Mining Incidents

Specialty Vermiculite LLC operator

MSHA operator ID: 0120788
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2013–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
326
citations
95
significant & substantial
$593,542
proposed penalties
$390,375
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $203,167 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
71
inspections on record
2,194
inspection hours
14.9
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.
326 citations across 2,194 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.
$594K
proposed penalties
$393K
current assessed
$390K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
309 assessments are final orders; 16 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2024
1
2023
1
2022
1
2021
4
2020
3
2019
1
2018
3
2017
1
2016
1
2013
1

Mines on record

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