Solms Operation has $5K 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
2018–2022
Latest incident
Jan 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
35
citations
1
significant & substantial
$4,738
proposed penalties
$4,738
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
24
inspections on record
294
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: 294 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Solms Operation has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-04.
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
22,077
1
0
45.3
2025 Q3
23,082
2
0
86.6
2025 Q2
21,576
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
22,181
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
25,910
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
23,331
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
22,077
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
21,000
2
0
95.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
26,025
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
21,306
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
16,524
4
0
242.1
2023 Q1
17,542
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
16,739
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
16,792
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
15,630
2
0
128.0
2022 Q1
13,173
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
14,589
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
13,523
3
1
221.8
2021 Q2
14,178
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
13,539
1
0
73.9
2020 Q4
14,521
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
16,889
3
0
177.6
2020 Q2
14,274
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
13,596
1
0
73.6
2019 Q4
15,062
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
15,296
4
0
261.5
2019 Q2
14,907
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
15,054
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
11,353
1
0
88.1
2018 Q3
9,209
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
9,225
1
0
108.4
2018 Q1
7,107
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
9,026
1
0
110.8
2017 Q3
8,835
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
7,835
1
0
127.6
2017 Q1
6,627
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
4,913
1
0
203.5
2016 Q3
7,434
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
6,434
2
0
310.8
2016 Q1
7,729
2
0
258.8
2015 Q4
7,015
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,387
3
0
556.9
2015 Q2
5,593
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2022 · 1 incident
January 4, 2022TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miner was leaning over pressing stomach against a head pulley drum performing return roller idler inspection, when EE straightened back up miner reports EE heard a pop in EE's stomach. EE was examined at a clinic the next day diagnosed with a umbilical hernia.
Equipment operator operating CAT349 Excavator after receiving a high temp alarm attempted to open coolant cap and received 1st and 2nd degree burns to left forearm.
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