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
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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.281 citations across 2,166 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.$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.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 19 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 11 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 10 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 9 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 5 non-fatal
- STRIKING OR BUMPING 2 non-fatal
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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