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: 33 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Terrell Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-02-09.
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.
Contested penalties
ⓘ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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2000
19
1999
21
1998
18
1997
15
1996
15
1995
15
1994
18
1993
19
1992
19
1991
17
1990
19
1989
17
1988
18
1987
20
1986
16
1985
16
1984
15
1983
16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Terrell Plant sits in Kaufman County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Kaufman County, Texas · Population 160,718
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$88,606
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2000 Q2
4,070
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
13,581
2
2
147.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
33 on file
1998 · 1 incident
February 5, 1998TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO HYDRAULIC HAMMER MOUNTED ABOVE JAW CRUSHER. A PIPE WAS CONNECTED TO THE WA 600 LOADER WITH A WIRE ROPE AND A LOG CHAIN. CHAIN BROKE CAUSING PIPE TO SWING AND STR IKE EMPLOYEE.
August 7, 1996TX · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE MOVING AN AIR COMPRESSOR, EE HAD HOLD OF ONE END GUIDING , AND ANOTHER EE PUSHED UNIT AND CAUGHT EE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE AIR COMPRESSOR.
EMPLOYEE SET A TRAILER PIN ON DOZER. AS HE STARTED TO GET ON DOZER, PIN FELL AND STRUCK HAND.
1990 · 3 incidents
October 8, 1990TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER PALNT SLIPPED AND FELL-AS HE FELL HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF METAL ON A PLANT SUPPORT.
September 26, 1990TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE RAW MATERIALS WERE BEING DUMPED INTO GRIZZLY, A ROCK SPLIT AND A PORTION FELL OFF PLANT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HEAD.
1988 · 2 incidents
September 16, 1988TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE APPARE3TLY GOT A PIECE OF SLAG IN HIS BOOT.HIS WELDER BROKE AT 9:30 PM 4-8-87 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS SENT HOME UNTIL 4-10-87, WHEN WELDER COULD BE REPAIRED.
March 19, 1987TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS SE7TING A PUMP IN THE PIT WHEN SOME LOOSE ROCK FELL, STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK. HE AT FIRST AID NOT THINK HE WAS HURT. SEVERAL DAYS LATER, HE WENT TO A DR.
April 14, 1986TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
CARRYING A JACK THROUGH MUD AND LIFTING CROSS TIES.
1984 · 5 incidents
August 29, 1984TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE WATER TRUCK DOWN A DIRT ROAD WHEN IT CAME INTO COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE
September 9, 1983TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS