872 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 27,204 2 0 73.5
2025 Q1 26,352 8 0 303.6
2024 Q4 23,830 1 0 42.0
2024 Q3 28,979 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 28,721 2 1 69.6
2024 Q1 34,628 13 2 375.4
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 8,177 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,466 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

February 9, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SP Silica of Carrizo, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

An Employee was opening the door for the mineral separator (Rotex), the door handle sprung unexpectedly catching the tip of EE's right pinky finger between the handle and door structure causing a laceration that required 6 sutures and an open fracture to the tip of the finger.

2024 · 1 incident

January 30, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SP Silica of Carrizo, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Installing 4" conduit into MCC on site. Limited space for movement in electrical trailer prevented the necessary help to maneuver a pre-fab conduit piece into the gear. Employee lost control of the conduit piece, and it pinched EE's hand against the pre-cut hole it was being positioned into

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