Mining Incidents

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
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
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.

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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

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