Specialty Vermiculite LLC operator
Controlled by
Dicalite Management Holdings, LLC
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
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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.326 citations across 2,194 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.$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.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 5 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 5 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
- STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT 2 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 non-fatal
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 non-fatal
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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