Carbo Ceramics Inc. operator
Controlled by
Wilks Brothers LLC
MSHA operator ID: L09717
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 208
- Mines on record
- 5
- Years on record
- 1987–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
538
citations
105
significant & substantial
$321,420
proposed penalties
$249,332
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $72,088 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
282
inspections on record
5,919
inspection hours
9.1
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.538 citations across 5,919 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.$321K
proposed penalties
$250K
current assessed
$249K
paid to date
$688
outstanding
530 assessments are final orders; 23 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 79 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 36 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 36 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 19 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 13 non-fatal
- OTHER 9 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
6
2024
3
2023
5
2022
5
2021
4
2020
1
2019
2
2018
4
2017
4
2016
4
2015
9
2014
10
2013
6
2012
6
2010
10
2009
2
2008
6
2007
8
2006
12
2005
4
2004
5
2003
3
2002
12
2001
5
2000
9
1999
9
1998
10
1997
7
1996
8
1995
6
1994
5
1993
2
1992
2
1991
2
1990
5
1989
4
1988
2
1987
1
Mines on record
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