Mining Incidents

Atlas Quarries operator

MSHA operator ID: L30582
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
7
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2004–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
125
citations
29
significant & substantial
$79,454
proposed penalties
$60,566
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,888 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
51
inspections on record
1,098
inspection hours
11.4
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.
125 citations across 1,098 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$79K
proposed penalties
$61K
current assessed
$61K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
123 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
1
2016
2 (1f)
2013
1
2010
1
2008
1
2004
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
June 27, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Atlas Quarries · Struck against a moving object

A Cat D250E haul truck was positioning to dump a load of material. The employee stopped three times before going backwards over the highwall.

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