Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
Countries
Peru Chile
English Español
← Back to search

H. G. Byley & Sons Const. INc.: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ritchie A Byley
Hemphill, Sabine County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104379

H. G. Byley & Sons Const. INc. has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at H. G. Byley & Sons Const. INc..

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2004–2007
Latest incident
Dec 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
10
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,236
proposed penalties
$1,236
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See H.G. Byley & Sons Const Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
20
inspections on record
181
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: 181 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

H. G. Byley & Sons Const. INc. has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-04-26.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
10.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
90.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 70.0% moderate, 10.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2005-12-14, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Aluminum oxide dust4
  • Arsenic dust4
  • Beryllium dust4
  • Cadmium dust & salts4
Show the individual readings (65)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-12-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.53 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-12-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.43 0.12 Jackhammer Operator
2004-01-21 Iron soluble salts 0.03 1 0.03 Jackhammer Operator
2004-01-21 Copper dust and mist 0 1 0.00 Jackhammer Operator
2004-01-21 Lead, inorganic dust 0 150 0.00 Jackhammer Operator
2004-01-21 Manganese dust 0 5 0.00 Jackhammer Operator
2004-01-21 Molybdenum dust 0 10 0.00 Jackhammer Operator
2004-01-21 Nickel dust & salts 0 1 0.00 Jackhammer Operator
2004-01-21 Titanium dioxide dust 0 10 0.00 Jackhammer Operator
2004-01-21 Vanadium dust 0.12 500 0.00 Jackhammer Operator
2004-01-21 Aluminum oxide dust 0.03 10 0.00 Cont. Miner Operator
2004-01-21 Arsenic dust 0 500 0.00 Cont. Miner Operator
2004-01-21 Beryllium dust 0 2 0.00 Cont. Miner Operator
2004-01-21 Cadmium dust & salts 0 200 0.00 Cont. Miner Operator
2004-01-21 Chromium, soluble 0 500 0.00 Cont. Miner Operator
2004-01-21 Cobalt dust 0 100 0.00 Cont. Miner Operator
2004-01-21 Copper dust and mist 0 1 0.00 Cont. Miner Operator
2004-01-21 Iron soluble salts 0.15 1 0.15 Cont. Miner Operator
2004-01-21 Lead, inorganic dust 0 150 0.00 Cont. Miner Operator
2004-01-21 Manganese dust 0 5 0.00 Cont. Miner Operator
2004-01-21 Molybdenum dust 0 10 0.00 Cont. Miner Operator
2004-01-21 Nickel dust & salts 0 1 0.00 Cont. Miner Operator
2004-01-21 Titanium dioxide dust 0 10 0.00 Cont. Miner Operator
2004-01-21 Vanadium dust 0.37 500 0.00 Cont. Miner Operator
2004-01-21 Aluminum oxide dust 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Arsenic dust 0 500 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Beryllium dust 0 2 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Cadmium dust & salts 0 200 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Chromium, soluble 0 500 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Cobalt dust 0 100 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Copper dust and mist 0 1 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Iron soluble salts 0.02 1 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Lead, inorganic dust 0 150 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Manganese dust 0 5 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Molybdenum dust 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Nickel dust & salts 0 1 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Titanium dioxide dust 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Vanadium dust 0 500 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Aluminum oxide dust 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Arsenic dust 0 500 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Beryllium dust 0 2 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Cadmium dust & salts 0 200 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Chromium, soluble 0 500 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Cobalt dust 0 100 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Copper dust and mist 0 1 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Iron soluble salts 0.03 1 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Lead, inorganic dust 0 150 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Manganese dust 0 5 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Molybdenum dust 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Nickel dust & salts 0 1 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Titanium dioxide dust 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Vanadium dust 0.12 500 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-21 Aluminum oxide dust 0 10 0.00 Jackhammer Operator
2004-01-21 Arsenic dust 0 500 0.00 Jackhammer Operator
2004-01-21 Beryllium dust 0 2 0.00 Jackhammer Operator
2004-01-21 Cadmium dust & salts 0 200 0.00 Jackhammer Operator
2004-01-21 Chromium, soluble 0 500 0.00 Jackhammer Operator
2004-01-21 Cobalt dust 0 100 0.00 Jackhammer Operator
2003-12-17 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.8 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-12-17 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.71 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-12-17 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 1.49 Jackhammer Operator
2003-12-17 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 1.95 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.01 Backhoe Operator
2003-07-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 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.

H. G. Byley & Sons Const. INc. recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.

Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.88 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.
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.
Ownership history
  1. H.G. Byley & Sons Const Inc. 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 1
2008 5
2007 4
2006 7
2005 11
2004 9
2003 11
2002 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

H. G. Byley & Sons Const. INc. sits in Sabine County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Sabine County, Texas · Population 9,998
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$59,924
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
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 25 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 361 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 715 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 766 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q4 1,492 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,280 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 95 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 184 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,156 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,563 3 1 657.5
2006 Q1 6,507 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,751 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,796 1 0 263.4
2005 Q2 4,365 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,866 3 1 511.4
2004 Q4 4,879 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,198 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,446 3 0 674.8
2004 Q1 5,341 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,864 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,633 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,723 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,395 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,267 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,310 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2007 · 1 incident

December 5, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H.G. Byley & Sons Const Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was getting off trackhoe, took a misstep and fell and tried to break fall with right arm. He said his wrist hurt but he shook it off and thought it would be ok.

2005 · 1 incident

August 19, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management MACHINERY
H.G. Byley & Sons Const Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was running a piece of equipment and asked one of the other operators to come run his piece of equipment because his back was hurting too bad. When he got up to come to work he could hardly walk. We think it is a re-occurrence and are waiting for doctor's answers.

2004 · 2 incidents

August 25, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H.G. Byley & Sons Const Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was working on loader #1. He was rigging up jack from underneath loader to air up rear wheel. When he crawled out from underneath on his knees he went to stand up and fell right back down.

April 8, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
H.G. Byley & Sons Const Inc. · Struck by falling object

TWO EE'S WERE WORKING ON SCREENING PLANT TO REPLACE THE TEFLON SHEET ON THE RIP RAP OUTLET. AFTER REPLACING PART, EE HAD HIS HAND PROPPED ON BRACE. CO-WORKER CRANKED UP PLANT. WHEN IT WENT INTO MOTION, A ROCK THAT WAS ON CONVEYOR BELT BOUNCED OFF HITTING EE'S LEFT HAND MIDDLE FINGER. ALL OPERATION CAME TO A HALT WHILE EE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE HOSPITAL.