Big Spring Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Big Spring Sands LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Jeffrey Flood; Brenda Flood
Big Spring,
Howard County,
TX
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105690
Big Spring Plant has $167K in proposed MSHA penalties and $163K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
58
citations
16
significant & substantial
$167,029
proposed penalties
$3,677
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $163,352 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
10
inspections on record
164
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.Rate withheld: 164 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Big Spring Plant has $167K in proposed MSHA penalties and $163K outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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.$167K
proposed penalties
$167K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$163K
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 14,163 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 11,688 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 17,088 | 13 | 6 | 760.8 |
| 2025 Q1 | 18,977 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 15,602 | 9 | 6 | 576.8 |
| 2024 Q3 | 15,538 | 4 | 0 | 257.4 |
| 2024 Q2 | 16,816 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 12,651 | 19 | 1 | 1501.9 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 11,529 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 13,335 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 4,685 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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