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Cowboy Mining Co Metal/Non-Metal

PDSCo INC · Surface

Controlled by Rob Newsom

Study Butte, Brewster County, TX · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4103922

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2008–2011
Latest incident: Oct 2011

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

157

citations

significant & substantial

$46,693

proposed penalties

$46,379

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	9,044	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	9,297	1	0	107.6
2025 Q2	9,561	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	10,045	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	9,186	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	8,016	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	8,047	4	1	497.1
2024 Q1	6,987	3	0	429.4

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2011 · 1 incident

October 19, 2011 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

PDSCo Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Was cutting the last bolt in a repair project with a grinder. Piece fell off, bounced and went into a boot. Hot metal stopped on top of his foot. Took him to hospital. They gave him a tetanus shot and ointment. They then sent him home.

2009 · 1 incident

December 3, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

PDSCo Inc · Struck by falling object

Someone had broken leg off scale. Employee used a shovel to pry up the scale to put leg back on. The shovel shifted & came out. Employee's hand was under scale when it dropped.

2008 · 1 incident

January 29, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

PDSCo Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

3 EE's were bagging and palleting, the EE's were taking turns, one bags and the others pallet. EE was being trained on both bagging and how to pallet the #50 bags. Was no accident, EE starined his wrist.