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DENNIS A. SPARKS QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Dennis A Sparks · Surface

Controlled by Dennis A Sparks

tx, Palo Pinto County, TX · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4103995

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2001
Latest incident: Jun 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$40,651

proposed penalties

$14,007

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
2006 Q3	3,180	6	0	1886.8
2006 Q2	4,080	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	2,640	9	2	3409.1
2005 Q4	12,768	1	0	78.3
2005 Q3	14,304	8	3	559.3
2005 Q2	17,088	10	2	585.2
2005 Q1	16,372	0	0	0.0
2004 Q4	13,632	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

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

June 12, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Dennis A Sparks · Struck by falling object

EE WAS SPLITTING ROCK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BEHIND HIM FELL. THE OTHER WORKERS PRESENT WARNED HIM. AS HE TURNED AROUND THE ROCK HIT HIS LEG. HE SUFFERED A LEFT LOWER LEG FRACTURE AND WAS TRANSF ERRED TO HARRIS METHODIST FT WORTH. AT THE HOSPITAL THE DOCTOR'S ENDED UP AMPUTATING HIS LOWER LEFT LEG.