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Eagle Lake: 160 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by W A Keckley
Eagle Lake, Colorado County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103451

Eagle Lake has $79K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1991–2016
Latest incident
Jun 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
160
citations
43
significant & substantial
$79,487
proposed penalties
$61,085
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,402 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Specialty Sand Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
75
inspections on record
738
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: 738 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Eagle Lake has $79K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$79K
proposed penalties
$61K
current assessed
$61K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
156 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $24K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-11-17.
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.
27.4%
significant & substantial
11.5%
high negligence or reckless
27.4%
reasonably likely or greater
41.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.5% low, 84.1% moderate, 11.5% high, 0.0% 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.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 56%
  • Stood as issued 4 · 44%
50%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
75%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$24K proposed, $6K 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 2020-05-21.
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 2019-0272 Settlement Rae 2019 $19K → $925
CENT 2020-0151 Default 2020 $5K → $5K
CENT 2014-176M Settlement Miller 2014 $454 → $427
CENT 2013-587M Default Lesnick 2013 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2021-06-02, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.69 0.30 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Utility Man
2021-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2015-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2011-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2011-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2009-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.68 0.31 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2005-08-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.57 0.46 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 0.79 0.61 Bagging Operator
2005-08-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 1 0.53 Bagging Operator
2005-08-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.54 0.57 Bagging Operator
2002-01-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.66 0.26 Bagging Operator
2002-01-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.63 0.33 Bagging Operator
2002-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Specialty Sand Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 3
2021 6
2020 6
2019 7
2018 4
2017 6
2016 5
2015 7
2014 9
2013 6
2012 5
2011 5
2010 5
2009 6
2008 7
2007 6
2006 6
2005 6
2004 8
2003 6
2002 9
2001 10
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Eagle Lake sits in Colorado County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Colorado County, Texas · Population 20,736
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$68,554
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
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 1,846 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,583 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,456 2 1 578.7
2021 Q3 3,414 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,466 2 0 577.0
2021 Q1 4,126 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,268 3 1 702.9
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q3 3,416 5 0 1463.7
2020 Q2 4,110 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,250 4 0 941.2
2019 Q4 5,201 1 1 192.3
2019 Q3 3,840 13 3 3385.4
2019 Q2 4,060 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,731 19 7 5092.5
2018 Q4 3,449 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,858 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,006 5 0 1663.3
2018 Q1 2,954 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,950 7 2 2372.9
2017 Q3 3,352 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,876 5 1 1290.0
2017 Q1 1,991 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,186 3 0 941.6
2016 Q3 2,319 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,227 2 1 898.1
2016 Q1 2,016 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,207 2 0 475.4
2015 Q3 3,759 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,813 2 0 524.5
2015 Q1 4,059 5 1 1231.8
2014 Q4 4,973 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,601 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,316 3 0 695.1
2014 Q1 2,364 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,138 4 1 778.5
2013 Q3 2,348 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,038 1 0 490.7
2013 Q1 2,229 1 0 448.6
2012 Q4 2,443 1 0 409.3
2012 Q3 2,603 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,535 2 0 789.0
2012 Q1 2,701 2 0 740.5
2011 Q4 2,467 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,852 1 0 350.6
2011 Q2 2,764 5 1 1809.0
2011 Q1 2,623 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,289 2 0 608.1
2010 Q3 2,896 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,289 3 1 1310.6
2010 Q1 1,921 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,192 1 0 456.2
2009 Q3 2,808 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,539 4 2 1130.3
2009 Q1 3,539 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,786 3 0 792.4
2008 Q3 4,090 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,584 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,984 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,817 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,782 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,601 1 0 277.7
2007 Q1 4,008 3 0 748.5
2006 Q4 3,394 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,349 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,303 12 4 3633.1
2006 Q1 3,342 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,629 5 2 1377.8
2005 Q3 3,119 4 0 1282.5
2005 Q2 3,111 1 1 321.4
2005 Q1 2,811 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,963 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,340 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,676 2 0 747.4
2004 Q1 2,542 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,709 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,542 1 0 393.4
2003 Q2 2,833 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,933 4 3 1363.8
2002 Q4 2,873 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,214 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,922 7 4 1784.8
2001 Q4 3,970 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,157 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,304 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,049 1 1 198.1
2000 Q4 4,438 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,510 5 4 1108.6
2000 Q2 3,168 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,148 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2016 · 1 incident

June 22, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
Specialty Sand Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

The miner put on rubber boots because it was raining and a spider that was inside bit foot. EE went to the hospital a couple days later and they amputated one toe.

2013 · 1 incident

May 6, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Specialty Sand Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was directing a front end loader to drop its bucket, but was standing under the bucket. His foot was caught between the bucket and the ground. His toe was broken.

2005 · 1 incident

November 28, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Specialty Sand Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Driver came in 4:00 am to load his load his truck. When strapping load down, strap got caught between the pallet. He got on side to get strap when he slipped and fell and injured his lower backside.

2003 · 1 incident

September 17, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ANOTHER EE SWUNG AT HIM WITH A FILLED TUBE AND HIT HIM WHEN HE RAISED HIS HAND TO BLOCK HIS FACE FROM BEING HIT. INJURING EE'S RING FINGER.

1999 · 2 incidents

July 22, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand STRIKING OR BUMPING
Specialty Sand Company · Struck against stationary object

RT KNEE STRUCK PUMP SHELL WHILE GOING DOWN STEPS TO DREDGE IN WRONG DIRECTION. NOTE: EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 8-13-99. RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK ON 8-14-99.

January 18, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Specialty Sand Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS GOING DOWN VERTICLE STEPS LEADING TO THE DREDGE BILGE AS IF THEY WERE STAIRS. SLIPPED OFFCAUSING HIM TO FALL. STEPS HAVE GRATING ON THETMBUT WERE SLIGHTELY WET & OILY. EE SORE ON RIGHT SHOULDER, NECK & UPPER RIGHT ARM

1998 · 1 incident

February 12, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEAVY OBJECT SLIPPED OUT OUT OF GRASP AND PINCHED FINGER OF EE.

1997 · 2 incidents

August 22, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Specialty Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHAIN HOIST HOOK WAS RELEASED AND EE WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE.

March 18, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man OTHER
Specialty Sand Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

SACKING MOVING PALLETS AND FLT SOMETHING BIT HIM THINKS IT WAS A SPIDER. REPORTED TO OFFICE ON 3-21-97

1995 · 1 incident

February 13, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A ROLLER FRAME AND WHEN PUTTING DOWN, FELT BACK POP. INJURED WAS NOT WEARING BACK SUPPORT PROVIDED WHEN INJURY OCCURRED.

1994 · 5 incidents

September 13, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Specialty Sand Company · Fall from machine

TARPING LOAD PULLED TARP ROPE & IT STUCK YANKEDON TARP ROPE SLIPPED ON WET FLOAT FELL OFF FLOAT BACKWARDS LANDING ON HIS BACK

August 29, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

IMPETIGO-DERMATITIS UNAWARE IT WOULD BE A WORK RELATED CLAIM UNTIL 8-15-94.

July 11, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Specialty Sand Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING SACKS ON PALLET, LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND PAVEMENT CAUSING INJURED TO EXTEND HIS LEG AND CAUSED A PULL TO GROIN AREA.

February 19, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

IN JURED WAS TARPING HIS LOAD, BENT OVER AND PICKED UP TARP - USING LEG - LIFTED TARP UP ON TOP OF PALLETS OF SAND - THEREBY CAUSING A HERNIA IN HIS GROIN AREA.

February 17, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED WAS MOVING A LARGE CABLE THAT HAD SOME TENSION ON IT. HE BENT DOWN AND WHILE PULLING CABLE - PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. UNTIL THIS WEEK HIS BACK WAS JUST SORE AND THEN STARTED GETT ING MORE PAINFUL. FIRST WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON FEB. 25, 1994.

1993 · 1 incident

June 1, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Specialty Sand Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

GOING DOWN TO DREDGE ON BANK OF LAKE SLIPPED DOWN AND LANDED OR TAILBONE GROUND WAS WET AND FOOT SLIPPED ON WET GROUND WITH ROCKS.

1992 · 2 incidents

June 3, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Specialty Sand Company · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS TAKING A CHAIN SPROCKET OFF A SHAFT ON THE LONG SACKING BELT.SPROCKET WAS WELDED ON BOTH SIDES,HAD TO CUT LOOSE AND HIT WITH A HAMMER TO GET IT LOOSE.SPROCKET BROKE LOOSE AND A PIE CE OF METAL CAME OFF AND HIT HIS LEFT FOREARM,CUTTING IT.SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

April 11, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Specialty Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS LOOSENING NUT ON GLAD HAND ON TRAILER WITH A RACHET, THE RACHET BROKE, POPPING BACK AND HITTING INJURED ON THE LEFT ARM JUST ABOVE THE WRIST CUTTING THE ARM.

1991 · 2 incidents

December 8, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Specialty Sand Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS TACK WELDING A PIECE OF METAL INSIDE DRYER WAS ALINGING END LOSE FELL & PIECE OF METAL HIT INJUREDS RT THUMB CUTTING END OF THUMB OFF ABOVE THE FIRST JOINT

July 29, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sand Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS MOVING PALLETS WITH HIS HANDS OFF THE TOP OF OTHER PALLETS TO DROP ON GROUND AND DID NOT GET HIS FOOT OUT OF THE WAY AND THE PALLETS HIT HIS TOE.STEEL TOE BOOTS ARE NOT REQUIRED OF THIS JOB CLASSIFICATIONS BUT ARE RECOMMENDED TO ALL PLANT EMPLOYEES.CARELESSNESS CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT.ALL PLANT EMPLOYEES AREA ADVISED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN DOING THIS TASK BECAUSE OF THE POSSIB