Crane County Plant has $104K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2018–2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
209
citations
55
significant & substantial
$103,605
proposed penalties
$87,848
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,757 gap.
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.
209 citations across 1,284 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2021-05-19.
On record since 2021.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Crane County Plant has $104K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 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.
$104K
proposed penalties
$88K
current assessed
$88K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
203 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $28K in penalties contested before the Commission, $12K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-05.
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.
20citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
Settled
20 · 100%
57%
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 14 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
57%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$28K proposed, $12K 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 2025-03-13.
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: 2024-03-20
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-03-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.55
0.45
Laborer, Bullgang
2024-03-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2024-03-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Laborer, Bullgang
2018-08-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2018-08-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-08-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-08-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Truck Loader
2018-08-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Loader
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.
Crane County Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.
Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ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 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.49 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2024
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019
1.57
0.00
0.000
2018
0.80
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
79
2025
78
2024
82
2023
96
2022
94
2021
72
2020
42
2019
199
2018
117
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Crane County Plant sits in Crane County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 16.5% 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.
Crane County, Texas · Population 4,623
16.5%
Mining share of county employment
$59,915
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
2026 Q2
44,915
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
44,031
3
0
68.1
2025 Q4
46,103
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
47,458
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
16,265
24
2
1475.6
2024 Q4
15,152
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
48,455
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
46,537
39
16
838.0
Show 25 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1
46,767
10
3
213.8
2023 Q4
45,945
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
52,294
1
1
19.1
2023 Q2
56,283
2
0
35.5
2023 Q1
55,897
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
56,807
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
54,544
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
47,900
10
0
208.8
2022 Q1
41,847
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
39,957
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
39,656
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
38,461
13
0
338.0
2021 Q1
29,899
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
18,335
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
17,771
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
55,063
6
1
109.0
2019 Q4
71,963
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
99,846
12
3
120.2
2019 Q2
96,074
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
115,269
30
10
260.3
2018 Q4
98,306
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
75,348
6
2
79.6
2018 Q2
60,126
1
0
16.6
2018 Q1
15,006
6
0
399.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2026 · 1 incident
May 28, 2026TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Our employee was performing flight installation on a dryer. While positioning and tack welding a plate, the material became unstable and tipped over, landing on employee's right hand causing amputation to the tip of the 5th finger and a fracture to the 4th finger.
2025 · 2 incidents
November 25, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was attempting to move a spout with EE's right leg when EE felt pain in EE's right calf. Employee began physical therapy on 03/02/2026 making this reportable.
August 23, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metalcar trimmer, car loader, bin puller, truck loaderSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A third-party trucking contract driver was found unresponsive near the mine exit. Trained CPR providers from the mine responded and performed CPR until EMS arrived on scene. The driver was pronounced deceased by EMS staff.
2022 · 1 incident
July 29, 2022TX · Metal/Non-Metalplumber, pipefitter, millwrightHOISTING
U.S. Silica · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Hand in proximity to snatch block while manipulating a belt.
2019 · 3 incidents
September 14, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
U.S. Silica · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was untightening a union to an airline with two pipe wrenches. Heard and felt a pop in left bicep. Went to a doctor that night released to work. Became reportable on 10/21/19 due to physical therapy that the doctor ordered.
February 15, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metalsandfiller (wet), slurry operatorDISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Employee overexerted themselves from digging. Was taken to a medical facility and given IV fluids for dehydration. The occurrence triggered personal related medical issues.
February 15, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metalminer, prospector, necDISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Employee overexerted themselves from digging. Was taken to a medical facility and given IV fluids for dehydration.
2018 · 3 incidents
September 10, 2018TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
U.S. Silica · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee, along with 3 others were repairing splice on Thayer belt feeder. While removing tail pulley shaft, tail pulley shifted trapping left ring finger between tail pulley drum and bearing assembly. Employee's left ring finger fractured. Restricted duty - no lost time.
May 15, 2018TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerOTHER