Mining Incidents

HARPER QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by NG Operations LLC
Harper, Kimble County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4102822

HARPER QUARRY has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–2017
Latest incident
Oct 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
57
citations
4
significant & substantial
$7,613
proposed penalties
$7,515
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $98 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
59
inspections on record
677
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: 677 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HARPER QUARRY has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
57 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-02.
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
2025 Q4 4,900 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,092 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,080 4 0 787.4
2025 Q1 5,080 1 1 196.9
2024 Q4 5,631 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,901 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,560 2 0 359.7
2024 Q1 5,002 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,797 1 0 208.5
2023 Q3 5,298 5 0 943.8
2023 Q2 5,638 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,609 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,586 5 0 1090.3
2022 Q3 5,165 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,898 3 0 612.5
2022 Q1 3,609 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,587 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,099 1 0 244.0
2021 Q2 4,163 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,968 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,924 1 0 254.8
2020 Q3 4,406 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,428 1 0 225.8
2020 Q1 4,571 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,881 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,230 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,325 2 0 462.4
2019 Q1 4,982 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,786 1 0 208.9
2018 Q3 4,882 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,734 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,755 1 0 173.8
2017 Q4 5,170 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,875 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,216 2 0 474.4
2017 Q1 4,902 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,519 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,683 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,557 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,675 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,006 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,903 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,681 1 0 271.7
2015 Q1 3,598 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,794 1 1 263.6
2014 Q3 4,181 5 0 1195.9
2014 Q2 3,757 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,226 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,475 1 0 287.8
2013 Q3 3,064 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,881 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,350 1 0 425.5
2012 Q4 2,357 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,937 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,974 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,410 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,319 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,612 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,374 3 0 889.2
2011 Q1 2,711 1 0 368.9
2010 Q4 2,437 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,354 2 0 849.6
2010 Q2 2,166 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,316 3 1 2279.6
2009 Q4 1,492 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,942 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,730 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,914 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,951 1 0 338.9
2008 Q3 3,100 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,363 1 0 297.4
2008 Q1 3,731 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,938 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,194 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,734 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,733 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,534 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,724 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,749 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,781 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,394 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,698 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,739 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,927 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,726 3 1 1100.5
2004 Q3 2,875 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,599 1 0 384.8
2004 Q1 2,565 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,581 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,723 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,917 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,867 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,180 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,608 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,725 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,850 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,298 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,516 3 0 1192.4
2001 Q2 2,739 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,965 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,660 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,777 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,677 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,910 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2017 · 1 incident

October 17, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New NGC Incorporated · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was helping change a flight after watching and being instructed how to do so. While laying one end down, employee's finger was pinched between the steel flight and steel chain the flight fits into to pull material through crusher. Finger was cut through glove. Received 8 stitches and returned to work.

2013 · 1 incident

2010 · 1 incident

July 6, 2010 TX · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management MACHINERY
New NGC Incorporated · Struck by falling object

Normal drilling conditions.

2003 · 1 incident

July 11, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New NGC, Inc. · Struck by falling object

2 EMPLOYEES WERE PERFORMING CLEAN UP BY PICKING UP SCRAP STEEL & PUTTING IT IN THE LOADER BUCKET SO IT COULD BE MOVED & DISPOSED OF. A PIECE OF STEEL FELL OUT OF BUCKET ONTO EMPLOYEE'S FOOT.

1983 · 1 incident

January 20, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gold Bond Building Products · Fall from machine

EMP WAS CLIMBING ONTO SEAT OF QUARRY DRILL WHEN HIS GLOVED HAND SLIPPED ON A HAND HOLD AND HE FALL APPROX 2 1/2 FEET TO THE GROUND

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The full compliance file on HARPER QUARRY

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.