Mining Incidents

Specialty Granules (Ione) LLC operator

Controlled by Specialty Granules LLC
MSHA operator ID: 0050626
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
57
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2002–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
281
citations
69
significant & substantial
$78,339
proposed penalties
$67,398
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,941 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
93
inspections on record
2,166
inspection hours
13.0
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.
281 citations across 2,166 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.
$78K
proposed penalties
$77K
current assessed
$67K
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
275 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
4
2024
5
2023
1
2022
2
2021
4
2019
5
2018
4
2017
1
2016
2
2014
1
2012
2
2011
3
2010
1
2009
1
2006
3
2005
2
2004
8
2003
7
2002
1

Mines on record

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