Mining Incidents

Benchmark Materials LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4105119

Benchmark Materials LLC has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2016
Latest incident
Mar 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
52
citations
12
significant & substantial
$11,354
proposed penalties
$11,354
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
19
inspections on record
235
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: 235 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Benchmark Materials LLC has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-12-02.
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
2023 Q1 585 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,271 1 0 440.3
2022 Q3 2,654 2 0 753.6
2022 Q2 2,258 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,382 2 0 839.6
2021 Q4 2,014 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,044 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,837 8 1 2819.9
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1 1,527 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,202 4 0 1249.2
2020 Q3 3,095 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,879 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,523 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,173 3 0 945.5
2019 Q2 2,523 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,950 3 1 1016.9
2018 Q4 1,828 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,027 5 1 2466.7
2018 Q2 3,310 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,836 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,816 5 1 1775.6
2017 Q3 3,516 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,200 4 2 952.4
2017 Q1 3,406 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,592 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,951 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,130 5 0 1210.7
2016 Q1 6,717 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,192 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,308 9 6 1426.8
2015 Q2 3,967 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2016 · 1 incident

March 24, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Benchmark Materials LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee is an excavator operator. As EE was stepping down from EE's excavator, EE slipped (due to mud) & injured EE's right ankle.

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