Mining Incidents

Freedom Proppant Kermit Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Liberty Energy Inc
Kermit, Winkler County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105321

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2021–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
104
citations
20
significant & substantial
$33,519
proposed penalties
$29,345
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 51,954 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 52,659 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 50,542 6 0 118.7
2025 Q1 61,485 4 0 65.1
2024 Q4 41,836 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 48,373 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 43,258 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 44,513 1 0 22.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2025 · 3 incidents

October 14, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freedom Proppant L.L.C. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was replacing sprockets on skid steer, realigning the holes when the track shifted and rolled the sprockets over trapping EE's right hand between the track and sprocket

May 12, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freedom Proppant L.L.C. · Struck by flying object

Individual injured while helping change out a bucket elevator belt. As the old and new elevators were being replaced, they got stuck together, causing them to bind. The tension caused them to abruptly come apart, striking individual on right hand thumb area causing a fracture to the thumb. Injured party was transported to get evaluated, x-rays taken confirming fracture to thumb.

January 6, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
LOS Kermit LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While placing a diester insert and attempting to maneuver in place, IP went to grab a tool and as placed right hand along the top railing area to maintain three points of contact, the suspended load shifted as it was shimmied in place, causing load to come down approx. 3-6" on hand, causing lacerations to top of fingers, and comminuted fractures to ring and pinky fingers.

2022 · 1 incident

January 6, 2022 TX · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HOISTING
High Roller Sand Management LLC · Struck by falling object

A dry plant employee had gone to the head box of bucket elevator 175A to clear an obstruction. When completed the employee had leaned the shovel against the hand rail and started to descend down. Upon starting the bucket elevator the shovel had fallen and struck another dry plant employee on the head. This resulted in a light concussion. Dr. had ordered one day off for recovery.

2021 · 2 incidents

August 25, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
High Roller Sand Management LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using EE's personal knife to cut a zip tie and cut EE's left thumb. EE was not wearing gloves, and was pulling the knife towards EE's body. When EE cut through the zip tie the knife struck EE's left thumb. This resulted in an approximately 1 inch laceration which took 6 stitches to close laceration.

May 31, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
High Roller Sand Management LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee slipped while climbing down 10' A frame ladder, EE's left foot slipped off rung resulting in a laceration to EE's back left thigh from a piece of angle iron that was behind EE. Laceration was closed with 21 stitches.