Ferroglobe USA Quartz INC operator
Controlled by
Ferroglobe PLC
MSHA operator ID: 0061503
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 45
- Mines on record
- 5
- Years on record
- 2005–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
239
citations
61
significant & substantial
$73,621
proposed penalties
$69,477
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,144 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
114
inspections on record
1,586
inspection hours
15.1
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.239 citations across 1,586 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.$74K
proposed penalties
$71K
current assessed
$69K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
225 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 14 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 11 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 6 non-fatal
- OTHER 5 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
2024
2
2023
1
2022
1
2021
2
2020
2
2019
1
2017
3
2015
2
2014
7
2013
7
2012
5
2011
1
2010
1
2007
3
2006
5
2005
1
Mines on record
- Meadows AL
- Mims Pit AL
- Miller Pit AL
- Rail Site Pit AL
- Pit #2 AL
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