Freedom Proppant Kermit Mine has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2021–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
104
citations
20
significant & substantial
$33,519
proposed penalties
$29,345
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,174 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: 912 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2021-07-26.
On record since 2021.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Freedom Proppant Kermit Mine has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8 outstanding across 4 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$8
outstanding
98 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 33%
Stood as issued
4 · 67%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
52%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $4K 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 2021-10-27.
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: 2021-11-10, 4 years ago
60%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
29
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz206 over
Cristobalite, respirable4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (29)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2021-08-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.77
0.54
1.43
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-08-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.71
0.55
1.29
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-02-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.02
0.69
1.48
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-02-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.79
1.16
2.41
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-02-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.01
0.73
1.38
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-05-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.49
1
2.49
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-11-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-11-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-08-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2021-08-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.5
0.58
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-02-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.58
0.38
Lab Technician
2019-04-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2019-04-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-04-17
Cristobalite, respirable
0.24
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-04-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2019-04-17
Cristobalite, respirable
0.16
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2019-04-17
Cristobalite, respirable
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2019-04-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.76
0.32
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-04-17
Cristobalite, respirable
0.24
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-08-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
Mechanic
2018-08-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Lab Technician
2018-08-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-08-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.63
1.6
0.39
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-08-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
Truck Loader
2018-05-01
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Washer Operator
2018-05-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Utility Man
2018-05-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.6
Truck Loader
2018-05-01
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Truck Loader
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.
Freedom Proppant Kermit Mine recorded 1.85 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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.
1.85
total case rate
0.92
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.17 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025
1.85
0.92
0.000
2024
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022
1.29
1.29
0.000
2021
2.71
0.00
0.000
2020
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018
0.00
0.00
0.000
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
2026
88
2025
86
2024
77
2023
68
2022
73
2021
69
2020
62
2019
92
2018
129
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Freedom Proppant Kermit Mine sits in Winkler County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 17.6% 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.
Winkler County, Texas · Population 7,540
17.6%
Mining share of county employment
$91,898
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
2026 Q2
60,513
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
54,662
1
0
18.3
2025 Q4
51,954
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
52,659
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
50,542
5
0
98.9
2025 Q1
61,485
2
0
32.5
2024 Q4
41,836
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
48,373
0
0
0.0
Show 26 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
43,258
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
44,513
1
0
22.5
2023 Q4
46,643
7
3
150.1
2023 Q3
48,285
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
33,385
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
22,744
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
39,161
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
40,555
2
0
49.3
2022 Q2
38,287
7
0
182.8
2022 Q1
37,004
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
39,326
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
38,821
5
0
128.8
2021 Q2
35,503
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
33,767
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
36,704
5
0
136.2
2020 Q3
28,039
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
36,901
4
2
108.4
2020 Q1
56,666
8
2
141.2
2019 Q4
44,599
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
42,263
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
59,443
7
2
117.8
2019 Q1
61,085
1
1
16.4
2018 Q4
76,993
16
3
207.8
2018 Q3
75,108
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
78,589
8
4
101.8
2018 Q1
59,493
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2025 · 3 incidents
October 14, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was replacing sprockets on skid steer, realigning the holes when the track shifted and rolled the sprockets over trapping EE's right hand between the track and sprocket
May 12, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Individual injured while helping change out a bucket elevator belt. As the old and new elevators were being replaced, they got stuck together, causing them to bind. The tension caused them to abruptly come apart, striking individual on right hand thumb area causing a fracture to the thumb. Injured party was transported to get evaluated, x-rays taken confirming fracture to thumb.
January 6, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
LOS Kermit LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
While placing a diester insert and attempting to maneuver in place, IP went to grab a tool and as placed right hand along the top railing area to maintain three points of contact, the suspended load shifted as it was shimmied in place, causing load to come down approx. 3-6" on hand, causing lacerations to top of fingers, and comminuted fractures to ring and pinky fingers.
2022 · 1 incident
January 6, 2022TX · Metal/Non-Metaldryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operatorHOISTING
A dry plant employee had gone to the head box of bucket elevator 175A to clear an obstruction. When completed the employee had leaned the shovel against the hand rail and started to descend down. Upon starting the bucket elevator the shovel had fallen and struck another dry plant employee on the head. This resulted in a light concussion. Dr. had ordered one day off for recovery.
2021 · 2 incidents
August 25, 2021TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was using EE's personal knife to cut a zip tie and cut EE's left thumb. EE was not wearing gloves, and was pulling the knife towards EE's body. When EE cut through the zip tie the knife struck EE's left thumb. This resulted in an approximately 1 inch laceration which took 6 stitches to close laceration.
May 31, 2021TX · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee slipped while climbing down 10' A frame ladder, EE's left foot slipped off rung resulting in a laceration to EE's back left thigh from a piece of angle iron that was behind EE. Laceration was closed with 21 stitches.