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: 83 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
COOKE COUNTY has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $196 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-10-29.
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 · 6% 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
90%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $196 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2013-03-19.
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: 2012-05-10, 14 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2012-05-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2012-05-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe 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
2013
3
2012
6
2011
7
2010
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
COOKE COUNTY sits in Cooke County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Cooke County, Texas · Population 42,473
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$72,472
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
2013 Q4
0
1
0
2013 Q3
960
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,882
1
0
531.3
2013 Q1
2,409
2
0
830.2
2012 Q4
1,160
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
3,548
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,590
4
2
1114.2
2012 Q1
2,706
7
2
2586.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4
1,266
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,027
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
3,099
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
4,338
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,916
2
0
510.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2013 · 1 incident
May 23, 2013TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TBK MATERIALS LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Two employees took the initiative to remove a rock hammer on a 360 excavator and to install a rock bucket, one of the employees was pushing out the pin and it went to far out falling on his right hand causing a pinch point. He tried to hold it but since it was to heavy it pinched his right hand finger.
2011 · 1 incident
January 20, 2011TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TBK MATERIALS LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE was working to clear jam in jaw crusher while crusher was running by throwing small rocks into jaw crusher to disolve hung rock.EE reached in and grabbed a rock that hadn't landed the way he wanted and his finger was pinched between the rock and the wall of the crusher.