Mining Incidents

Volcanic Stone Co operator

Controlled by Emilio Chavez
MSHA operator ID: 0110725
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
275
citations
104
significant & substantial
$196,390
proposed penalties
$146,574
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $49,816 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
63
inspections on record
1,312
inspection hours
21.0
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.
275 citations across 1,312 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.
$196K
proposed penalties
$196K
current assessed
$147K
paid to date
$50K
outstanding
241 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
2

Mines on record

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