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Specialty Minerals Inc operator

Controlled by Minerals Technologies Inc
MSHA operator ID: L12908

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
342
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2000–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,447
citations
416
significant & substantial
$1,214,573
proposed penalties
$1,034,378
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
2
2025
2
2024
10
2023
7
2022
9
2021
6
2020
2
2019
4
2018
6
2017
6
2016
10
2015
7
2014
4
2013
8
2012
6
2011
5
2010
5
2009
7
2008
9
2007
18
2006
24 (1f)
2005
25
2004
35
2003
21
2002
24
2001
34
2000
46

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
July 27, 2006 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Specialty Minerals Inc · Contact with electrical current

Employee of Adams Trucking was weedwacking brush. Blade on weedwacker hit guide wire for electrical pole. The wire was severed and the tension pulled it back toward the transformers on the pole. the guide wire came in contact with a bare wire. At this time we assume electricity went to ground causing fatality. Under Investigation.