Mining Incidents

Five Star Sands Inc. operator

Controlled by Steve Morey
MSHA operator ID: 0165233
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2021–2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
123
citations
35
significant & substantial
$164,840
proposed penalties
$34,503
paid to date
21% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $130,337 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
23
inspections on record
486
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: 486 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.
$165K
proposed penalties
$64K
current assessed
$35K
paid to date
$30K
outstanding
123 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2022
2
2021
1

Mines on record

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