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SP Silica of Atascosa, LLC operator

Controlled by Orchard Global Asset Management LLP

MSHA operator ID: 0155113

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 30
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 2018–2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2018

149

citations

significant & substantial

$209,603

proposed penalties

$26,507

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 11 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 9 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025

2 (1f)

2024

2023

2022

2 (1f)

2021

2020

2019

2018

Mines on record

Signal Peak Silica of Atascosa TX

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

May 1, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

SP Silica of Atascosa, LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EE was operating an excavator in Pit 2 at SPS Atascosa. Pit 2 is located between two tailings ponds. 9:18 AM one of the tailings ponds breached causing tailings mixture to flow into the work site. Tailings mixture tipped over the excavator EE was operating cab side down. The front window broke, tailings mixture engulfed the cab & 75% of the vehicle. Employee could not escape.

December 16, 2022 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY

SP Silica of Atascosa, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was working with a 3 man crew dismantling a Caterpillar 390F Excavator. During dismantling, EE was impacted by the counterweight. The other 2 crew members did not witness the accident.