Mining Incidents

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
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
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.

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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

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