While clearing frozen sand rocks from the Alpha hopper, employee was stepping down to the ground and slipped on their final step. They were able to catch themselves and did not fall; however, during the slip they sustained a cut to their left leg from contact with a metal edge.
Atlas 874/115 Mine: 192 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Atlas 874/115 Mine has $60K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 23
- Years on record
- 2018–2026
- Latest incident
- Jan 2026
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.ⓘ
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.Atlas 874/115 Mine has $60K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.ⓘ
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.- Settled 2 · 25%
- Stood as issued 6 · 75%
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.ⓘ
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.| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENT 2024-0224 | Dismissal | Bulluck | 2024 | $1K → $1K |
| CENT 2025-0026 | Settlement | McCarthy | 2025 | $560 → $560 |
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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)
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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: 2026-03-04
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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.- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz141 over
- Cristobalite, respirable2
- Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (18)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
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| 2017-08-29 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 1 | 0.55 | 1.82 | Cleanup Man |
| 2026-03-04 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.37 | 1.3 | 0.28 | Kiln/Dryer Operator |
| 2026-03-04 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.14 | Kiln/Dryer Operator | ||
| 2026-03-04 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Kiln/Dryer Operator | ||
| 2026-03-04 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Kiln/Dryer Operator | ||
| 2023-03-30 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.38 | 0.59 | 0.64 | Utility Man |
| 2023-03-30 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.27 | 0.47 | 0.57 | Lab Technician |
| 2023-03-30 | Cristobalite, respirable | 0.38 | Utility Man | ||
| 2023-03-30 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.36 | 0.48 | 0.75 | Utility Man |
| 2023-03-30 | Cristobalite, respirable | 0.36 | Utility Man | ||
| 2023-03-30 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.16 | Lab Technician | ||
| 2017-11-07 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.27 | 0.52 | 0.52 | Lab Technician |
| 2017-11-07 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.23 | 0.68 | 0.34 | Cleanup Man |
| 2017-11-07 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.17 | 0.62 | 0.27 | Cleanup Man |
| 2017-11-07 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.16 | 0.63 | 0.25 | Cleanup Man |
| 2017-11-07 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.13 | 0.6 | 0.22 | Scale Man |
| 2017-08-29 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.45 | 0.59 | 0.76 | Supervisor, Co. Official |
| 2017-08-29 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.34 | 0.53 | 0.64 | Bobcat Operator |
Atlas 874/115 Mine recorded 0.80 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
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| 2025 | 0.80 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2024 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2023 | 0.68 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2022 | 5.13 | 1.47 | 0.000 |
| 2021 | 2.88 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2019 | 2.11 | 0.70 | 0.000 |
| 2018 | 2.48 | 1.24 | 0.000 |
- HI Crush Proppants LLC 2017 to 2018
- Atlas Energy Solutions 2018 to present
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 121 |
| 2025 | 110 |
| 2024 | 125 |
| 2023 | 117 |
| 2022 | 103 |
| 2021 | 88 |
| 2020 | 89 |
| 2019 | 117 |
| 2018 | 70 |
| 2017 | 34 |
Atlas 874/115 Mine sits in Winkler County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 17.6% of county employment.
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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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2026 Q2 | 83,078 | 25 | 0 | 300.9 |
| 2026 Q1 | 60,331 | 6 | 0 | 99.5 |
| 2025 Q4 | 63,504 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 61,736 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 71,660 | 4 | 0 | 55.8 |
| 2025 Q1 | 54,118 | 3 | 0 | 55.4 |
| 2024 Q4 | 55,931 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 70,801 | 8 | 0 | 113.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2024 Q2 | 77,509 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 78,430 | 17 | 2 | 216.8 |
| 2023 Q4 | 78,689 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 77,996 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 70,787 | 2 | 0 | 28.3 |
| 2023 Q1 | 68,333 | 1 | 0 | 14.6 |
| 2022 Q4 | 64,088 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 69,342 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 75,097 | 5 | 1 | 66.6 |
| 2022 Q1 | 64,202 | 7 | 1 | 109.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 62,269 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 56,994 | 8 | 1 | 140.4 |
| 2021 Q2 | 57,384 | 1 | 0 | 17.4 |
| 2021 Q1 | 31,362 | 5 | 2 | 159.4 |
| 2020 Q3 | 27,287 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 28,805 | 6 | 0 | 208.3 |
| 2020 Q1 | 74,810 | 7 | 0 | 93.6 |
| 2019 Q4 | 72,601 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 68,879 | 10 | 3 | 145.2 |
| 2019 Q2 | 72,341 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 70,658 | 3 | 1 | 42.5 |
| 2018 Q4 | 55,571 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 37,505 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 33,661 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 34,328 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 32,751 | 2 | 0 | 61.1 |
| 2017 Q3 | 25,837 | 11 | 0 | 425.7 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,969 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
23 on file2026 · 2 incidents
IE was cleaning a silo spill. IE was pushing a pile of sand through the scale. At the end of the scale, the scale meets concrete and there is a small rise. The bucket clipped the concrete causing the IE's impact on the windshield. IE had a hard hat on; the brim caused the gash.
2025 · 1 incident
The crew was using a sky track with a man basket in an area where a conventional manlift could not be used due to ground conditions. While positioning the boom, a pinch point existed between the man basket and sky track backplate rack. The employee was unaware, and as the boom was raised, the basket shifted, catching and injuring fingers, requiring five sutures.
2023 · 1 incident
Miner got a hand smashed in a metal lever mid swing when using a sledge hammer causing a cut to the left hand. Miner received 3 stitches at the local hospital on left hand.
2022 · 7 incidents
Employee was greasing a bearing while standing on a bucket. Employee then fell off the bucket landing on left hand causing a mild sprain to left wrist. Incident occurred 12/16/22 & first aid was administered by a 3rd party nurse. Employee sought treatment on 1/13/2023 and received restrictions.
On the last step of the stairwell coming down from the BC5 platform employee stepped down with the right foot and upon contact with the cement, felt the right knee pop.
Employee was assisting in moving a 10" HDPE pipe. The pipe had bent while being moved with a telehandler. When the pipe straightened out when the telehandler shifted forward for positioning purposes, the pipe unwound and struck the employee in the knee
Employee made inadvertent contact with the tip of a sawzall blade creating a small puncture on the left hand requiring two stitches.
Employee was attempting to unplug a sump pump. After shutting down equipment employee unbolted relief valve, at this time hot air/ steam was released due to back pressure and burned both hands.
Employee parked the vehicle in a truck rut. As employee exited the vehicle and made a move to the tail gate for the fire extinguishers, employees left foot went into a low section of the rut and rolled left ankle and knee over. Employee was evaluated on 6/12/2022 and again on 7/7/2022 where it was determined physical therapy was the best course of treatment
Employee was walking towards a piece of equipment. as they were walking they slipped on the icy ground and suffered a laceration to a knee. Employee was cleared to return Sunday (2/6/2022). Employee worked the shift then reported the injury was still aggravated and is out for medical evaluation again
2021 · 4 incidents
Employee was moving a screen when EE lost balance. As EE lost balance EE began to drop the screen and the corner of the screen made contact with EE's right shoulder.
Miner was operating EE's personal vehicle, traveling from the mine entrance to our contractor shop when the vehicle EE was operating made contact with a concrete barrier used to post a stop sign for the inbound traffic. Miner suffered muscle strains due to the impact of EE's vehicle and the barrier.
Employee was walking in the wet plant when EE slipped and twisted ankle entering the control room.
Incident occurred on the 11th of January but was not reported to the operator until the January 21st. While changing screen decks on a Rotex, the miner felt a pop in their back which was later determined to be a sprain. The injured miner sought treatment at a chiropractor triggering reportability.
2020 · 3 incidents
Miner slipped while entering the cab of an on road semi tractor. Miner hit side on the floor board of cab. Bruised ribs. Miner did not report at time of incident. Reported 12/07/2020
Miner attempted to add coolant to the haul truck the miner was operating. Miner failed to allow the equipment to cool before attempting to open radiator cap. When cap released pressure the coolant from inside the radiator sprayed the miner's shoulder, resulting in 2nd degree burn.
fall from trailer 18 inches to ground
2019 · 3 incidents
Employee was climbing stairs when employee missed a step and struck knee on leading edge of step resulting in laceration requiring stitches.
EE was removing a bearing race from a dryer fan shaft. EE struck the bearing race with a chisel when a shred of metal passed through the glove and into EE's left thumb.
EE was walking out of the floc room and slipped down three steps and twisted left knee.
2018 · 2 incidents
Employee opened a cap on a radiator while it was still hot. Steam and coolant sprayed out on the left arm and face. Employee was taken to the hospital. Employee has 1st degree burn on the face and 2nd degree burn on the left wrist.
EE was swinging sledge hammer, ee slipped and hit hand on flange and dislocated socket on right hand/pinky finger