Remove a barrel from a shaft at the shop under the miner struck the shaft with a sledge hammer. This caused a shard to break off & penetrate EE's skin on left leg right at the knee & traveled up resulting in contusion & Laceration to the soft tissue, this required 1-2 stitches & the doctor because of the non threatening position of the shard decided to not remove.
FCI South LLC Metal/Non-Metal
FCI South LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
John Nelson; Kevin Collier
Three Rivers,
Live Oak County,
TX
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4105408
FCI South LLC has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2019
- Latest incident
- Oct 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
93
citations
20
significant & substantial
$21,303
proposed penalties
$20,127
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,176 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
25
inspections on record
286
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: 286 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
FCI South LLC has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-21.
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 | 5,937 | 17 | 1 | 2863.4 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,662 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 11,092 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4,192 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,964 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 9,630 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 8,950 | 1 | 0 | 111.7 |
| 2023 Q3 | 7,956 | 4 | 0 | 502.8 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q2 | 10,270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 7,771 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 9,946 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 9,555 | 8 | 3 | 837.3 |
| 2022 Q2 | 9,585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 9,525 | 5 | 3 | 524.9 |
| 2021 Q1 | 2,419 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,924 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 3,162 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 13,613 | 6 | 1 | 440.8 |
| 2020 Q1 | 35,737 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 34,813 | 11 | 2 | 316.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 38,715 | 27 | 7 | 697.4 |
| 2019 Q2 | 22,891 | 1 | 0 | 43.7 |
| 2019 Q1 | 633 | 5 | 3 | 7898.9 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2019 · 1 incident
October 22, 2019
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
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