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: 449 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Crusher #1 has $26K 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-02-23.
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.
15citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
Settled
15 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $8K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2010-12-06.
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: 2002-05-01, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-05-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
0.42
0.79
Mechanic
2002-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2002-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.59
0.46
Truck Driver
2001-04-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2001-04-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
Truck Driver
2001-04-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
Truck Driver
2001-04-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
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
2012
5
2011
5
2010
3
2009
1
2008
1
2007
4
2006
8
2005
2
2004
7
2003
8
2002
8
2001
7
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Crusher #1 sits in Hardeman County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Hardeman County, Texas · Population 3,529
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$61,179
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
2012 Q4
1,646
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,386
5
3
1476.7
2012 Q1
3,224
8
2
2481.4
2011 Q4
1,797
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,769
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
378
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1,496
4
1
2673.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4
1,449
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
458
15
4
32751.1
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q2
874
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
819
11
3
13431.0
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
1,594
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
415
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
256
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
2,002
5
0
2497.5
2007 Q2
0
0
0
2007 Q1
3,269
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
7,898
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,132
2
0
638.6
2006 Q2
2,250
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
2,633
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
694
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
0
0
0
2005 Q2
0
0
0
2005 Q1
68
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
273
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
263
1
0
3802.3
2004 Q2
2,165
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,422
1
0
412.9
2003 Q4
2,297
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,996
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
4,530
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
4,317
2
0
463.3
2002 Q4
2,108
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,056
2
0
395.6
2002 Q2
6,691
3
0
448.4
2002 Q1
2,048
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,986
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
3,237
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,188
14
5
6398.5
2001 Q1
4,344
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,955
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,811
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,130
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1,775
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2006 · 1 incident
April 11, 2006TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gilvin-Terrill Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was trying to release a rock that was caught in a tailgate of a dump truck; as he pulled on the tailgate the rock released catching his left hand index finger between the tailgate and the rock. The rock smashed the tip of his finger causing a fracture. Employee did not use a pry bar to open the tailgate as instructed in previous training.
TOW EMPLOYEES CHANGING TEETH ONA 988B FRONT END LOADER. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A TOOTH OFF THE BUCKET WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW FROM THE TOOTH AND STUCK IN INJURED CHEST.
1991 · 1 incident
February 21, 1991TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HE HAD CHECKED THE OIL WATER LEVEL ETC. INSTEAD OF CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF THE EQUIPENT HE JUMPED DOWN AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE THIS EMPLOYEE WAS ON OF OUR COMPANY ROAD CREWS AND WAS MOVED TO MIN E FOR TEMPORARY OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT HE HAD OPERATED A DOZER ON ROAD CREW BEFORE
June 13, 1988TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
ALLEGED BACK INJURY WHEN PICKING UP SACK OF EXPLOSIVES, 50 LB BAG. CO-WORKERS STATED THE ROBERT HAD INJURED HIS BACK WHILE WORKING ON HIS PERSONAL CAR AT HOME.
February 2, 1988TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorOTHER
EMP ARRIVED AT 4ORK 30 MIN BEFORE WORK TIME AS ALWAYS. EMP STATED HE TRIED TO GET OUT OF HIS TRUCK WHEN HIS LEFT SIDE WAS NUMB AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND. POSSIBLE STROKE, EMP HAS HAD A HISTORY OF HEART PROBL9MS IN THE PAST WITH OVERWEIGHT