FERRIS NORTH PLANT has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $111 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2003–2004
Latest incident
Sep 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
63
citations
17
significant & substantial
$7,010
proposed penalties
$6,527
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $483 gap.
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: 332 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
FERRIS NORTH PLANT has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $111 outstanding across 3 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$111
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $667 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-01-08.
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 violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 86%
Stood as issued
1 · 14%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$537 proposed, $360 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2005-07-19.
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.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2007-05-23, 19 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2007-05-23
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Dragline Operator
2003-04-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Oiler, Greaser
2003-04-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-04-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.71
0.11
Electrician
2001-03-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Oiler, Greaser
2001-03-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2001-03-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.57
0.10
Washer Operator
2001-03-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Road Grader Operator
2001-03-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
FERRIS NORTH PLANT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.75 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
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
12.76
12.76
0.000
2003 *
7.54
7.54
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2008
14
2007
17
2006
16
2005
18
2004
18
2003
19
2002
19
2001
19
2000
19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
FERRIS NORTH 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
2008 Q3
2,180
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
9,916
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
9,100
2
0
219.8
2007 Q4
10,053
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
10,486
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
9,444
2
0
211.8
2007 Q1
9,964
4
0
401.4
2006 Q4
9,562
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q3
10,203
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
10,223
2
0
195.6
2006 Q1
11,966
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
11,308
1
0
88.4
2005 Q3
12,344
1
0
81.0
2005 Q2
12,716
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
11,745
6
0
510.9
2004 Q4
10,612
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
12,254
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
11,758
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
12,416
1
0
80.5
2003 Q4
12,421
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
13,849
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
14,648
2
0
136.5
2003 Q1
12,157
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
12,656
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
14,696
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
12,369
4
3
323.4
2002 Q1
11,838
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
12,168
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
12,849
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
15,897
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
9,541
4
1
419.2
2000 Q4
10,683
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
10,439
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
10,347
4
0
386.6
2000 Q1
13,184
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2004 · 3 incidents
September 2, 2004TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS STANDING ON CATWALK HOLDING ONTO ROPE THAT WE USE TO PUT HOIST CABLE ON TO KEEP FROM HAVING TO WALK THE BOOM, WHEN THE ROPE WAS PULLED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THIS TWISTED EE AROUND AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN EE'S BACK.
May 20, 2004TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS TRYING TO UNHOOK A CABLE TRAILER FROM HIS PICKUP. HE WAS JUMPING UP AND DOWN ON THE BUMPER OF HIS TRUCK WHEN IT CAME UNDONE FROM THE PICKUP, STRIKING HIM AND TOSSING HIM INTO THE AIR (APPROX 4 FT) AND OVER THE TRAILER. HE LANDED ON HIS BACK AND SHOULDER ON THE GROUND.
2003 · 2 incidents
July 13, 2003TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WENT DOWN IN PIT TO START PUMP, FOUND SUCTION LINE BURIED IN MUD, TRIED TO PULL OUT ON ROPE, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER PART OF HIS BODY. HE WENT TO DOCTOR ON 7/14 WHO SAID HE HAD A HERNIA AND NEEDED CORRECTIVE SURGERY.
June 20, 2003TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS OPERATING A KOMATSU EXCAVATOR. THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE WAS SHOWING HOT. HE STOPPED TO CHECK WATER IN RADIATOR. HE DID NOT LET THE UNIT COOL DOWN BEFORE REMOVING THE RADIATOR CAP. THE HOT WATER PRESSURE BLEW OUT ON HIS RIGHT ARM & STOMACH.