MINE DETAILS
Toomsboro
MSHA MINE ID0901164
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Toomsboro32.85222, -83.10889Open 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
302,274reported 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 | 34,342 | 0.00 | 58 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 71,138 | 0.00 | 92 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 68,742 | 0.00 | 98 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 58,276 | 0.00 | 83 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 7,839 | 0.00 | 79 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 61,937 | 0.00 | 79 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
112 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
40 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
1,933.0011 of 11 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
61.755 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 | 6.0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 0 | 453.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4 | 2 | 792.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 | 0 | 688.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12.8 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 0.8 on-site hours
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 12.0 on-site hours
56.14101(a)(2) · $193.00 proposed
56.14101(a)(2) · $193.00 proposed
56.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed
56.12008 · $151.00 proposed
MACHINERY · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee was changing a plugged Niro lance when it sprayed hot slurry on the upper inside of arm, resulting in burn injury.
56.12032 · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 13.0 on-site hours
56.11001 · S&S · $245.00 proposed
56.14107(a) · S&S · $245.00 proposed
56.11001 · $151.00 proposed
50.20(a) · $151.00 proposed
56.11001 · $151.00 proposed
56.14107(a) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 30.0 on-site hours
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee had removed material from the Niro by raking it out of the Niro door. Employee was attempting to shut the Niro door by kicking it and sustained a knee injury. Kneecap was dislocated and employee was treated at a clinic. The kneecap was manipulated back into place and employee was put in a flexible brace.
MACHINERY · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Utility employee in ceramic manufacturing plant was responding to a plugged discharge chute to clear it. They reached up into the chute with right hand and contacted an operating rotary valve. They received lacerations to three fingers which required stitches.
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 6.0 on-site hours
POWERED HAULAGE · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee was driving forklift 305 to EE's work area when the brakes failed. EE was unable to stop the forklift and came into contact with the barricade around a fire hydrant. As a result, EE experienced lower back pain and required medical attention.
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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Wilks Brothers LLCcontrolsCarbo Ceramics Inc.operatesToomsboro
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0901164—
Gary A Kolstad et alcontrolsCarbo Ceramics Inc.operatesToomsboro
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0901164Other 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
27 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 275 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD10 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
140 violation rows across the full record; 32 carry an S&S flag and $22,835 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY20 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHcontext
Occupational health samples
37 personal. 0 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 EXPOSURE37 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
62K employee hours and 79 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
15 contested-violation rows, 15 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE30 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 CONTEXT19 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
61 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE18 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 9 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 56.14101Brakes.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.20003Housekeeping.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12008Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12032Inspection and cover plates.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.11001Safe access.3 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.14107Moving machine parts.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 50.20Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.13020Use of compressed air.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
506642356.14101(a)(2)Citation
506642256.14101(a)(2)Citation
506642156.20003(a)Citation
506642056.12008Citation
970916056.12032Citation
970915956.11001S&S
970915856.14107(a)S&S
970915756.11001Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzUtility Man
C/E: 00.03Concentration: 0000.25 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzUtility Man
C/E: 00.05Concentration: 0000.53 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzUtility Man
C/E: 00.15Concentration: 0001.51 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
14 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors27Jul 14, 2006—Nov 5, 2025mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1May 26, 2015—May 26, 2015mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal137Apr 19, 2006—May 13, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal15May 27, 2010—Apr 3, 2013mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Contested Violationscompliance · legal15Sep 4, 2008—Jan 24, 2011mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety2,377Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety516Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance2Nov 22, 2005—Nov 22, 2005mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance164Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance42Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance61Apr 11, 2006—Jun 1, 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 · safety37Apr 20, 2006—Jul 31, 2025mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal140Apr 19, 2006—May 13, 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.