Mining Incidents

Friendswood Sandpit Metal/Non-Metal

Friendswood, Galveston County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104186

Friendswood Sandpit has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
10
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,553
proposed penalties
$1,553
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
14
inspections on record
151
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: 151 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Friendswood Sandpit has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-07-19.
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
2005 Q4 3,532 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,028 2 0 660.5
2005 Q2 3,355 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,884 1 1 346.7
2004 Q4 3,065 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,209 1 0 192.0
2004 Q2 4,186 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,926 3 0 1025.3
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 4,607 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,842 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,279 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,351 2 1 850.7
2002 Q4 2,515 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,300 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,278 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,217 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,877 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,496 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,189 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,314 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,739 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,910 1 1 523.6

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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