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: 254 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
ALVORD has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 2 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
$151
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $121 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Stood as issued
1 · 50%
Still open
1 · 50%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$121 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2026-04-29.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
5
2025
5
2024
5
2023
7
2022
6
2021
6
2020
7
2019
5
2018
5
2017
7
2016
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
ALVORD sits in Wise County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 4.7% 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.
Wise County, Texas · Population 72,359
4.7%
Mining share of county employment
$89,897
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
2026 Q2
2,328
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
2,546
4
1
1571.1
2025 Q4
2,819
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,985
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
2,643
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,559
1
0
390.8
2024 Q4
3,162
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,114
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
2,875
7
2
2434.8
2024 Q1
2,179
2
0
917.9
2023 Q4
3,005
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
3,627
1
1
275.7
2023 Q2
3,838
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
3,067
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
3,256
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
4,150
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
3,033
3
1
989.1
2022 Q1
2,828
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
3,595
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
2,916
2
0
685.9
2021 Q2
3,191
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
2,843
1
0
351.7
2020 Q4
3,137
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
3,191
4
0
1253.5
2020 Q2
3,057
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
3,674
2
0
544.4
2019 Q4
3,028
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
2,957
2
1
676.4
2019 Q2
2,775
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
2,927
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,986
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,085
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
2,967
3
0
1011.1
2018 Q1
2,713
2
2
737.2
2017 Q4
3,768
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
3,773
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
4,500
1
0
222.2
2017 Q1
4,906
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,609
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,041
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
145
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2019 · 1 incident
July 16, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON