Mining Incidents

FCI Sand Operations LLC operator

MSHA operator ID: 0185793
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2024–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
85
citations
23
significant & substantial
$110,652
proposed penalties
$46,253
paid to date
42% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $64,399 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
24
inspections on record
345
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 345 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$111K
proposed penalties
$104K
current assessed
$46K
paid to date
$57K
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
3
2024
4

Mines on record

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