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: 207 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
70 AC Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-10-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2017-10-24, 8 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-10-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2018
3
2017
4
2016
3
2015
3
2014
3
2013
3
2012
4
2011
4
2010
4
2009
4
2008
4
2007
4
2006
4
2005
4
2004
4
2003
4
2002
2
2001
3
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
70 AC Plant sits in Bandera County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.4% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Bandera County, Texas · Population 21,589
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$69,703
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2018 Q1
36
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
82
3
1
36585.4
2017 Q3
82
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
176
3
0
17045.5
2017 Q1
94
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2016 Q3
44
9
2
204545.5
2016 Q2
58
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1
50
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
93
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
50
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
56
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
86
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
120
6
1
50000.0
2014 Q3
18
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
50
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
47
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
50
1
0
20000.0
2013 Q3
148
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
72
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
30
1
0
33333.3
2012 Q4
61
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
50
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
167
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
50
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
153
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
69
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
62
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
64
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
49
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
76
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
38
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
53
1
0
18867.9
2009 Q4
35
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
27
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
69
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
62
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
116
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
81
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
139
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
128
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
134
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
85
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
149
2
0
13422.8
2007 Q1
88
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
83
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
48
2
0
41666.7
2006 Q2
189
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
643
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
230
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
172
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
204
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
266
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
418
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
314
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
243
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
846
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
191
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
249
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
228
1
0
4386.0
2003 Q1
73
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
93
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
63
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
58
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
13
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
147
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
49
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
192
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
118
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
211
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
78
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
273
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
532
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2013 · 1 incident
October 17, 2013TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE REPAIRING THE SAND SCREW ON THE GRAVEL PLANT, THE HOLDER SLIPPED AND PINNED HIS RIGHT HEEL BETWEEN THE HOUSING AND SAND SCREW. INDIVIDUAL WAS ONLY PINNED FOR A FEW MINUTES WITH NO IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED.