Mining Incidents

U.S. Silica Energy Company operator

Controlled by USS Holdings Inc
MSHA operator ID: 0202753
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2025–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
28
citations
3
significant & substantial
$7,964
proposed penalties
$3,775
paid to date
47% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,189 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
15
inspections on record
495
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 495 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
2
2025
4

Mines on record

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