Mining Incidents

BRIDGEPORT QUARRY #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rodney Smithey
Bridgeport, Wise County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104044

BRIDGEPORT QUARRY #1 has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $76K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1999–2000
Latest incident
Jul 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
105
citations
46
significant & substantial
$76,135
proposed penalties
$573
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $75,562 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
292
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: 292 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BRIDGEPORT QUARRY #1 has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $76K 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.
$76K
proposed penalties
$76K
current assessed
$573
paid to date
$76K
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-05-09.
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
2001 Q2 27,882 9 4 322.8
2001 Q1 45,580 3 2 65.8
2000 Q4 44,380 43 21 968.9
2000 Q3 74,997 7 0 93.3
2000 Q2 89,378 43 19 481.1
2000 Q1 75,108 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

July 19, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vista Aggregates Llc · Struck against stationary object

WAS TRYING TO TAKE BROKEN PART OFF WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HAND TO SCRAPE ACROSS SHARP PIECE OF METAL Y

July 7, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vista Aggregates Llc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON SHAFT OF LOG WASHER, FINGERS BECAME CAUGHT IN GROVE OF DRIVE BELT SHEAVE

1999 · 6 incidents

October 19, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vista Aggregates Llc · Fall onto or against objects

SLIPPED IN MUD FELL HITTING HIS RIBS ON WELDING TRAILER

October 1, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vista Aggregates Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING A ROCK BETWEEN A PIECE OF METAL AND THE GRIZZLY BARS. THE ROCK BECAME LOOSE AND THE PIECE OF METAL WAS IN A BIND AND PINNED HIS HAND.

July 31, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vista Aggregates Llc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A SCREEN RAIL AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND.

June 11, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vista Aggregates Llc · Struck by falling object

CLEANING SCREENS AND PERSON HELPING HIM SLIPPED, CAUSING EE TO BEAR THE WEIGHT OF THE SCREEN.

June 8, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vista Aggregates Llc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING LOADER AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

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