Decatur Sand Plant: 9 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
Wise County,
TX
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Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103914
Decatur Sand Plant has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1997–2000
- Latest incident
- Feb 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
5
significant & substantial
$10,116
proposed penalties
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 36 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Decatur Sand Plant has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
9 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-03-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
55.6%
significant & substantial
55.6%
high negligence or reckless
55.6%
reasonably likely or greater
88.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.1% low, 33.3% moderate, 55.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
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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 |
| CENT20020179M |
Default |
Feldman |
2002 |
$2K → $2K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Decatur Sand Plant recorded 7.34 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
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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.
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.42 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.
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.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2001 |
4 |
| 2000 |
11 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Decatur Sand Plant sits in Wise County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 4.7% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Wise County, Texas · Population 72,359
4.7%
Mining share of county employment
$89,897
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2001 Q3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q1 |
4,712 |
4 |
2 |
848.9 |
| 2000 Q4 |
4,689 |
5 |
3 |
1066.3 |
| 2000 Q3 |
6,150 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
8,876 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
7,525 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2000 · 1 incident
February 21, 2000
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Materials Of Tx, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CARRYING LOADER DRIVE SHAFT. HE STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND TWISTING HIS KNEE.
1999 · 1 incident
April 6, 1999
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marock Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO GO SHUT OFF VALVE, TRIPPED ON ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND LAND ON LEFT HAND PINKY FINGER DISLOCATING IT.
1998 · 4 incidents
October 28, 1998
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Marock Inc · Struck against a moving object
DRIVING WAS DRIVING TOO FAST OVER ROUGH TERRAIN.
September 22, 1998
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CUTTING HOLE THROUGH BELTING FOR PATCH WITH UTILITY KNIFE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM.
September 15, 1998
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marock Inc · Struck by falling object
CHANGING SCREENS IN SHAKER WHEN MASSIVE AMOUNT OF SAND FELL INTO EYES.
January 19, 1998
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marock Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
3 EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING MOTOR MNTS. BOLTS ON TOP OF SHAKER SCREEN DRIVER. 1 EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO MOVE THE FLYWHEEL WHILE INJURED EMPLOYEE GUIDED THE DRIVE BELT ONTO FLYWHEEL. AS W HEEL WAS BEING MOVED, INJURED EMPLOYEE GOT TIP OF FINGER BETWEEN FLYWHEEL AND BELT.
1997 · 1 incident
May 2, 1997
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Marock Inc · Struck by falling object
EE WAS INSIDE SHAKER, LAYING FLAT OF BACK, DOING REPAIRS, WHEN BOLT FELL FROM ABOVE HITTING FOREHEAD RESUEMD NORMAL ACTIVITIES.