Ecology Grinding Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Ecology Minerals Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Kevin Steinhauser; Nicole Ponewash; Virginia Steinhauser
Terlingua,
Brewster County,
TX
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Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104847
Ecology Grinding Plant has $6K 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
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
47
citations
4
significant & substantial
$5,522
proposed penalties
$5,505
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
33
inspections on record
463
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 463 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ecology Grinding Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 3,782 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,551 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,165 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,028 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 4,210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,617 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 4,091 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,789 | 2 | 0 | 527.8 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 4,297 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 4,031 | 1 | 0 | 248.1 |
| 2023 Q2 | 3,984 | 2 | 0 | 502.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 3,981 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 4,118 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 4,616 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 3,899 | 2 | 0 | 513.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,903 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 3,922 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 4,687 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 4,657 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 4,776 | 4 | 0 | 837.5 |
| 2020 Q4 | 3,568 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 4,842 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 4,180 | 1 | 0 | 239.2 |
| 2020 Q1 | 5,023 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 4,130 | 3 | 0 | 726.4 |
| 2019 Q3 | 4,915 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 4,134 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 702 | 1 | 0 | 1424.5 |
| 2018 Q4 | 3,884 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 4,466 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 3,908 | 1 | 0 | 255.9 |
| 2018 Q1 | 4,255 | 1 | 0 | 235.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 4,175 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 4,094 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,603 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 3,461 | 2 | 0 | 577.9 |
| 2016 Q4 | 3,167 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,994 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,523 | 3 | 0 | 851.5 |
| 2016 Q1 | 5,108 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 5,501 | 1 | 0 | 181.8 |
| 2015 Q3 | 4,579 | 1 | 0 | 218.4 |
| 2015 Q2 | 3,432 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 3,203 | 1 | 0 | 312.2 |
| 2014 Q4 | 3,957 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 3,869 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 4,695 | 1 | 0 | 213.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 3,417 | 1 | 0 | 292.7 |
| 2013 Q4 | 4,576 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 3,760 | 2 | 0 | 531.9 |
| 2013 Q2 | 4,201 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 4,205 | 2 | 1 | 475.6 |
| 2012 Q4 | 4,116 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 2,984 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 4,179 | 5 | 1 | 1196.5 |
| 2012 Q1 | 3,995 | 4 | 0 | 1001.3 |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,507 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,136 | 4 | 1 | 1872.7 |
| 2011 Q2 | 798 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,791 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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