Groesbeck Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $300 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2004–2012
Latest incident
Jul 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
32
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,735
proposed penalties
$2,303
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $432 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: 485 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 Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $300 outstanding across 3 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
$2K
paid to date
$300
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $532 in penalties contested before the Commission, $400 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-06-03.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$532 proposed, $400 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 2010-05-26.
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: 2013-11-14, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2013-11-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2013-11-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-11-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2010-03-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2010-03-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2010-03-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
1.25
0.30
Cleanup Man
2008-07-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-07-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2008-07-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-01-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-01-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
1.74
0.21
Truck Driver
2003-01-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Groesbeck Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.82 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.58 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
5.76
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
5.99
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
11.92
5.96
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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
2017
5
2015
3
2014
4
2013
7
2012
3
2011
6
2010
5
2009
10
2008
13
2007
13
2006
12
2005
13
2004
11
2003
11
2002
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Groesbeck Quarry sits in Limestone County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Limestone County, Texas · Population 22,185
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$58,109
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
Removing a cutting edge on a Cat 980G Front End Loader bucket. When the last bolt was removed the metal came loose from the bucket and struck the victim on top of the left foot causing a fracture to a metatarsal bone.
2008 · 1 incident
May 3, 2008TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was changing the oil on the John Deere 400 haul truck. When he was closing the belly pan he strained his back. This was not originally an MSHA reportable, but became one later when the employee went to the doctor and was put on restricted duty.
2006 · 1 incident
June 13, 2006TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Frature to Coccyx & futher back injury (type to be determined.)** Employee was under the hood of loader. The mechanism holding up the hood failed knocking Employee 4 ft to the ground. Narrative paraphrased from work activity.**
August 11, 2004TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
Employee was assisting the explosive contractor with loading the drilled holes when the he experienced a burning and stinging sensation in his left buttock. He was standing & bending over at time - did not see or hear anything that bit or stung him; area was red with somes swelling -went to doctor and received a prescription.
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