Mining Incidents

Wildcatter Sand Chico LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Scott Sherman
Chico, Wise County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105619

Wildcatter Sand Chico LLC has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 2 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
47
citations
16
significant & substantial
$38,676
proposed penalties
$37,476
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,200 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
15
inspections on record
177
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: 177 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wildcatter Sand Chico LLC has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 2 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.
$39K
proposed penalties
$39K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-30.
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 11,726 7 0 597.0
2025 Q3 13,244 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12,669 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,625 3 1 452.8
2024 Q4 10,937 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,098 1 0 99.0
2024 Q2 8,847 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,817 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,867 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 11,871 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,702 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8,413 15 4 1783.0
2022 Q4 7,834 14 6 1787.1
2022 Q3 7,647 7 5 915.4

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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