Acme Brick Company operator
Controlled by
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
MSHA operator ID: L17877
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 32
- Mines on record
- 9
- Years on record
- 2002–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
277
citations
23
significant & substantial
$31,897
proposed penalties
$30,025
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,872 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
564
inspections on record
5,420
inspection hours
5.1
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.277 citations across 5,420 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$32K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$906
outstanding
271 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 11 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 10 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 5 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
2021
1
2020
1
2019
1
2018
1
2017
1
2016
1
2015
8
2014
1
2012
2
2011
1
2009
1
2008
3
2006
3
2005
3
2004
2
2002
1
Mines on record
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