CIMBAR Performance Minerals operator
Controlled by
John H Waters
MSHA operator ID: L16755
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 52
- Mines on record
- 5
- Years on record
- 1999–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
425
citations
92
significant & substantial
$247,123
proposed penalties
$175,686
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $71,437 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
145
inspections on record
3,002
inspection hours
14.2
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.425 citations across 3,002 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.$247K
proposed penalties
$207K
current assessed
$176K
paid to date
$31K
outstanding
413 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 16 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 10 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 8 non-fatal
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- OTHER 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
3
2024
1
2023
1
2022
3
2021
6
2020
1
2019
1
2018
3
2017
3
2016
3
2015
4
2014
2
2013
10
2004
1
2003
3
2002
4
2001
2
1999
1
Mines on record
- CIMBAR-MV IN
- Houston Plant #2 TX
- CIMBAR Resources Inc. TX
- Houston Plant TX
- Chatsworth Plant GA
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