Dixie Clay (VM Buyer LLC) safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.
Safety activity
Compliance Follow-up Inspection
1.3 on-site hours reported
Construction and maintenance of guards.
30 CFR 56.14112(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Electrical conductors.
30 CFR 56.12004 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Safety can use.
30 CFR 56.4402 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Inspection.
30 CFR 56.4201(a)(2) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Air receiver tanks.
30 CFR 56.13011 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Inspection and cover plates.
30 CFR 56.12032 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
18.0 on-site hours reported
Construction and maintenance of guards.
30 CFR 56.14112(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Extinguisher recharging or replacement.
30 CFR 56.4203 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Safety defects; examination, correction and records.
30 CFR 56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Inspection and cover plates.
30 CFR 56.12032 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Site-specific hazard awareness training.
30 CFR 46.11(b)(5) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $2,569.00 proposed penalty
Safety belts and lines.
30 CFR 56.15005 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $2,133.00 proposed penalty
Slip or fall of person
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Based on employee's account of this, employee was stepping off the step ladder when EE's right foot slipped off the bottom step. This caused EE's right toes to bend and when the right foot / toes hit the ground, all EE's weight was on EE's right foot / toes. Employee did not mention it to EE's supervisor until the afternoon of 1/26/2026.
Brakes.
30 CFR 56.14101(a)(2) · $193.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
16.8 on-site hours reported
Moving machine parts.
30 CFR 56.14107(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Spot Inspection
10.0 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
14.3 on-site hours reported
Brakes.
30 CFR 56.14101(a)(2) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Moving machine parts.
30 CFR 56.14107(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $642.00 proposed penalty
Protection for openings around travelways.
30 CFR 56.11012 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Construction and maintenance of guards.
30 CFR 56.14112(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Inspection and cover plates.
30 CFR 56.12032 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.