Altair Plant has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $553 outstanding across 11 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2005–2018
Latest incident
Jan 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
173
citations
77
significant & substantial
$51,690
proposed penalties
$38,972
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,718 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
72
inspections on record
990
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: 990 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Altair Plant has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $553 outstanding across 11 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.
$52K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$39K
paid to date
$553
outstanding
167 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-02-13.
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
424
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
144
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
205
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
224
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
284
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
564
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
2,295
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
2,958
1
0
338.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
3,450
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,315
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
480
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
1,015
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
3,896
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,560
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
10,388
2
0
192.5
2022 Q1
5,574
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
5,015
1
0
199.4
2021 Q3
3,802
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
6,355
1
0
157.4
2021 Q1
8,258
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
6,277
1
0
159.3
2020 Q3
3,469
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,516
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
2,550
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,727
3
1
1100.1
2019 Q3
2,746
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,741
2
0
729.7
2019 Q1
2,072
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
3,107
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,095
1
0
323.1
2018 Q2
6,509
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
10,091
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
9,504
2
0
210.4
2017 Q3
5,849
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
3,880
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
7,360
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
7,571
1
0
132.1
2016 Q3
7,736
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
8,507
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
10,800
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
13,494
2
0
148.2
2015 Q3
13,992
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
15,799
6
2
379.8
2015 Q1
14,433
3
1
207.9
2014 Q4
15,414
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
42,600
1
1
23.5
2014 Q2
43,951
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
39,092
2
1
51.2
2013 Q4
38,689
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
39,304
1
0
25.4
2013 Q2
41,344
3
0
72.6
2013 Q1
32,613
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
39,376
2
1
50.8
2012 Q3
40,666
16
8
393.4
2012 Q2
35,328
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
27,374
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
28,230
1
0
35.4
2011 Q3
25,906
6
2
231.6
2011 Q2
24,341
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
15,480
5
2
323.0
2010 Q4
16,013
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
24,680
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
27,954
1
0
35.8
2010 Q1
21,906
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
19,872
2
1
100.6
2009 Q3
18,395
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
18,276
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
21,014
3
1
142.8
2008 Q4
30,396
16
2
526.4
2008 Q3
31,211
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
41,947
7
4
166.9
2008 Q1
43,706
1
1
22.9
2007 Q4
49,411
9
6
182.1
2007 Q3
41,022
6
0
146.3
2007 Q2
40,474
30
27
741.2
2007 Q1
37,316
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
27,994
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
21,750
2
1
92.0
2006 Q2
19,898
5
3
251.3
2006 Q1
17,866
16
8
895.6
2005 Q4
16,444
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
13,847
1
1
72.2
2005 Q2
11,044
1
0
90.5
2005 Q1
9,724
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
12,869
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
13,371
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
13,146
2
0
152.1
2004 Q1
11,793
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
11,918
1
0
83.9
2003 Q3
11,303
5
2
442.4
2003 Q2
10,412
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
8,178
2
1
244.6
2002 Q4
6,502
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
3,114
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2018 · 1 incident
January 18, 2018TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
The employee was cutting a stockpile with a front end loader when a large chunk of frozen road gravel fell from the top of the stockpile onto the front of the loader and into the cab. The employee suffered minor cuts on the right hand and lower back pain from removing material from their lap in order to exit loader.
Employee suffered an injury to her neck/rotator cuff. She attempted to reach across her body and behind her to retrieve a paper and her chair came out from underneath her and she grabbed the wall to break her fall and suffered a shoulder injury. She reported the incident to her manager but refused medical treatment. She went to the doctor on 8/10/15 for treatment.
EE lifted up the safety guard and inserted a tree limb with lubricant into the bull gear while it was operating. The gear pulled the tree limb along with his hand into the two gears. He reacted by pulling his arm away. The gears had mutilated his right hand off up to his wrist.
2005 · 1 incident
November 15, 2005TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was cutting a piece of belt and the knife slipped cutting the top of his hand. Had eight stitches.
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