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Helotes: 76 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Helotes, Bexar County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103137

Helotes has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
76
citations
16
significant & substantial
$23,598
proposed penalties
$23,598
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
50
inspections on record
558
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: 558 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Helotes has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $927 in penalties contested before the Commission, $809 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-04-27.
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.
21.1%
significant & substantial
15.8%
high negligence or reckless
21.1%
reasonably likely or greater
46.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.6% low, 77.6% moderate, 15.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 33%
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%
13%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$927 proposed, $809 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 2018-02-22.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2018-0180 Settlement Miller 2018 $927 → $809
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2012-10-31, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-10-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.4 0.19 Utility Man
2012-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.09 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 2.39 0.14 Truck Driver
2005-04-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

Helotes recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.

Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ 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 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.77 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
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Helotes Materials 1982 to 1984
  2. Helotes Materials 1984 to 2009
  3. Helotes Materials 2009 to 2011
  4. Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, Inc 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 0
2020 4
2019 7
2018 9
2017 9
2016 9
2015 10
2014 7
2013 6
2012 11
2011 11
2010 15
2009 18
2008 20
2007 20
2006 16
2005 14
2004 14
2003 11
2002 10
2001 9
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Helotes sits in Bexar County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Bexar County, Texas · Population 2,037,344
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$70,571
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
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,575 1 0 388.3
2020 Q1 2,404 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,943 0 0 0.0
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3 2,398 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,488 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,219 1 0 310.7
2018 Q4 5,391 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,139 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,704 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,833 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,541 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,224 2 1 321.3
2017 Q2 6,457 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,829 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,521 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,259 1 0 159.8
2016 Q2 6,756 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,376 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 7,752 5 1 645.0
2015 Q3 7,504 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,690 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,887 2 0 339.7
2014 Q4 6,419 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,971 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,949 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,410 2 1 453.5
2013 Q4 3,144 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,505 1 0 285.3
2013 Q2 3,168 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,810 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,485 2 0 364.6
2012 Q3 5,530 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,100 1 0 322.6
2012 Q1 4,321 1 0 231.4
2011 Q4 7,861 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,953 2 0 251.5
2011 Q2 241 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 9,464 1 0 105.7
2010 Q4 13,022 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 9,039 2 0 221.3
2010 Q2 8,225 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 6,718 1 0 148.9
2009 Q4 8,877 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,898 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 10,953 2 2 182.6
2009 Q1 8,777 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 11,533 3 0 260.1
2008 Q3 10,018 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 11,035 2 0 181.2
2008 Q1 9,612 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 9,598 5 1 520.9
2007 Q3 11,273 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 10,394 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 11,211 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,632 3 1 347.5
2006 Q3 9,077 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,061 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,430 4 1 538.4
2005 Q4 6,517 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,909 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 9,451 1 0 105.8
2005 Q1 4,820 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,572 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,385 2 1 270.8
2004 Q2 5,390 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,273 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,183 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,760 3 2 443.8
2003 Q2 5,340 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,441 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,652 5 0 884.6
2002 Q3 4,682 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,238 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,369 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,227 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,727 7 0 1480.9
2001 Q2 4,802 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,923 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,594 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,960 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

August 16, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Helotes Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS CHANGING OIL BARREL FROM BARREL RACK AND THE BARREL SLIGHTLY TIPPED HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE BARREL AND ANOTHER BARREL AND BROKE A BONE IN HIS HAND E FOURTH METICARPAL RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND