Heard Plant: 25 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Heard Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
25
citations
3
significant & substantial
$5,544
proposed penalties
$2,512
paid to date
45% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,032 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
8
inspections on record
118
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 118 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Heard Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.12.0%
significant & substantial
12.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.0%
reasonably likely or greater
32.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 88.0% moderate, 12.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Saragosa Mineral, L.L.C. 2020 to 2026
- Saragosa Aggregates LLC 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Heard Plant sits in Reeves County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 11.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Reeves County, Texas · Population 13,219
11.0%
Mining share of county employment
$56,056
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 4,327 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 3,951 | 1 | 0 | 253.1 |
| 2025 Q4 | 3,475 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,899 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,002 | 24 | 3 | 5997.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,364 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,065 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,381 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 3,406 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,099 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.