Hollingsworth Sand & Gravel LLC has $115K in proposed MSHA penalties and $104K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Nov 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
93
citations
26
significant & substantial
$114,585
proposed penalties
$7,272
paid to date
6% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $107,313 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
30
inspections on record
364
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: 364 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hollingsworth Sand & Gravel LLC has $115K in proposed MSHA penalties and $104K outstanding across 8 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.
$115K
proposed penalties
$111K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$104K
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $23K in penalties contested before the Commission, $17K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-09-05.
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.
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.
24citations taken to the federal commission · 26% of citations on record
Settled
23 · 96%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 4%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$23K proposed, $17K 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 2012-05-01.
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.
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: 2008-01-15, 18 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2008-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2008-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2013
5
2012
5
2011
5
2010
6
2009
6
2008
7
2007
7
2006
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hollingsworth Sand & Gravel LLC sits in Wise County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 4.7% 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.
Wise County, Texas · Population 72,359
4.7%
Mining share of county employment
$89,897
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
2013 Q2
1,342
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,134
7
2
6172.8
2012 Q3
2,460
2
1
813.0
2012 Q2
2,960
4
0
1351.4
2012 Q1
2,460
8
1
3252.0
2011 Q4
2,460
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,460
5
0
2032.5
2011 Q2
2,460
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1
2,460
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
2,420
19
11
7851.2
2010 Q3
2,060
6
4
2912.6
2010 Q2
1,900
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
2,060
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,180
3
0
1376.1
2009 Q3
2,410
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,390
2
0
836.8
2009 Q1
2,460
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
2,600
3
0
1153.8
2008 Q3
3,110
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,310
3
0
906.3
2008 Q1
3,420
3
0
877.2
2007 Q4
5,120
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
2,880
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,880
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
2,880
4
0
1388.9
2006 Q4
2,880
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,880
15
3
5208.3
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
November 13, 2010TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
The contractor failed to use emergency brake, left tractor running and went under tractor to look at leak. The tractor rolled due to being on incline and the result was a fatal injury.