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Deweyville Plant: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

MineralTech Gulf Coast Abrasives, LLC · Surface
Deweyville, Newton County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4101472

Deweyville Plant has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1983–2007
Latest incident
Oct 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
153
citations
44
significant & substantial
$38,020
proposed penalties
$38,020
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
66
inspections on record
1,057
inspection hours
14.5
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.
153 citations across 1,057 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.
3
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2023-09-06.
On record since 2010.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Deweyville Plant has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$38K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$38K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
146 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-17.
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.
29.3%
significant & substantial
3.3%
high negligence or reckless
29.3%
reasonably likely or greater
34.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.3% low, 81.3% moderate, 3.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2026-03-12
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
45
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz153 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg27
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (45)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-03-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.22 1.59 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-01-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.07 0.37 2.89 Bagging Operator
2006-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.29 1.07 Bagging Operator
2026-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2026-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Warehouse Man
2026-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2025-04-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2025-04-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2025-04-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2023-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2023-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2022-04-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.27 0.59 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2019-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2018-08-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2012-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.95 0.15 Dredge/Barge Operator
2012-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.58 0.28 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2012-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.69 0.28 Bagging Operator
2012-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.56 0.23 Bagging Operator
2012-12-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.37 0.54 Bagging Operator
2012-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.4 0.55 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.28 0.54 Bagging Operator
2012-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.37 0.84 Bagging Operator
2012-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.32 0.41 Supervisor, Co. Official
2012-05-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2010-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.46 0.46 Bagging Operator
2009-12-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2009-12-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2009-11-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2009-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2008-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2006-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.34 0.88 Bagging Operator
2005-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2005-07-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Dredge/Barge Operator
2003-10-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.47 Dredge/Barge Operator
2003-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2003-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2003-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2002-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Sampler, Dust
2002-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
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.

Deweyville 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
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 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.
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
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Specialty Sand Company Inc. 1950 to 2022
  2. MineralTech Gulf Coast Abrasives, LLC 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 3
2024 12
2023 10
2022 12
2021 11
2020 10
2019 12
2018 12
2017 10
2016 12
2015 13
2014 16
2013 13
2012 13
2011 13
2010 12
2009 13
2008 15
2007 16
2006 11
2005 9
2004 8
2003 8
2002 8
2001 9
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Deweyville Plant sits in Newton 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.
Newton County, Texas · Population 12,193
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,044
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 9,387 4 3 426.1
2026 Q1 1,940 14 2 7216.5
2025 Q4 2,227 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,154 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,102 3 0 1427.2
2025 Q1 2,005 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,745 3 0 387.3
2024 Q3 7,685 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,919 9 2 1136.5
2024 Q1 7,535 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,862 1 0 145.7
2023 Q3 6,991 6 1 858.2
2023 Q2 6,399 4 2 625.1
2023 Q1 6,049 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,345 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,172 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,935 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,218 7 4 1125.8
2021 Q4 6,343 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,127 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,833 2 1 292.7
2020 Q3 4,554 2 0 439.2
2020 Q2 4,423 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,101 3 1 491.7
2019 Q4 7,263 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,261 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,829 3 0 439.3
2019 Q1 7,051 6 3 850.9
2018 Q4 6,409 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,556 2 1 360.0
2018 Q2 5,953 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,671 10 3 2140.9
2017 Q4 4,582 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,334 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,743 2 1 421.7
2017 Q1 4,949 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,406 4 1 739.9
2016 Q3 5,784 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,382 4 0 743.2
2016 Q1 4,186 2 0 477.8
2015 Q4 4,775 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,900 4 3 816.3
2015 Q2 4,731 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,268 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 8,729 1 0 114.6
2014 Q3 4,908 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,900 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,193 1 0 192.6
2013 Q4 5,041 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,144 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,003 2 1 399.8
2013 Q1 5,118 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,876 1 0 205.1
2012 Q3 5,394 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,738 2 1 348.6
2012 Q1 6,061 1 0 165.0
2011 Q4 5,590 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,833 2 1 342.9
2011 Q2 5,325 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,561 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,760 4 1 694.4
2010 Q3 5,045 5 2 991.1
2010 Q2 4,527 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,935 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,143 4 0 777.8
2009 Q3 6,297 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,140 3 1 488.6
2009 Q1 6,687 2 1 299.1
2008 Q4 7,045 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,170 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,062 5 1 824.8
2008 Q1 6,165 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,401 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,266 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,984 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,888 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,967 2 1 335.2
2006 Q3 5,840 2 1 342.5
2006 Q2 7,497 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,545 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,488 1 0 182.2
2005 Q3 4,827 1 0 207.2
2005 Q2 4,621 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,391 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,832 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,229 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,964 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,663 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,917 2 1 510.6
2003 Q3 3,553 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,890 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,082 2 0 490.0
2002 Q4 4,472 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,625 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,920 2 0 510.2
2002 Q1 4,157 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,580 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,922 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,106 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,697 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,849 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,323 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,462 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,278 4 1 935.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 16, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Specialty Sand Company Inc. · Drowning

NO DETAILS KNOWN EXCEPT EMPLOYEE WAS IN ROUTE FROM DREDGE TO SHORE

Reportable incidents

11 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2007 · 1 incident

October 2, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

The man was stacking bags of sand using the palletizer. A bag of sand was sliding out of position; the man stuck his hand in the table to straighten bag and was caught between the table and the bag of sand. The man was burned by the hot sand before he could get released.

2000 · 2 incidents

December 5, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company Inc. · Struck against stationary object

WHILE CLOSING THE GATE ON THE BOTTOM OF SILO, EE RAN INTO HANDLE WHICH WAS STICKING OUT ON SIDE OF THE WALKWAY. HE HIT HIMSELF IN THE CHEST AND NICKED HIS FOREHEAD.

July 6, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A DRUM OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND PULLED HIS RIGHT GROIN MUSCLE CAUSING A HERNIA.

1997 · 1 incident

March 6, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Specialty Sand Company Inc. · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE AS HAMMERING ON A CHAIN TO REPAIR IT WITH A HAMMER AND CHIESEL WHEN APIECE OF CHAIN CHIPPED OFF AND ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

1994 · 1 incident

1992 · 1 incident

February 7, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company Inc. · Struck by falling object

CLEANING ROLL OUT CONVEYOR ON PALLETIZER TO PAINT. CONVEYOR STANDING ON EDGE. SECURED. CLEANED ONE SIDE AND STARTED TO TURN IT OVER AND IT TURNED OVER FALLING ON INJURED'S LEG.

1987 · 1 incident

October 8, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Specialty Sand Company Inc. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS HELPING3REPLACE PART OF TIN ROOF AND FELL THRU TO FLOOR. HE LANDED ON FEET BUT FELL FORWARD FACE GOING IN SMALL SAND PILE. NOTE.. FROM ROOF TO FLOOR ABOUT 10 FT

1985 · 2 incidents

April 22, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Specialty Sand Company Inc. · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

SUPPORT FOR HAND RAIL GAVE WAY CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL

January 19, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Specialty Sand Company Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS ON DREDGE PUMPING SAND AND WINCH THAT MOVES THE CABLE SLIPPED CAUSING THE HANDLE TO COME BACK AND HIT HIS HAND BRUISED HAND AND WRIST FRACTURE

1984 · 1 incident

March 5, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PALLETIZER, FOR BAGGING SAND, HAD BEEN BROKE DOWN AND MEN COULD\T BAG SAND MUCH OF THE DAY MR. STANLEY WAS WORKING OVER TO REPAIR MACHINE. HE GO RIGHT HAND CAUGHT IN LIFT AND DCUT AND BRISED I

1983 · 1 incident

September 15, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS BAGGING SAND. A BAG WAS BAD & HE THREW IT AWAY, SLINING IT TO RIGHT & BACKHANDED HITTING EDGE OF METAL. THE NMETAL CUT A SMALL GASH IN BACK OF RIGHT HAND.