Standard Sand & Silica Company operator
Controlled by
Valerie Carnes
MSHA operator ID: L01013
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 195
- Mines on record
- 9
- Years on record
- 1984–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
814
citations
255
significant & substantial
$303,698
proposed penalties
$286,359
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,339 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
476
inspections on record
6,023
inspection hours
13.5
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.814 citations across 6,023 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.$304K
proposed penalties
$293K
current assessed
$286K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
800 assessments are final orders; 23 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 66 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 33 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 32 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 20 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 18 non-fatal
- OTHER 13 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
4
2025
1
2024
5
2023
1
2021
9
2020
3
2018
3
2016
1
2015
1
2013
2
2010
1
2008
2
2007
1
2004
1
2002
6
2001
6
2000
1
1999
1
1998
8
1997
18
1996
6
1995
5
1994
3
1993
5
1992
16
1991
14
1990
20
1989
17
1988
17
1987
11
1986
3
1984
3
Mines on record
- SILICA PLANT FL
- Lake Wales Dry Plant FL
- FLINT PLANT FL
- IVEY SAND PLANT GA
- Lynne Mine FL
- JOSHUA MINE FL
- FAB SHOP FL
- DAVENPORT SHOPS FL
- POLK CITY MINE FL
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