Mining Incidents

HIRT VENTURES LLC Metal/Non-Metal

HIRT VENTURES LLC · Surface
Controlled by Duane Hirt
Garden City, Glasscock County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4105108

HIRT VENTURES LLC has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
72
citations
16
significant & substantial
$32,647
proposed penalties
$32,647
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
34
inspections on record
283
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: 283 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HIRT VENTURES LLC has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$33K
proposed penalties
$33K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-21.
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 360 9 2 25000.0
2025 Q3 416 2 1 4807.7
2025 Q2 422 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 361 6 0 16620.5
2024 Q4 345 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 345 3 0 8695.7
2024 Q2 375 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 487 1 0 2053.4
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 539 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 385 3 0 7792.2
2023 Q2 473 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 415 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 702 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 659 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 725 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 513 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 702 9 0 12820.5
2021 Q3 821 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,088 5 0 4595.6
2021 Q1 561 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,079 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,050 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 697 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 820 2 0 2439.0
2019 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,120 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 957 5 3 5224.7
2018 Q4 1,010 2 0 1980.2
2018 Q3 1,240 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,131 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 631 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 694 9 2 12968.3
2017 Q3 666 3 2 4504.5
2017 Q2 634 2 0 3154.6
2017 Q1 466 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,638 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 923 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,127 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,272 4 3 3144.7
2015 Q4 1,477 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,235 2 2 894.9
2015 Q2 2,148 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,678 5 1 2979.7

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.

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