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ENNIS SAND PLANT: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Ellis County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103949

ENNIS SAND PLANT has $765 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1997–2000
Latest incident
Dec 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$765
proposed penalties
$165
paid to date
22% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $600 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Lattimore Materials Company Lp's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
4
inspections on record
32
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: 32 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ENNIS SAND PLANT has $765 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$765
proposed penalties
$165
current assessed
$165
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $115 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-12-04.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
25.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
75.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 25.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
CENT20010222M Settlement Melick 2001 $655 → $55
CENT20000320M Settlement Zielinski 2000 $500 → $60
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

ENNIS SAND PLANT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.

Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ 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 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.55 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
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 13.27 6.63 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.
Ownership history
  1. Windham Enterprises Llc 1997 to 1999
  2. Lattimore Materials Company Lp 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 11
2000 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

ENNIS SAND PLANT sits in Ellis County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Ellis County, Texas · Population 203,927
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$95,898
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
2001 Q4 1,177 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,167 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,557 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 7,719 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,578 4 0 527.8
2000 Q3 8,298 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,491 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,783 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

December 13, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lattimore Materials Company Lp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS REMOVING WATER OFF OF SHOP FLOOR WITH THE USE OF A BROOM WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL RESULTING IN STRAIN TO THE GROIN AREA.

January 3, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY
Lattimore Materials Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, DUE TO OPERATING THE DRAGLINE, EE HAS DEVELOPED STRAIN TO BOTH KNEES.

1999 · 2 incidents

October 29, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lattimore Materials Company Lp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE AND COWORKER WERE REMOVING A SWING SHAFT OFF THE DRAGLINE. WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING THE COME-A-LONG, THE SHAFT SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE'S FOOT, RESULTING IN CLOSED FRACTURE TO 1ST AND 2ND TOES OF LEFT FOOT.

May 4, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Lattimore Materials Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING DRAGLINE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL KICKED BACK UP, (DUE TO RUST BUILDUP CAUSED BY RAIN) HITTING RIGHT FOOT CAUSING SPRAIN TO RIGHT ANKLE. Y

1998 · 3 incidents

October 8, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Windham Enterprises Llc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR RAN OFF HAULAGE ROAD IN TRUCK CARRYING PIT RUN. THE TRUCK TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE IN THE DITCH. THE EDGE DITCH AREA WAS SOFT DUE TO RAINS FROM PREVIOUS DAYS.

March 17, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Windham Enterprises Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOIST BRAKE PEDAL HUNG,AFTER RELEASING IT;IT KICKED UPWARD STRIKING OPERATORS HEEL. THIS CAUSED INJURY TO ANKLE/ACHILLES.

February 24, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Windham Enterprises Llc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING TRANSMISSION BRACKET BOLT WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT CAUSING HIS HAND(FINGER) TO HIT FRAME OF TRUCK.

1997 · 1 incident

October 9, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Windham Enterprises Llc · Struck against a moving object

DRAGLINE OPERATOR WAS OPERATING EQUIPMENT, THE HOIST PEDAL HUNG IN THE DOWN POSITION. WHEN THE FRICTIONS ENGAGED THIS CAUSED HOIST PEDAL TO KICK BACK. THUS, CATCHING THE OPEATORS FOOT AKWARDLY .