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: 178 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
EASTLAND CO PIT has $225 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.
$225
proposed penalties
$225
current assessed
$225
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-04-15.
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 controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2007
2
2006
2
2005
3
2004
2
2003
3
2002
2
2001
2
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
EASTLAND CO PIT sits in Eastland County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 4.1% 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.
Eastland County, Texas · Population 17,846
4.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,741
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
BUSINESS CLOSED. 13 YEAR OLD MALE TRESPASSING AFTER HOURS WAS DIGGING TUNNELS IN SANDPILE. TUNNEL COLLAPSED WHILE DIGGING RESULTING IN DEATH AT 10 PM ON OCT 9TH, 2002.
2001 · 1 incident
April 27, 2001TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS CHANGING SAND SCREEN AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS CHEST. EE WENT 4 MTHS WITHOUT REPORTING IT TO THE OWNER. ON 8-1-01 EE REPORTED HE FELT A KNOT ON HIS CHEST. HE WAS SENT TO THE DR. AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT EE PULLED A TENDON.
2000 · 1 incident
September 11, 2000TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMP HAD BEEN FILLING THE BINS AND WAS FINISHED FOR THE DAY. PARKED THE LOADER AND WHN HE JUMPED TO GET DOWN HE ACCIDENTLY HUMG HIS FINGER ON A LATCH INSIDE THE LOADER. WAS WEARING A WEDDING RI NG AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT.