Domtar has $5K 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
4
Years on record
1994–2001
Latest incident
Nov 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
36
citations
16
significant & substantial
$4,577
proposed penalties
$4,387
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $190 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
162
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: 162 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Domtar has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $760 in penalties contested before the Commission, $570 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-02-17.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2004-05-11, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-05-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.58
10
0.06
Bulldozer Operator
2002-08-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
10
0.03
Truck Driver
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2002-08-14, 24 years ago
3
samples
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2002-08-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
SF ACTIVE MINING
2002-08-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.32
MP CRUSHING
2002-08-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
3.58
MP GENERAL
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.
Domtar recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.04 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
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
8.50
8.50
0.000
2000 *
9.19
9.19
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
2005
8
2004
8
2003
8
2002
8
2001
9
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Domtar sits in Nolan County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Nolan County, Texas · Population 14,565
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$50,160
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
2005 Q1
695
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
5,810
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
5,966
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
6,135
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
5,894
4
0
678.7
2003 Q4
6,289
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
5,914
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,976
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1
5,125
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
6,061
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,682
9
5
1583.9
2002 Q2
5,758
5
3
868.4
2002 Q1
4,996
8
3
1601.3
2001 Q4
5,309
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,509
5
2
907.6
2001 Q2
6,271
1
0
159.5
2001 Q1
6,452
2
1
310.0
2000 Q4
5,741
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,225
2
2
382.8
2000 Q2
5,397
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,400
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2001 · 1 incident
November 27, 2001TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
WHILE REPLACING & TIMING A SET OF TAPER LOCKING DRIVE GEARS ON COUNTER WEIGHTED SHAFTS, ONE GEAR DISENGAGED FROM TAPER LOCK HUB ALLOWING OPPOSITE GEAR & SHAFT TO FREEWHEEL TO ITS RELAXED POSIT ION. VICTIM HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON ONE OF THE GEARS, HIS RIGHT THUMB TIP WAS PULLED THROUGH THE GEARS.
2000 · 1 incident
June 5, 2000TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WET GROUND CONDITIONS. OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING LADDER WHEN HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED OFF HANDRAIL, CAUSING HIS FEET TO SLIP OFF STEPS. HE WAS ABLETO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS RT HAND; DURING FALL, HIS BODY TWISTED, CAUSING MUSCLES IN HIS STOMACHTO BE PULLED HARD ENOUGH TO STRAIN THEM.
1999 · 1 incident
July 16, 1999TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
EE WAS SHARPENIG A PICK AX, AX POINT WAS TOUCHEDTO WHEEL AT THE WRONG ANGLE CAUSING WHEEL TO GRAB AX POINT. THE FORCE OF THE POINT HITTING THE GUARD WAS ENOUGHT TO BREAK THE GUARD WHICH ALLOW ED THE POINT TO BE PULLED INTO THE WHEEL HOUSINGSOONER THAN EE COULD RELEASE HIS GRIP
1994 · 1 incident
November 18, 1994TX · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manPOWERED HAULAGE