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.
136 citations across 1,049 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Burnet Plant has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 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.
$48K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
136 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $19K in penalties contested before the Commission, $13K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-19.
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 · 1% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2010-06-25.
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: 2024-10-23
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (19)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-10-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-10-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Gathering Arm Operator
2024-10-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2020-10-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-10-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Track Man/Gang
2020-10-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Mechanic
2018-09-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
Utility Man
2018-09-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1
1.66
0.60
Utility Man
2010-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2010-04-21
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2010-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
1.36
0.20
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-18
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2007-04-18
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2004-05-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.67
3.06
0.22
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
1.4
0.16
Truck Driver
2004-05-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1.51
0.10
Truck Driver
2004-05-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.62
1.06
0.58
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Burnet Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.17 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
2.35
2.35
0.000
2023 *
2.45
2.45
0.000
2022
1.80
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
4.78
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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
2026
24
2025
30
2024
34
2023
37
2022
38
2021
34
2020
22
2019
16
2018
15
2017
15
2016
13
2015
13
2014
3
2013
7
2012
3
2011
3
2010
11
2009
17
2008
24
2007
27
2006
26
2005
27
2004
30
2003
31
2002
31
2001
30
2000
29
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Burnet Plant 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
Screen #4 side entry portal broke at the hinges while two employees were closing the port. The door fell on one employee right hand, resulting in a fracture to the right index finger.
An employee's left hand became lodged between the rotating pulley and the gear box shaft on radial stacker
2022 · 1 incident
November 4, 2022TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was changing out a screen at the Wet Station and loss EE's balance and fell causing lacerations to the back of the head. Employee was placed on restrictions and received three staples making this incident an MTI.
2019 · 1 incident
July 15, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerMACHINERY
EE was working on closing a lid on a VSI Crusher when it became stuck on descent. EE states they placed hand between lid slot and ear for the lid as they were asking the operator to raise stop and raise the lid. The lid released unexpectedly causing the EE's left middle and ring fingertips to be severed.
Employee was making a cut on a 36" wide piece of conveyor belt when the knife slipped out of the belt and cut his right hand below the thumb
January 26, 2007TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was helping change out jaw dies in the # 1 jaw. They were in the process of taking out the cheek plate when the pad eye that was welded to the plate broke out and struck employee on his right cheek.
2006 · 2 incidents
November 4, 2006TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Was operating loader and the air conditioner was not working, reached up to vent and two finger were suck up causing laceration on two right index fingers
October 5, 2005TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WORKING ON GRIZZLY BAR #2 JAW, LAID GRIZZLY BAR ON CATWALK & WORKER WENT TO PLACE ANGLE IRON UNDERNEATH THE BAR. AT THAT TIME CHAIN GAVE WAY & HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN GRIZZLY BAR & IRON.
THE INJURED TURN TO LIFT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER OFF BRACKET WITH RIGHT HAND AND FELT A PULL IN HIS CHEST. HE THEN STARTED COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS. HE TOLD SUPERVISOR AND EMS WAS CALLED IMMEDIA TELY CAUSE THEY THOUGHT INJURED PARTY WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNDER BIN LOADING 1" MATERIAL. HE WAS HOLDING ON TO I-BEAM AS HE PULLED LEVER TO LOAD TRUCK. THE WEIGHT OF MATERIAL CAUSED TRUCK BED TO LEAN CAUSING HIS HAND TO GET PINNED BETWEEN BED AND I-BEAM. HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND WAS CUT.
1997 · 1 incident
March 18, 1997TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED WAS SHOVELING AGLIME OUT OF A BIN. AS HETURNED TO THROW OUT A SHOVEL FULL, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER AND WAS STILL PAINING HIM NEXTDAY. EE WAS SEEN BY DR. IN BURNET, WHO THEN REFE RRED HIM TO ANOTHER DR. IN GEORGETOWN. THAT DR'SINSTRUCTINS WERE NO LIFTING, SHOVELING OR GEAR SHIFTING FOR 2 WEEKS FROM 3/27/97. AT THAT TIME, DR. WANTS TO RE-CHECK HIM.
1995 · 1 incident
March 22, 1995TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
INJURED WAS CHNAGING OUT A DIAPHRAM ON THE WATER WAGON.AS HE WAS LOOSENING THE BOLTS,A SPRING BEHIND THE DIAPHRAM BOLTED OUT,STRIKING INJURED'S LEFT THUMB.THE RESULITNG CUT ON HIS THUMB REQUIR ED 9-10 STITCHES.
1992 · 2 incidents
October 29, 1992TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
INJURED WAS PE3RFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK ON CRUSHER TIGHTENING BOLTS ON LINERS AS HE WAS ST RAINING TO TIGHTEN A BOLT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RT SHOULDER
INJURED WAS CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS IN A EUCLID & HIT SOME POT HOLES SEAT STARTED BOUNCING & BOTTOMED OUT
1991 · 2 incidents
November 6, 1991TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK TO OPEN CONTROL VALVE ON BIN DOOR, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND AS HE WAS FALLING, HIS ARM CAUGHT THE SIDE OF VALVE WHERE A HOSE CLAMP WAS ATTACHED TO AN AIR LINE THE SHARP EDGE OF THE HOSE CLAMP CUT HIS ARM.
August 15, 1990TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A ROCK THAT WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE CABLE A SHEAVE ON THE MOTOR CRANE. HE WAS PULLING ON THE CABLE, THE ROCK FELL ON THROUGH, THE CABLE WENT DOWN AND PULLED HIS H AND IN BETWEEN CABLE AND SHEAVE. FINGER KEPT HURTING AND HE WENT TO DR 8-30-90, WAS X-RAYED AND GIVEN PRESCRIPTION FOR INFLAMMATION.
INJURED WAS STANDING OUTSIDE HIS TRUCK WITH THE DOOR OPEN WAITING TO GET LOADED WHEN A HARD GUST OF WIND HIT THE DOOR. INJURED THREW UP HIS ARM TO STOP THE DOOR FROM SLAMMING SHUT. THE JAGGED CORNER OF THE DOOR CUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM, REQUIRING SEVERAL STITCHES.
1989 · 3 incidents
November 22, 1989TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED WAS ON A CONVEYOR FRAME WHEN HE SLIPPED & HIT HIS LEFT SHIN ON ANGLE IRON SIDE OF FRAME, THERE WAS NO OPEN CUT JUST BRUISED. ON SAT. 11-25-89, INJURED EXPEREINCED MORE PAIN & RED STRE AKS, HE THEN SAW DR. WAS TREATED FOR INFECTION * RELEASED.
October 19, 1989TX · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED WAS CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD ON A FRONT END LOADER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A STEP ON THE LADDER ON THE FEL AND HE FELL ABOUT 6 FT TO THE GROUND. INJURED WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN BURNET & TRANSFERRED TO BRACKENRIDGE HOSPITAL IN AUSTIN.
INJURED WAS USING AN AIR WRENCH TO REMOVE A NUT FROM A BOLT ON FRONT END LOADER BUCKET AND WAS HOLDING THE BOTTOM OF THE BOLT WITH THE PALM OF THE HAND. WHEN THE BOLT LOOSENED, THE HEAD OF THE BOLT CAME OUT OF THE SOCKET AND BEGAN SPINNING AT A VERY FAST RATE OF SPEED.
1988 · 2 incidents
July 21, 1988TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)