Short Mountain Silica Company operator
Controlled by
J Eric Tillirson
MSHA operator ID: L38420
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 89
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1987–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
395
citations
108
significant & substantial
$130,736
proposed penalties
$115,403
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,333 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
125
inspections on record
3,661
inspection hours
10.8
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.395 citations across 3,661 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.$131K
proposed penalties
$118K
current assessed
$115K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
392 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 33 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 18 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 17 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 14 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
2
2025
3
2024
2
2023
1
2022
1
2021
3
2020
1
2019
1
2017
2
2014
1
2013
1
2012
1
2011
4
2010
3
2009
1
2008
3
2007
7
2006
6
2005
2
2004
3
2003
1
2002
3
2001
2
2000
3
1999
4
1998
2
1997
3
1996
2
1995
4
1994
4
1993
4
1992
2
1991
2
1990
3
1988
1
1987
1
Mines on record
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