Bilbrough Marble Division has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $491 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1987–2012
Latest incident
Nov 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
39
citations
6
significant & substantial
$11,666
proposed penalties
$7,295
paid to date
63% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,371 gap.
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: 466 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bilbrough Marble Division has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $491 outstanding across 3 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$491
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-07-13.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $4K 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 2004-08-31.
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.
Health sampling
ⓘ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)
ⓘ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: 2013-05-07, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2013-05-07
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Ball Mill Operator
2013-05-07
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
10
0.03
Mechanic
2009-08-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.8
1.71
0.47
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-08-06
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Bilbrough Marble Division recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.04 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
9.65
9.65
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2018
2
2017
3
2016
6
2015
6
2014
7
2013
6
2012
7
2011
7
2010
7
2009
6
2008
6
2007
6
2006
8
2005
8
2004
9
2003
9
2002
9
2001
11
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Bilbrough Marble Division sits in Burnet County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Burnet County, Texas · Population 51,064
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$77,158
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
2018 Q3
190
1
0
5263.2
2018 Q2
246
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
268
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
1,548
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,024
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,488
1
0
672.0
2017 Q1
1,709
1
0
585.1
2016 Q4
3,224
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3
3,289
1
0
304.0
2016 Q2
3,081
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
2,448
1
0
408.5
2015 Q4
3,153
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
2,584
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,834
1
0
352.9
2015 Q1
3,184
1
0
314.1
2014 Q4
3,484
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
3,000
1
0
333.3
2014 Q2
3,591
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
3,209
1
0
311.6
2013 Q4
3,509
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
3,410
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
3,458
6
2
1735.1
2013 Q1
2,932
1
0
341.1
2012 Q4
4,258
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,846
3
0
619.1
2012 Q2
4,565
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
4,434
1
0
225.5
2011 Q4
4,589
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
4,219
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
3,959
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
3,814
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
4,735
1
0
211.2
2010 Q3
4,366
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
3,820
1
0
261.8
2010 Q1
3,375
2
1
592.6
2009 Q4
3,996
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,688
1
0
271.1
2009 Q2
3,818
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
3,804
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1,313
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,777
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,759
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
4,229
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
4,191
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,600
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,534
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
3,546
1
0
282.0
2006 Q4
3,843
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,868
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
3,963
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
3,739
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
3,814
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,363
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
4,220
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,730
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
6,633
1
0
150.8
2004 Q3
5,220
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,179
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,506
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,721
1
1
211.8
2003 Q3
5,135
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,683
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
5,183
2
0
385.9
2002 Q4
5,152
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,010
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,822
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
5,294
1
0
188.9
2001 Q4
5,591
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,633
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,695
5
0
878.0
2001 Q1
6,337
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,170
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
6,389
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,968
1
0
201.3
2000 Q1
9,599
2
2
208.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2012 · 1 incident
November 4, 2012TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
AFTER BEING TOLD TO STAY ON CONE DECK THE INDIVIDUAL WENT UP THE SIDE OF THE CONE BOX ANYWAY, IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING DOWN: HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE CONE RESERVIOR AND THEN TO THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED LACERATION TO THE SCALP AND POSSIBLY FRACTURE IN VERTEBRACE HE IS AMBULATORY. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO DR. REPORT AT THIS TIME.
AFTER FINISHING LOADING A TRUCK, INDIVIDUAL STARTED SWEEPING FLOOR, NOTICED EYE STARTED HURTING AND BLURRY VISION. WASHED OUT EYE WITH ATTENTION OF SUPERVISOR.
1996 · 1 incident
April 17, 1996TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS SEWING BAGS WITH TAGS.A NUMBER OF TAGS BECAME INVOLVED AT ONECE.EMPLOYEE JERKED EXCESS TAGS OUT AND CLAIMED HE HEARD HIS ELBOW POP.IT BEGAN TO SWELL AND BECAME PAINFUL.
1990 · 1 incident
June 13, 1990TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL FELT "POP" IN GROIN AREA WHEN LIFTING 100 LB BAG.CONTINUED WORKING.AFTER LUNCH DIDNT FEEL WELL,1:15 CAME TO OFFICE TO REPORT.DR DIAG INJUINAL STRAIN.RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK 6-25-90.EMP L DECIDED TO MOVE.
EMPL WAS REACHING FROM DRIVERS SEAT TO TAILGATE RELEASE LEVER HOLDING LEVER FROM THE BOTTOM INSTEAD OF THE TOP WHENT THE LEVER WAS RELEASED HE HUNG ONTO IT INSTEAD OF LETTING GO WHICH PULLED A RM AND SHOULDER INTO UNNATURAL POSITION
February 3, 1989TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
END OF COVEYOR MOVNG 100 LB BAG FORM CONVEY TO PALLET A100LB BAFG CAME TO END OF CONVEY STARTED FALLING AND EMP TRIED TO CATCH IT IN MID AIR INSTEAD OF LETTING IT FALL STRIANED BACK MUSCLE.
1988 · 1 incident
February 9, 1988TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
OVERSIZE MATERIAL SPILLING OFF VERY SLOW MOVING BELT CATCHING BETWEEN BELT & TGAIL PULLEY CAUSING BELT T O WALK INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN MATERIAL OFF BELT AT T AIL PULLEY WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF BELT STUCK ARM IN VERY NARROW APERTURE BELT CLIP CAUGHT SHIRT WENT AROUND TAIL PULLEY MASHED ARM T OTAL DAMAGE UNKNOWN
1987 · 1 incident
April 27, 1987TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
EMPLOYEE MOVED 0ROM A NON-DUSTY AREA INTO AREA SUBJECT TO DUST, WORKING ON MILL CONSTRUCTION UPWIND OF CRUSHER, CARRING METAL PLATE ON FORKLIFT INTO AREA SUBJECT TO DUST, BUT NO DUSTY AT THE T IME, SUDDEN WIN8 GUST CHANGE BLEW DUST FROM CRUSHER INTO FACE.