Mining Incidents

Groesbeck Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Destructors, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Stephen Brewer
Groesbeck, Limestone County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104698

Groesbeck Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
May 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
25
citations
9
significant & substantial
$2,710
proposed penalties
$2,710
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
8
inspections on record
104
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: 104 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Groesbeck Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-06-10.
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
2010 Q1 589 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,345 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,518 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,622 16 7 2846.0
2009 Q1 4,056 4 0 986.2
2008 Q4 3,857 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,775 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,384 0 0 0.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 6,499 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 727 5 2 6877.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

May 28, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Destructors, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was operating cab door latch of an excavator to close the door. The latch broke and employee suffered a laceration between the thumb and forefinger of right hand.

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