Mining Incidents

CULBERSON SAND PIT: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Heath Concrete Company · Surface
Controlled by J T Heath Jr
Van Horn, Culberson County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103027

CULBERSON SAND PIT has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
6
citations
3
significant & substantial
$16,857
proposed penalties
$3,472
paid to date
21% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,385 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
138
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: 138 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CULBERSON SAND PIT has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $16K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-06-14.
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.
60.0%
significant & substantial
80.0%
high negligence or reckless
60.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 20.0% moderate, 60.0% high, 20.0% reckless.
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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 50% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
84%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$16K proposed, $3K 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 2011-10-27.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2012-90M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $12K → $2K
CENT 2010-1202M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $4K → $515
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Heath Concrete Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 0
2013 1
2012 2
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 4
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CULBERSON SAND PIT sits in Culberson County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Culberson County, Texas · Population 2,181
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$42,672
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
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
Show 65 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 76 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 86 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6 5 3 833333.3
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 138 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,200 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 84 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 64 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 126 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 41 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 124 1 0 8064.5
2005 Q3 42 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 123 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 212 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 124 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 246 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 76 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 124 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 94 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 244 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 246 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 132 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.