Burnet Screening Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2012–2025
Latest incident
Dec 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
31
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,941
proposed penalties
$3,851
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $90 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: 231 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Burnet Screening Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $736 in penalties contested before the Commission, $546 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-20.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 19% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 50%
Stood as issued
2 · 33%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 17%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
26%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$736 proposed, $546 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 2021-02-01.
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: 2013-04-23, 13 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2013-04-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-04-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2013-04-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
5
2025
4
2024
4
2023
4
2022
3
2021
2
2020
3
2019
1
2018
2
2017
6
2016
4
2015
4
2014
2
2013
3
2012
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Burnet Screening 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
2,036
2
0
982.3
2026 Q1
1,848
3
0
1623.4
2025 Q4
2,065
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
1,783
1
0
560.9
2025 Q2
2,257
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1,866
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
1,971
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
2,712
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
2,027
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
2,109
3
1
1422.5
2023 Q4
1,515
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
613
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
1,931
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
1,889
1
0
529.4
2022 Q4
2,777
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
2,055
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
1,299
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
670
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
844
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
251
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
177
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
232
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
1,127
4
0
3549.2
2020 Q3
1,582
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,156
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,659
2
0
1205.5
2019 Q4
1,328
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
872
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
456
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
24
1
0
41666.7
2018 Q3
121
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
727
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
2,720
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,620
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
3,726
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
3,775
1
0
264.9
2017 Q1
4,309
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
2,903
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,284
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,700
2
0
1176.5
2016 Q1
1,812
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,044
1
0
489.2
2015 Q3
2,617
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,562
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,308
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,387
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
174
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
740
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
920
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
1,362
1
0
734.2
2013 Q3
1,798
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,451
2
0
816.0
2013 Q1
1,614
3
1
1858.7
2012 Q4
1,608
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2,283
1
0
438.0
2012 Q2
2,732
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
4,641
1
0
215.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2025 · 1 incident
December 10, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While attempting to climb into the cab of a 329 Cat excavator EE felt a pop in EE's left knee. EE had EE's left knee on the step and had all of EE's body weight on that knee while EE was attempting to get into the cab. Ground conditions were flat and dry. No other conditions contributed to the incident
2023 · 1 incident
August 2, 2023TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaster mechanic, foreman, supervisorPOWERED HAULAGE
Operator had loaded a end-dump which was determined to be overloaded. The truck driver dumped some material but could not close the gate on the bed as a rock was overhanging. Operator signaled the driver to hold what they were doing and went to push the rock back into the bed. Driver dumped the air on the cylinders and the gate came down on the operator.
2012 · 1 incident
May 8, 2012TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON