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Cactus Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Richard Hurworth
MC CAMEY, Crane County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4105396

Cactus has $121K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118K outstanding across 11 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Nov 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
49
citations
14
significant & substantial
$121,199
proposed penalties
$2,951
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $118,248 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
18
inspections on record
484
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: 484 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cactus has $121K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118K outstanding across 11 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.
$121K
proposed penalties
$121K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$118K
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 1,518 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,204 3 3 2491.7
2025 Q1 1,350 1 0 740.7
2024 Q4 1,236 8 2 6472.5
2024 Q3 4,365 15 5 3436.4
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 1 1
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 775 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,535 11 2 7166.1
2021 Q2 1,409 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,991 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,531 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,862 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,800 3 1 1071.4
2020 Q1 2,239 4 0 1786.5
2019 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,146 3 0 953.6
2019 Q2 624 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,011 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,458 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 5, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
DelHur Industries, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

At this time unknown dump point failure causing haul truck operated by the deceased to back and roll down the dump point.

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