Mining Incidents

West Point Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Big Spring, Howard County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105698

West Point Plant #1 has $78K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
67
citations
24
significant & substantial
$78,393
proposed penalties
$78,393
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
20
inspections on record
305
inspection hours
n/a
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: 305 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

West Point Plant #1 has $78K 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.
$78K
proposed penalties
$78K
current assessed
$78K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. 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
2025 Q4 12,448 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 15,047 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 15,468 16 8 1034.4
2025 Q1 15,258 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 10,414 1 1 96.0
2024 Q3 22,828 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 31,193 5 2 160.3
2024 Q1 24,464 3 2 122.6
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 15,560 19 3 1221.1
2023 Q3 2,011 10 1 4972.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

April 22, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person OTHER
West Point Silica LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE inserted themself into a domestic dispute between a co-worker and co-worker's spouse. The co-worker was attempting to assault the co-worker's spouse when EE intervened and pulled the co-worker away resulting in an alleged knee injury.

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