Mining Incidents

Sweetwater Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Koch Industries Inc
Nolan, Nolan County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4100851

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2008–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
176
citations
36
significant & substantial
$46,079
proposed penalties
$46,079
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 35,506 14 1 394.3
2025 Q3 28,966 2 0 69.0
2025 Q2 34,799 9 2 258.6
2025 Q1 33,063 8 2 242.0
2024 Q4 32,407 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 29,685 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 31,033 14 1 451.1
2024 Q1 26,442 11 3 416.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

August 14, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE reported neck/back pain. States it is due to the bouncing of the dozer while operating. It has gotten worse overtime. Chronic issue.

May 27, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC · Struck by falling object

Operator was setting up to fill the hydraulic oil on the Wirtgen 2200 Surface Miner. This involves hinging a plate metal cover back to access the tank cap. After the cover was hinged back, operator placed EE's left arm on the top step. The cover swung down from it's position, striking the operators left arm causing a fracture to the forearm/wrist area.

2024 · 2 incidents

August 6, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Maintenance tech was replacing a faulty LCL Filter in a drive cabinet. After filter was replaced, tech was moving old filter to get it out of the electrical room. Filter has casters but they are locked in place. When attempting to rotate the filter, the unit tipped over. Tech attempted to stop it and felt a pain in left arm.

July 26, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was assisting in cleaning up around the ready line area when they were loading up broken wood and pallets into the loader bucket. The injured employee attempted to pick up a pallet that was partly buried under some dirt and felt a pop in left bicep.

2021 · 1 incident

September 1, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Before the welding could take place, maintenance had to grind off an old weld. While in operation the grinding wheel guard came loose, spun, and contacted the surface. The contact caused the grinder to jerk towards the mechanics off hand, resulting in a laceration on the left thumb.

2018 · 1 incident

October 17, 2018 TX · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While making shop repairs to a spare mixer assembly, technician turned the internal rotor. The rotor became momentarily seized and released before the technician could remove their hand. Finger caught between the rotor assembly and the lid, causing the loss of a portion of the distal phalange, 1/3 of the fingernail, on the left ring finger.

2016 · 1 incident

July 14, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The operator applied the socket to the segment bolt head on the D8 Dozer sprocket and was in the process of applying downward pressure when the socket came loose resulting in left thumb getting caught between the wrench handle and the lifting eye on the right pusher arm. The operator sustained a laceration requiring three stitches and fracture to the left thumb.

2008 · 1 incident

October 18, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Quarry Crusher Operator was exiting the PC House at an angle twisting his left ankle when his foot encountered the ground.