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O Daniels Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Cowboy Construction · Surface

Controlled by Richard Guy Newell

Big Spring, Howard County, TX · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4105257

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2019
Latest incident: Apr 2019

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2017

citations

significant & substantial

$2,243

proposed penalties

$2,243

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
2024 Q2	1	4	1	4000000.0
2023 Q4	1,756	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	1,220	2	0	1639.3
2023 Q2	1,007	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	1,080	0	0	0.0
2022 Q4	1,506	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	1,791	2	0	1116.7
2022 Q2	1,330	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

2019 · 1 incident

April 25, 2019 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE

Cowboy Construction · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was making repairs/adjustments to conveyor belt attached to rock crusher. After completion, unit was turned on to check operation. Employee attempted to make final adjustments/knock mud off unit while running. Left arm was caught by pulleys; arm broken & hand deeply lacerated. Pressure was applied to wound, & employee was taken to Scenic Mountain Medical Center ER.