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: 212 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
DOW QUARRY has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-07-20.
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.
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: 2004-01-07, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-01-07
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.87
10
0.09
Truck Driver
2004-01-07
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.62
10
0.06
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2004-01-07
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.25
10
0.13
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.
DOW QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ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 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.88 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
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
3.71
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
2.97
2.97
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
2004
17
2003
18
2002
21
2001
24
2000
24
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
DOW QUARRY sits in Burnet County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Burnet County, Texas · Population 51,064
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$77,158
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
2004 Q3
5,386
2
0
371.3
2004 Q2
10,046
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
10,968
2
0
182.3
2003 Q4
11,763
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
11,865
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
11,508
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
12,248
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
12,193
3
0
246.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3
13,320
3
0
225.2
2002 Q2
14,405
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
13,940
3
0
215.2
2001 Q4
13,355
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
16,646
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
17,851
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
19,101
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
16,581
7
2
422.2
2000 Q3
17,305
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
16,760
1
0
59.7
2000 Q1
16,608
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
40 on file
2002 · 1 incident
April 5, 2002TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EE WAS USING CUTTING TORCH TO TRIM BEAMS UNDER SCALE-A PIECE OF SLAG FLEW INTO EE RIGHT EAR. SLAG WAS MOLTING HOT. THE EE HAD TO LAY ON HIS SIDE IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE JOB.
2000 · 1 incident
October 23, 2000TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dean Word Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
AT THE PRIMARY ROCK CRUSHER A ROCK GOT STUCK AND PREVENTED CONVEYOR BOLT FROM RUNNING. EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A BOLT WHEN ROCK DISLODGED. THE MOTORS WERE NOT RUNNING, BUT THE WEIGHT OF THE ROCKS ON THE CONVEYOR BELT CAUSED THE CONVEYOR TO SUDDENLY TURN. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO TURN THE BOLTS BY HAND AND WHEN THE CONVEYOR TURNED IT SPUN THE BOLTS WHICH CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN
1992 · 2 incidents
November 19, 1992TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dean Word Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE HELPING REMOVE WEDGES FROM JAW CRUSHER, SMASHED THUMB.
May 21, 1992TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
September 20, 1991TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE HAD EXITED HIS PARKED HAUL TRUCK AND WALKED OUT ONTO THE 7' 8" HIGH PLATFORM ON THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. HE THEN FELL BACKWARD ON HIS BACK AND HEAD ON THE GROUND. ALTHOUGH THE CAUSE OF THE F ALL IS UNKNOWN, THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE THAT A ROCK FELL FROM OVERHEAD AND STRUCK HIS HARD HAT IMMDIATELY BEFORE HE FELL. HE SUSTAINED HEAD LACERATION AND SPINAL INJURY.
June 15, 1991TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS USING STEEL BAR TO PRY ROCK WHEN HIS FINGER WAS LACERATED.
August 25, 1990TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL USING HAMMER WHEN HE STRUCK HAND WITH HAMMER.
March 28, 1989TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON