3rd Cross Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object
Employee was not wearing safety helmet and went underneath machine, unaware that the belt was running, and the pulley cut their scalp.
3rd Cross Materials, LLC: 52 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
3rd Cross Materials, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Johnny D Leverett; Marion D Carter
MSHA Mine ID: 4105143
3rd Cross Materials, LLC has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2019
- Latest incident
- Feb 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
52
citations
12
significant & substantial
$11,054
proposed penalties
$8,386
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,668 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
15
inspections on record
153
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 153 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
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A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-01-05.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
3rd Cross Materials, LLC has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $600 in penalties contested before the Commission, $600 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-12-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.24.0%
significant & substantial
2.0%
high negligence or reckless
24.0%
reasonably likely or greater
16.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.0% low, 92.0% moderate, 2.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
6
citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
- Settled 6 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$600 proposed, $600 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2016-03-06.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENT 2016-0235 | Settlement | Lesnick | 2016 | $600 → $600 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2019-05-14, 7 years ago
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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.0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
- Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (7)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-14 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.24 | 10 | 0.02 | Utility Man |
| 2019-05-14 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.14 | 10 | 0.01 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2019-05-14 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.2 | 10 | 0.02 | Utility Man |
| 2016-09-20 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator | ||
| 2016-09-20 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator | ||
| 2016-09-20 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Crusher Oper/Worker | ||
| 2016-09-20 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.24 | 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.
3rd Cross Materials, LLC recorded 7.84 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.
Injury rate, 2019
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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.7.84
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.84 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.
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.
Ownership history
- Venture Aggregates, LLC 2015 to 2018
- 3rd Cross Materials, LLC 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 12 |
| 2018 | 10 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2015 | 7 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
3rd Cross Materials, LLC sits in Williamson County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Williamson County, Texas · Population 643,889
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$108,309
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Q4 | 2,160 | 2 | 0 | 925.9 |
| 2019 Q3 | 4,980 | 1 | 0 | 200.8 |
| 2019 Q2 | 9,412 | 14 | 3 | 1487.5 |
| 2019 Q1 | 8,950 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 8,673 | 6 | 1 | 691.8 |
| 2018 Q3 | 3,080 | 1 | 0 | 324.7 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,968 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 2,609 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q4 | 3,101 | 2 | 1 | 645.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,106 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,437 | 3 | 0 | 872.9 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,766 | 10 | 2 | 3615.3 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,336 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,376 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,906 | 4 | 3 | 1376.5 |
| 2016 Q1 | 3,637 | 9 | 2 | 2474.6 |
| 2015 Q4 | 3,294 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 3,060 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.