Mining Incidents

FT 4250 Metal/Non-Metal

Cowboy Construction · Surface
Controlled by Richard Guy Newell
Big Spring, Howard County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4105259

FT 4250 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 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 2017
25
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,948
proposed penalties
$4,797
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
12
inspections on record
74
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: 74 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FT 4250 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-20.
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
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 2,259 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,363 10 4 7336.8
2024 Q4 2,376 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,344 7 0 5208.3
2024 Q2 1,999 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,245 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 580 0 0 0.0
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 2,367 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,073 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,152 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,961 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,787 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,343 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,222 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 505 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,064 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 398 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 815 2 0 2454.0
2017 Q3 825 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,165 5 1 4291.8

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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