Mining Incidents

ELLINGER SAND PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ronald W Klatt
Ellinger, Fayette County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103628

ELLINGER SAND PLANT has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
17
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,995
proposed penalties
$1,995
paid to date
33% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
7
inspections on record
66
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: 66 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ELLINGER SAND PLANT has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 3,290 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,033 1 0 491.9
2024 Q4 3,661 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,488 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 889 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 141 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 1,667 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,657 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,753 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,577 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,769 2 0 1130.6
2001 Q4 1,989 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 12,356 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,904 13 8 1460.0
2001 Q1 13,342 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 11,510 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 13,958 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10,462 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 13,161 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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