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Conroe Wet Plant: 113 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Conroe, Montgomery County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104196

Conroe Wet Plant has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2015–2016
Latest incident
Nov 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
113
citations
35
significant & substantial
$49,349
proposed penalties
$49,349
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Liberty Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
53
inspections on record
590
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: 590 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Conroe Wet Plant has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$49K
proposed penalties
$49K
current assessed
$49K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
112 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-03.
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.
31.2%
significant & substantial
16.1%
high negligence or reckless
31.2%
reasonably likely or greater
31.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.0% low, 75.9% moderate, 16.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K proposed, $9K 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 2012-09-12.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2012-883M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $9K → $9K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2017-10-18, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2017-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Hydrating Plant Operator
2017-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2011-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 Hydrating Plant Operator
2011-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2007-11-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.58 0.09 Washer Operator
2007-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2007-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
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.

Conroe Wet Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.

Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ 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 1.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.84 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
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 4.37 4.37 0.000
2015 * 7.08 3.54 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Liberty Materials, Inc. 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 2
2020 7
2019 24
2018 23
2017 15
2016 17
2015 22
2014 32
2013 28
2012 23
2011 23
2010 24
2009 26
2008 26
2007 28
2006 19
2005 14
2004 8
2003 9
2002 10
2001 10
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Conroe Wet Plant sits in Montgomery County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.8% 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.
Montgomery County, Texas · Population 654,722
3.8%
Mining share of county employment
$97,266
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
2021 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 815 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 914 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 788 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 13,829 0 0 0.0
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 15,248 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 13,861 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 24,504 2 1 81.6
2019 Q1 13,770 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 25,054 2 1 79.8
2018 Q3 21,207 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 15,440 3 2 194.3
2018 Q1 17,343 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 15,018 3 1 199.8
2017 Q3 12,751 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 11,199 2 0 178.6
2017 Q1 10,629 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 11,312 2 0 176.8
2016 Q3 12,150 4 0 329.2
2016 Q2 12,598 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 9,691 1 0 103.2
2015 Q4 9,314 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 20,150 7 3 347.4
2015 Q2 12,902 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 14,128 5 1 353.9
2014 Q4 14,347 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 15,329 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 13,523 2 1 147.9
2014 Q1 14,015 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 13,901 3 0 215.8
2013 Q3 13,546 7 4 516.8
2013 Q2 12,709 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 12,394 1 0 80.7
2012 Q4 11,624 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 11,547 4 2 346.4
2012 Q2 11,955 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 10,037 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 9,042 5 2 553.0
2011 Q2 12,381 6 1 484.6
2011 Q1 10,192 3 1 294.3
2010 Q4 11,821 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 12,342 6 2 486.1
2010 Q2 16,679 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 18,860 9 7 477.2
2009 Q4 12,584 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 13,275 3 1 226.0
2009 Q2 11,135 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 12,959 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 16,022 4 1 249.7
2008 Q3 13,131 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 12,869 6 0 466.2
2008 Q1 12,310 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 14,834 4 0 269.7
2007 Q3 13,980 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 13,231 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 13,420 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 15,903 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 10,976 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,152 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,522 6 3 630.1
2005 Q4 8,840 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,457 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,231 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,921 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,119 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,561 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,682 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,629 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,550 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,129 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,078 10 0 1969.3
2003 Q1 5,468 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,654 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,604 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,097 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,269 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,243 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,757 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,319 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,208 1 0 161.1
2000 Q4 5,912 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,857 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2016 · 1 incident

November 18, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Liberty Materials, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employees were cleaning under the main feed belt. Foreman failed to properly lockout plant. Pulley became energized & employee that was using a rod to turn the pulley was struck on hand/side of face(small cut on head). Broke two fingers/lacerated both tendons on left hand(pinky/ring fingers. Everyone involved was suspended & entire plant was re-trained on LO-TO-TO procedures.

2015 · 2 incidents

April 20, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Liberty Materials, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was conducting maintenance on the truck scale. A trucker drove onto the scale despite EE telling the trucker to stop and wait for him to finish. The scale shifted slightly and smashed EE's finger, causing the right ring finger to break.

March 2, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Liberty Materials, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

The Loader Operator was loading on-road commercial trucks with concrete sand. The operator strained his neck while getting a bucket full of material out of the stockpile. A doctor visit revealed the injury to be a minor strain. The employee was on light duty until 3-9-15. The suspension on the loaders chair was replaced to insure a similar injury does not occur again.