Mining Incidents

Hempstead Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Quikrete Holdings Inc.
Hempstead, Waller County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4105240

Hempstead Plant has $475 in proposed MSHA penalties and $121 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
2017
Latest incident
Feb 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$475
proposed penalties
$354
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $121 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
7
inspections on record
92
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: 92 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hempstead Plant has $475 in proposed MSHA penalties and $121 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.
$475
proposed penalties
$475
current assessed
$354
paid to date
$121
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-08-29.
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
2019 Q4 3,598 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,868 1 0 205.4
2019 Q2 5,741 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,047 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,563 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,325 2 0 273.0
2018 Q2 4,497 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,637 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4 2,459 1 0 406.7
2017 Q3 1,814 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,944 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,073 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

February 24, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER
Unknown operator · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was on the dredge coming back into the wheel house from checking the bilge pumps. When employee went to raise the seat arm with right hand on the arm and left hand on the door jam. The wind blew the door shut on employee's left hand.

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