Mining Incidents

HARPER QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by NG Operations LLC
Harper, Kimble County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4102822

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2003–2017
Latest incident
Oct 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
57
citations
4
significant & substantial
$7,613
proposed penalties
$7,515
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 4,900 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,092 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,080 4 0 787.4
2025 Q1 5,080 1 1 196.9
2024 Q4 5,631 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,901 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,560 2 0 359.7
2024 Q1 5,002 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2017 · 1 incident

October 17, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New NGC Incorporated · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was helping change a flight after watching and being instructed how to do so. While laying one end down, employee's finger was pinched between the steel flight and steel chain the flight fits into to pull material through crusher. Finger was cut through glove. Received 8 stitches and returned to work.

2013 · 1 incident

2010 · 1 incident

July 6, 2010 TX · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management MACHINERY
New NGC Incorporated · Struck by falling object

Normal drilling conditions.

2003 · 1 incident

July 11, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New NGC, Inc. · Struck by falling object

2 EMPLOYEES WERE PERFORMING CLEAN UP BY PICKING UP SCRAP STEEL & PUTTING IT IN THE LOADER BUCKET SO IT COULD BE MOVED & DISPOSED OF. A PIECE OF STEEL FELL OUT OF BUCKET ONTO EMPLOYEE'S FOOT.