Varos Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Natural Sand, Co, Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Grant C McKnight
Slippery Rock,
Butler County,
PA
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3610143
Varos Mine has $584 in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$584
proposed penalties
$433
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
13
inspections on record
84
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 84 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Varos Mine has $584 in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$584
proposed penalties
$584
current assessed
$433
paid to date
$151
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 523 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 626 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 325 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 174 | 1 | 0 | 5747.1 |
| 2024 Q1 | 680 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,005 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 810 | 2 | 0 | 2469.1 |
| 2022 Q4 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 736 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 384 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 281 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,278 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 477 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 543 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 576 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 910 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 304 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 504 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 495 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 391 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 383 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 427 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 375 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 385 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 501 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 495 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 176 | 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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