Thiele Kaolin Company safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.
Safety activity
Electrical conductors.
Deepstep Road Plant · 090011030 CFR 56.12004 · $398.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Deepstep Road Plant · 090011026.0 on-site hours reported
Slip or fall of person
Deepstep Road Plant · 0900110Dys awy frm wrk & restrctd act
Accident narrative
Employee was inspecting a drain pipe at track area, while standing on a mild slope. They slipped and fell, attempt to break the fall with their hands. They felt sharp pain in right shoulder.
Construction and maintenance of guards.
REEDY CREEK DIV. PLANT · 090090130 CFR 56.14112(b) · $193.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
REEDY CREEK DIV. PLANT · 090090130.5 on-site hours reported
Electrical conductors.
Avant-Ennis Mine & Mill · 090048630 CFR 56.12004 · $177.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Avant-Ennis Mine & Mill · 090048614.3 on-site hours reported
Housekeeping.
MAIN PROCESSING PLANT · 090033730 CFR 56.20003(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $336.00 proposed penalty
Safety defects; examination, correction and records.
MAIN PROCESSING PLANT · 090033730 CFR 56.14100(c) · $151.00 proposed penalty
High-pressure hose connections.
MAIN PROCESSING PLANT · 090033730 CFR 56.13021 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Inspection and cover plates.
MAIN PROCESSING PLANT · 090033730 CFR 56.12032 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
MAIN PROCESSING PLANT · 090033743.0 on-site hours reported
Danger signs.
MAIN PROCESSING PLANT · 090033730 CFR 56.12021 · $226.00 proposed penalty
Testing grounding systems.
MAIN PROCESSING PLANT · 090033730 CFR 56.12028 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Requirement for container labels.
MAIN PROCESSING PLANT · 090033730 CFR 47.41(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Gibraltar Operations · 09004747.3 on-site hours reported
Handling of materials
Deepstep Road Plant · 0900110No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee was Tightening a flange on an ozone gas line when they received a burst of ozone gas to the face.
Moving machine parts.
HOBBS CLAY MINE · 090015130 CFR 56.14107(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Life jackets and belts.
HOBBS CLAY MINE · 090015130 CFR 56.15020 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $818.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
HOBBS CLAY MINE · 090015124.8 on-site hours reported
Handtools (nonpowered)
Deepstep Road Plant · 0900110No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee was attempting to put a bullet screen on a loading hose. Employee struck the bullet screen with a metal hammer, causing one of the ears to break off and hit them in the mouth and chip a tooth.
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
MAIN PROCESSING PLANT · 090033732.3 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Gibraltar Operations · 09004743.5 on-site hours reported
Construction and maintenance of guards.
MAIN PROCESSING PLANT · 090033730 CFR 56.14112(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Requirement for container labels.
MAIN PROCESSING PLANT · 090033730 CFR 47.41(a) · $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.
Status is from the current MSHA Mines snapshot, not the selected reporting period. Closed records can retain their last reported controller/operator.
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.