Mining Incidents

General Shale Brick Inc operator

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
MSHA operator ID: 0057717
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Mines on record
9
Years on record
2004–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
310
citations
45
significant & substantial
$43,115
proposed penalties
$38,346
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,769 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
653
inspections on record
5,749
inspection hours
5.4
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.
310 citations across 5,749 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$38K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
299 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2015
3
2014
2
2013
1
2011
2
2008
7
2007
1
2005
3
2004
1

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