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: 76 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
C.F.R. PIT has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-05-08.
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 controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2003
3
2002
4
2001
0
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
C.F.R. PIT sits in Victoria County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Victoria County, Texas · Population 91,281
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,101
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
PICKUP TRUCK GOT STUCK IN SAND. USED A COMEALONG AND CHAIN TO PUL TRUCK OUT. CHAIN LINK BROKE AND COMEALONG HIT EE IN THIGH. THIGH WAS BRUISED. NO IMPAIRMENT.
PICKUP TRUCK GOT STUCK IN SAND. USED A COMEALONG AND CHAIN TO PULL TRUCK OUT. CHAIN LINK BROKE AND COMEALONG HIT EE IN THIGH. THIGH WAS BRUISED . NO IMPAIRMENT.
1992 · 1 incident
July 8, 1992TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Texas Southern Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS CLEANING MAT BUILD UP ON CONVEYOR FRAME WHEN HIS GLOVE BECAME ENTAGLED WITH CONVEYOR BELT AND CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER. THE CONVEYOR BELT SCRADED SUPERFICIAL LAYER OF SKIN OFF TOP SIDE OF H IS LEFT HAND.
1991 · 1 incident
September 14, 1991TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
HYDRAULIC HOSE BROKE AND SPRAYED OIL ON EXHAUST SYSTEM WHICH RESULTED IN A FIRE STARTING THE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SAW THE FIRE AND QUICKLY EXITED THE CAB OF THE MACHINE WITHOUT USING THE LADDER. HE JUMPED HE CRACKED HIS HEEL BONE. DAMAGE TO MACHINE WAS MINIMAL BECAUSE THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT RIGHT A WAY.