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: 597 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 - LU200 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 12 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-12-01.
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.
36citations taken to the federal commission · 34% of citations on record
Settled
32 · 89%
Stood as issued
2 · 6%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 6%
65%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 20 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $6K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2016-02-18.
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: 2013-09-11, 12 years ago
38%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz73 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (16)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2011-04-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.12
2.68
1.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-04-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.24
2.59
1.25
Cleanup Man
2008-08-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.17
2.79
1.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-09-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-08-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
2.81
0.14
Cleanup Man
2011-04-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
Truck Driver
2008-08-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-08-06
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
Truck Driver
2003-10-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.55
2.64
0.21
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-29
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
Truck Driver
2003-10-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.68
2.78
0.60
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.14
2.85
0.40
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-04-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
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.
Crusher - LU200 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.82 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.58 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
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2016
6
2015
5
2014
4
2013
5
2012
6
2011
10
2010
2
2009
11
2008
8
2007
8
2006
8
2005
10
2004
6
2003
17
2002
17
2001
19
2000
17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Crusher - LU200 sits in Glasscock County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Glasscock County, Texas · Population 1,070
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$106,806
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
2016 Q2
23
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
9,225
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,699
3
2
1765.7
2015 Q3
5,652
2
0
353.9
2015 Q2
4,602
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,244
3
0
2411.6
2014 Q4
586
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
324
9
4
27777.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2
1,305
3
1
2298.9
2014 Q1
500
9
1
18000.0
2013 Q4
1,340
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,278
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,350
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,630
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
3,024
7
0
2314.8
2012 Q3
434
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
5,471
2
0
365.6
2011 Q3
6,256
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
5,252
5
1
952.0
2010 Q1
4
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
686
3
0
4373.2
2009 Q3
5,602
4
1
714.0
2009 Q2
12,152
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
7,057
10
1
1417.0
2008 Q4
4,257
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,304
6
0
1816.0
2008 Q2
4,744
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
4,282
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
3,241
4
0
1234.2
2007 Q3
3,923
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,786
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,037
1
0
247.7
2006 Q4
3,345
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,181
11
7
5043.6
2006 Q2
5,405
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
2,147
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
216
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
5,214
2
1
383.6
2005 Q2
7,182
2
0
278.5
2005 Q1
3,194
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
0
0
0
2004 Q3
3,324
1
0
300.8
2004 Q2
3,909
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,922
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
7,337
3
0
408.9
2003 Q3
10,441
3
2
287.3
2003 Q2
8,580
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
11,586
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
7,337
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
9,095
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
11,345
4
0
352.6
2002 Q1
11,288
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
6,742
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
10,316
1
0
96.9
2001 Q2
7,674
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
9,037
1
0
110.7
2000 Q4
4,397
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
10,980
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
10,464
6
3
573.4
2000 Q1
10,111
1
0
98.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
21 on file
2014 · 1 incident
November 13, 2014TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerELECTRICAL
Weather conditions were cold. The 5 X 14 shaker wouldn't start; breaker was tripping. The employee checked for electrical shorts and continued by opening the electrical box to check the breakers. He removed the wires to attachment them directly to the starter. The wires arced 2 - 3 times burning his face and hands. The shaker caught fire.
2006 · 2 incidents
August 2, 2006TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER, DESCENDING A SLIGHT RAMP W/EXCESSIVE SPEED & HEADED TOWARD TOP EDGE OF QUARRY WALL. HE PULLED UNIT INTO REVERSE, KILLING ENGINE, & LEAVING BOTH STEERING & BRAKING SYSTEMS INOPERABLE. THE UNIT PROCEEDED AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE OVER PIT WALL, DESCENDING 26' TO BACK SIDE OF SHOT ROCK MUCK PILE.
March 30, 1998TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE STEPPING OFF CVRUSHER & TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE. RESULT: TORN LIGAMENTYS IN RIGHT FOOT & ANKLE.
1997 · 2 incidents
October 14, 1997TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CHECKING TO SEE IN CONE CRUSHER WAS IN RUNNING POSITION. HE WAS ON TOP OF CONE CRUSHER. AS HE TURNED TO DESCEND, HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON SOMETHING, CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND.
April 1, 1997TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHIEL CLEARING WORK AREA OF MESQUITE BRUSH THORN BRANCH WHIPPED LEG LEAVING THORN IN LEG. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 5/20/91 WHEN LEG BECAME INFECTED & HE HAD IT LANCED & THORN REMOV ED. NO LOST TIME.
1990 · 1 incident
July 13, 1990TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL WAS STOCKPILING CRUSHED MATERIALS WITH DUMP TRUCK. HE WAS GOING UP RAMP TRUCK STALLED & ROLLED BACKWARDS.IT HIT ANOTHER STOCKPILE AT AN ANGLE & SLOWLY ROLLED OVER.
1988 · 1 incident
May 12, 1988TX · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL CONVEYOR BELT UNDER SHAKER SCREEN, WHICH WAS AN AREA THAT WAS VERY HARD TO GET TO AND IT WAS TALKING THE HELP OF ALL AVAILABLE TO THREAD THE BELT ONTO THE CONVEYO R. EMPLOYEE JUST STRAINED TOO HARD CAUSING HERNIA.
CARL WAS UNLOADING OIL AND STQNDING INBETWEEN OIL RACK AND PICKUP ADAM WAS DRIVING PICKUP AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF CLUTCH AND COUND NOT STOP CARL WAS STANDING IN BETWEEN AND GOT HIT HE BRUISED B BOTH KNEES