Mining Incidents

GRANT PIT: 91 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Grant Construction Company · Surface
Controlled by June Grant
Amarillo, Tx., Potter County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4103500

GRANT PIT has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2001
91
citations
33
significant & substantial
$30,647
proposed penalties
$29,519
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,128 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
59
inspections on record
575
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: 575 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: 2017-04-05.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

GRANT PIT has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
89 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $586 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-11.
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.
36.7%
significant & substantial
25.6%
high negligence or reckless
36.7%
reasonably likely or greater
48.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 1.1% low, 73.3% moderate, 25.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
66%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $586 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 2010-12-28.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2011-298M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $2K → $586
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2025-05-14
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2012-04-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 1.87 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 2.79 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-20 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 52.23 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.
Ownership history
  1. Grant Construction Company 1987 to 2011
  2. Grant Construction Company 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 2
2020 3
2019 2
2018 2
2017 3
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 1
2007 2
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

GRANT PIT sits in Potter County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Potter County, Texas · Population 116,634
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$50,448
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 1,180 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,233 3 0 2433.1
2025 Q4 913 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,260 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,200 2 0 1666.7
2025 Q1 1,042 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,251 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,151 1 0 868.8
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,096 5 1 4562.0
2023 Q3 1,050 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,027 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,008 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,118 1 0 894.5
2022 Q3 1,413 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 835 3 2 3592.8
2022 Q1 591 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 601 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 567 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 410 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 492 1 0 2032.5
2020 Q4 717 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 950 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,358 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 310 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 373 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 296 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 454 2 0 4405.3
2019 Q1 612 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 356 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 359 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 310 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 408 4 1 9803.9
2017 Q3 313 1 0 3194.9
2017 Q2 278 7 1 25179.9
2017 Q1 346 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 316 1 0 3164.6
2016 Q3 279 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 544 7 4 12867.6
2016 Q1 265 2 2 7547.2
2015 Q4 282 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 114 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 180 2 0 11111.1
2015 Q1 336 1 0 2976.2
2014 Q4 341 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 384 1 1 2604.2
2014 Q2 356 2 1 5618.0
2014 Q1 505 2 1 3960.4
2013 Q4 711 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 674 1 0 1483.7
2013 Q1 711 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 831 4 3 4813.5
2012 Q3 663 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,228 4 3 3257.3
2012 Q1 1,611 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,424 4 1 2809.0
2011 Q3 1,259 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,194 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,344 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,410 5 4 3546.1
2010 Q3 1,561 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,693 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,153 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,326 9 1 6787.3
2009 Q3 1,059 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 590 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 522 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 252 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 270 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 308 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 295 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 854 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 759 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 325 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 615 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 224 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 298 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 313 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 483 2 0 4140.8
2005 Q4 765 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 477 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 451 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 526 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 547 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 112 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 69 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 307 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 548 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 547 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 483 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 573 1 0 1745.2
2002 Q2 476 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 566 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 610 8 5 13114.8
2001 Q2 618 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 615 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 558 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 733 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 712 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 583 0 0 0.0

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.