Mining Incidents

Corpus Processing Facility Metal/Non-Metal

Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105175

Corpus Processing Facility has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $183 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2017–2024
Latest incident
Dec 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
35
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,469
proposed penalties
$4,286
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $183 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
21
inspections on record
343
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: 343 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Corpus Processing Facility has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $183 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
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$183
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 13,188 1 0 75.8
2025 Q3 11,939 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 11,677 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 11,457 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 11,884 1 0 84.1
2024 Q3 11,875 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 10,732 3 0 279.5
2024 Q1 11,770 0 0 0.0
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 12,308 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 12,148 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 12,301 2 0 162.6
2023 Q1 12,242 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 10,673 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 11,317 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 10,541 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 11,578 4 0 345.5
2021 Q4 10,019 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9,724 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 8,448 3 1 355.1
2021 Q1 7,495 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,386 1 0 156.6
2020 Q3 7,437 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,127 3 0 420.9
2020 Q1 11,005 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9,877 1 1 101.2
2019 Q3 10,714 1 0 93.3
2019 Q2 10,252 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 10,200 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 11,304 1 0 88.5
2018 Q3 10,459 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 9,490 2 0 210.7
2018 Q1 9,369 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 9,635 2 0 207.6
2017 Q3 9,341 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,980 1 1 125.3
2017 Q1 6,850 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,252 3 0 571.2
2016 Q3 4,379 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,273 5 0 1170.1
2016 Q1 4,622 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2024 · 1 incident

December 12, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Superior Weighting Products LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee cut EE's fingers while changing the blades on the 950 Cat front end loader. EE was holding the plow bolt head with EE's right hand while using an impact with EE's left to loosen the nut. Once the impact engaged the bolt dropped down and spun cutting the 2 middle fingers.

2022 · 1 incident

May 12, 2022 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Superior Weighting Products LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was throwing trash in dumpster when EE slipped on a wet area and fell, fracturing the right fibula.

2020 · 1 incident

January 7, 2020 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Weighting Products LLC · Struck by falling object

While replacing the skirting on the bottom of the crude feed south blending hopper a rock fell from the grating above approx 11 feet and struck the employee on the head.

2018 · 1 incident

March 27, 2018 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Superior Weighting Products LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using overhead hoist with chain and hook, a strap was used to grab hold of the plow body attached to the hook. The hook from the overhead hoist got caught onto an I-Beam which caused tension to build up on the chain lifting up Plow body which then slipped off the I-beam and caused the corner of the Plow Body to strike the employee on lower lip and bottom jaw.

2017 · 1 incident

November 13, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Weighting Products LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was lowering a metal plate to install at the mill floor that weighed 85lbs. The plate slid, cut and fractured employee's finger at the tip.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.