Mining Incidents

Hailey Pit: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Shackelford County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103847

Hailey Pit has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1995. MSHA has proposed $294 in penalties since 2000.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Aug 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
citations
1
significant & substantial
$294
proposed penalties
$294
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date. The remaining $0 was reduced, settled, contested or is still owed.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
29
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: 29 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hailey Pit has $294 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.
$294
proposed penalties
$294
current assessed
$294
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-01-26.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Contract Paving Company 1994 to 1996
  2. Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 1
1999 8
1998 10
1997 12
1996 0
1995 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Hailey Pit sits in Shackelford County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 11.5% 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.
Shackelford County, Texas · Population 3,169
11.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,659
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2000 Q2 609 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 496 3 1 6048.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1995 · 1 incident

August 11, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Contract Paving Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HURT BACK LIFTING WATER UP TO DRILLING MACHINE USING BUCKETS FILLING WATER SYSTEM ON DRILLING MACHINE.