Mining Incidents

Helotes 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.
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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-04-27.
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
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 6 1 774.0
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 3 0 271.9
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 2 0 211.6
2005 Q1 4,820 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,572 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,385 3 1 406.2
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

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