citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 280 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
1379 Pit has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2024-10-17
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-10-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.25
2
0.63
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-04-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.09
1.59
0.69
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-04-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.08
2.17
0.50
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2021-05-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-05-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.18
Supervisor, Co. Official
2017-08-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
10
0.02
Mechanic
2017-08-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
2.28
0.18
Utility Man
2017-08-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
1379 Pit recorded 8.40 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.
Injury rate, 2024
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
8.40
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.49 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2024 *
8.40
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
8.66
8.66
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
6
2025
6
2024
9
2023
7
2022
6
2021
6
2020
6
2019
7
2018
7
2017
5
2016
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
1379 Pit sits in Midland County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 19.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Midland County, Texas · Population 171,496
19.1%
Mining share of county employment
$93,984
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
2,835
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
2,825
1
0
354.0
2025 Q4
3,621
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
4,015
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
3,880
4
0
1030.9
2025 Q1
3,604
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
6,721
7
2
1041.5
2024 Q3
6,004
1
0
166.6
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,697
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
6,376
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
4,503
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
4,155
1
0
240.7
2023 Q2
5,114
4
2
782.2
2023 Q1
6,683
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
4,916
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
4,201
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
5,564
5
1
898.6
2022 Q1
4,537
3
0
661.2
2021 Q4
4,901
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
4,966
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
3,500
1
0
285.7
2021 Q1
3,852
3
1
778.8
2020 Q4
3,108
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
3,090
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,441
1
0
290.6
2020 Q1
4,792
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
5,581
2
2
358.4
2019 Q3
6,815
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
6,181
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
4,526
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
4,237
2
0
472.0
2018 Q3
5,048
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
5,667
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,413
1
0
293.0
2017 Q4
3,381
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
3,346
1
1
298.9
2017 Q2
4,238
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
3,416
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,667
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
4,000
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,955
4
2
1011.4
2016 Q1
3,076
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2024 · 1 incident
January 5, 2024TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was walking to get on EE's equipment. When EE proceeded to climb up the ladder, EE was distracted and missed the side rail and fell to the ground and landed on right hand. EE reported the injury to the supervisor and stated EE was in pain. EE was taken to the Hospital by EE's Supervisor.
2019 · 1 incident
July 24, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee reached through the guard on return conveyor to remove rocks. Belt was not moving. Belt was jogged. Resulting injury was lacerations to the right arm. After x-rays, arm was found to be broken also.
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