Sullivan Pit has $88K in proposed MSHA penalties and $41K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2020–2022
Latest incident
Nov 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
90
citations
20
significant & substantial
$87,924
proposed penalties
$32,996
paid to date
38% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $54,928 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
25
inspections on record
324
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: 324 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sullivan Pit has $88K in proposed MSHA penalties and $41K 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.
$88K
proposed penalties
$74K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$41K
outstanding
90 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
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
12,062
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
10,618
15
7
1412.7
2025 Q2
10,699
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
10,192
10
4
981.2
2024 Q4
10,834
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
11,154
8
0
717.2
2024 Q2
7,680
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
12,030
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
10,829
8
3
738.8
2023 Q3
10,995
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
10,451
4
1
382.7
2023 Q1
10,122
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
9,624
1
0
103.9
2022 Q3
10,501
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
9,406
6
1
637.9
2022 Q1
8,009
6
0
749.2
2021 Q4
9,259
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
9,154
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
8,673
4
0
461.2
2021 Q1
7,987
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
5,786
6
1
1037.0
2020 Q3
6,147
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
7,075
1
0
141.3
2020 Q1
7,131
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
7,048
2
0
283.8
2019 Q3
6,228
2
1
321.1
2019 Q2
4,979
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,308
4
0
753.6
2018 Q4
4,483
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
2,437
1
0
410.3
2018 Q2
299
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2022 · 2 incidents
November 16, 2022TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was standing on a metal truss when part of the truss unsoldered causing the employee to slip and hit on EE's right thigh and scrotum. In result contusion of right thigh and laceration of scrotum.
Employee was changing the bucket teeth for unit 374F Excavator. While EE hammered one of the center tooth to loosen it to get it out, a small piece of metal from the tooth broke off and headed to EE's testicles area.
2020 · 2 incidents
November 11, 2020TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was driving a dump truck at an unsafe speed when employee drove through an uneven surface and injured lower back. The dump truck was inspected right after the injury was reported and found everything working in good conditions.
September 28, 2020TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was driving a dump truck when EE hit a bump causing the seat to break and hurt EE's lower back.
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