Mining Incidents

Specialty Minerals Inc. Metal/Non-Metal

Ste Genevieve, Ste Genevieve County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2302564

Specialty Minerals Inc. has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $35 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
41
citations
6
significant & substantial
$10,275
proposed penalties
$10,276
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
24
inspections on record
314
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: 314 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Specialty Minerals Inc. has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $35 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$35
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-29.
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 480 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 480 1 0 2083.3
2024 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 780 7 1 8974.4
2024 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 520 2 0 3846.2
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 520 5 2 9615.4
2023 Q2 520 3 0 5769.2
2023 Q1 520 3 1 5769.2
2022 Q4 520 13 2 25000.0
2022 Q3 480 2 0 4166.7
2022 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 520 5 0 9615.4
2021 Q4 640 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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