MINE DETAILS
Mill Creek Plant #39
MSHA MINE ID3400836
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Mill Creek Plant #3934.40417, -96.82639Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
0reported short tons
Hours worked
116,679reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 18,800 | 0.00 | 37 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 19,321 | 0.00 | 35 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 21,547 | 0.00 | 36 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 18,057 | 0.00 | 36 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 18,264 | 0.00 | 36 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 20,690 | 0.00 | 39 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
143 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
30 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
2,727.0010 of 14 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
58.005 inspections · 5 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 151.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q4 | 4 | 0 | 893.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.8 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 1,037.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q3 | 8 | 2 | 646.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21.5 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
MACHINERY · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
An employee received a laceration on left leg, just above the knee, when a handheld grinder inadvertently made contact. The laceration required seven stitches to close.
56.14100(c) · S&S
56.11012 · $193.00 proposed
56.9300(b) · $151.00 proposed
56.12032 · $151.00 proposed
56.11008
56.14112(b)
56.11003 · $151.00 proposed
56.20003(c) · S&S
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 21.5 on-site hours
56.6306(f)(1) · S&S · $1,037.00 proposed
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 4.0 on-site hours
56.14101(a)(2) · $151.00 proposed
56.4200(b)(2) · $398.00 proposed
56.12068 · $193.00 proposed
56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 12.8 on-site hours
56.11012 · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 18.3 on-site hours
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Accident narrative
The employee's leg was struck by a shifting slurry hose while disconnecting a coupling. They went to a doctor and was diagnosed with a tear in their ACL. The injured employee had surgery on 9/4/25 which made this injury reportable.
OTHER · INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES
Accident narrative
Customer truck driver found unresponsive in the cab of the customer truck driver's truck.
Non-Chargeable Accident Investigation · 1.5 on-site hours
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.
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.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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USS Holdings InccontrolsU.S. Silica Company, LLCoperatesMill Creek Plant #39
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3400836—
Rio Tinto GroupcontrolsU S Silica CompanyoperatesMill Creek Plant #39
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3400836—
ITT CorpcontrolsPennsylvania Glass Sand CorpoperatesMill Creek Plant #39
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3400836Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
34 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 269 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD7 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
154 violation rows across the full record; 28 carry an S&S flag and $22,547 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY29 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
78 personal. 1 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE78 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
21K employee hours and 39 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
32 contested-violation rows, 34 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 14 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE80 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
Contractors
Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT12 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
78 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE14 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 3 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No silica records match these filters. Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. | |||||
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 56.14100Safety defects; examination, correction and records.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.11012Protection for openings around travelways.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.9300Berms or guardrails.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12032Inspection and cover plates.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.11008Restricted clearance.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14112Construction and maintenance of guards.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.11003Construction and maintenance of ladders.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.20003Housekeeping.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
517795256.14100(c)S&S
517795156.11012Citation
517795056.9300(b)Citation
517794956.12032Citation
517794856.11008Citation
517794756.14112(b)Citation
517794656.11003Citation
517794556.20003(c)S&S
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgRotary Bucket Ex. Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgKiln/Dryer Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgUtility Man
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgUtility Man
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgScale Man
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgLaborer, Bullgang
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgDry Screen Plant Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgTruck Loader
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
15 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors34Dec 26, 2000—Aug 10, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Aug 29, 1975—Aug 29, 1975mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal149Apr 5, 2000—Jul 19, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal34Dec 18, 2002—Nov 5, 2019mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal14May 12, 2000—Jun 12, 2018mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal32Oct 21, 2004—May 17, 2019mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety1,075Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety241Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance3Jan 1, 1950—Mar 9, 1996mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance307Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance55Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance78Apr 5, 2000—Jul 13, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety78Aug 27, 2002—Jul 20, 2026mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal154Apr 5, 2000—Jul 19, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.