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Minerals Technologies Inc: 12 open mines, 897 MSHA citations

Minerals Technologies Inc (MSHA controller ID M00362) controls 12 open mines through 2 operators, with 497 employees in 8 states, mostly bentonite. Since January 1, 2022 MSHA issued 897 citations and orders at those mines with $362,731 in proposed penalties, and operators reported 69 injury or illness cases. Data from MSHA, November 6, 2026.

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MSHA controller ID
M00362
Open mines
12
Operators
2
Employees
497
States
8
Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
897
Significant and substantial
135 (15.1%)
Closure orders
4
High negligence or reckless
27
Proposed penalties
$362,731
Amount paid so far
$341,214
Inspections
208
Inspector hours on site
3,608
Citations per inspection
4.31 (all mines 2.30)
Accident reports
72
Injury and illness cases
69
Fatalities
0
Latest MSHA record
October 28, 2026

Operators under Minerals Technologies Inc

OperatorOpen minesEmployeesCitations since 2022Proposed penaltiesInjury cases
American Colloid Company Mineral Group8247208$68,08938
Specialty Minerals Inc4250689$294,64231

Mines with the most citations

MineOperatorCountyMain commodityEmployeesCitations since 2022
AdamsSpecialty Minerals IncBerkshire County, MACrushed, broken limestone130332
CanaanSpecialty Minerals IncLitchfield County, CTCrushed, broken limestone33212
Lucerne Valley Plant and QuarrySpecialty Minerals IncSan Bernardino County, CACrushed, broken limestone86107
Lovell MillAmerican Colloid Company Mineral GroupBig Horn County, WYBentonite4452
Gascoyne Mine & MillAmerican Colloid Company Mineral GroupBowman County, NDLeonardite1150
Belle/Colony MineAmerican Colloid Company Mineral GroupCrook County, WYBentonite7741
Specialty Minerals Inc.Specialty Minerals IncSte Genevieve County, MOLime138
Colony West MillAmerican Colloid Company Mineral GroupCrook County, WYBentonite3023
Colony East MillAmerican Colloid Company Mineral GroupCrook County, WYBentonite3420
Sandy Ridge MillAmerican Colloid Company Mineral GroupLowndes County, ALCommon clays3211
Belle Fourche MillAmerican Colloid Company Mineral GroupButte County, SDBentonite511
Yellowtail MineAmerican Colloid Company Mineral GroupBig Horn County, WYBentonite140

States

Commodities

Main commodityOpen mines
Bentonite6
Crushed, broken limestone3
Common clays1
Lime1
Leonardite1

Citations and injury cases by year

Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.

YearCitations and ordersSignificant and substantialProposed penaltiesInjury and illness cases
202218827$74,77618
202322631$105,51220
202410814$53,90915
202524137$74,55710
202613426$53,9776

Standards cited most at mines controlled by Minerals Technologies Inc

Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.

StandardWhat the part coversCitations
30 CFR 56.20003Surface metal and nonmetal mines101
30 CFR 56.14100Surface metal and nonmetal mines74
30 CFR 56.12032Surface metal and nonmetal mines74
30 CFR 56.14112Surface metal and nonmetal mines57
30 CFR 56.14107Surface metal and nonmetal mines55
30 CFR 56.12004Surface metal and nonmetal mines33
30 CFR 56.11001Surface metal and nonmetal mines30
30 CFR 56.12018Surface metal and nonmetal mines29
30 CFR 56.11012Surface metal and nonmetal mines26
30 CFR 56.18002Surface metal and nonmetal mines25
30 CFR 56.12008Surface metal and nonmetal mines22
30 CFR 56.4104Surface metal and nonmetal mines21
30 CFR 56.12028Surface metal and nonmetal mines19
30 CFR 56.4201Surface metal and nonmetal mines19
30 CFR 56.14132Surface metal and nonmetal mines18

Injury and illness cases at mines controlled by Minerals Technologies Inc

Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.

DegreeCases
Days away from work or restricted activity47
No lost time, or an occupational illness22

What the accident reports at mines controlled by Minerals Technologies Inc describe

Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.

ClassificationReports
Handling of materials18
Slip or fall of person16
Powered haulage16
Machinery6
Handtools (nonpowered)6
Other2
Striking or bumping2
Electrical1
Entrapment1
Nonpowered haulage1

Equipment named in accident reports at mines controlled by Minerals Technologies Inc

EquipmentReports
Scraper loader12
Hand tools (not powered)6
Bulldozer3
Front-end loader3
Road grader3
Machine2
Forklift2
Conveyor2
Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks2
Trucks2

Updated November 6, 2026. Read from US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets. US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.