Mining Incidents

HOUM2 - Altair Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Quikrete Holdings Inc.
Altair, Colorado County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105598

HOUM2 - Altair has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $686 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 2022
31
citations
4
significant & substantial
$5,500
proposed penalties
$4,814
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $686 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
12
inspections on record
207
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: 207 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HOUM2 - Altair has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $686 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$686
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-13.
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 6,091 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,028 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,088 2 2 282.2
2025 Q1 6,016 2 0 332.4
2024 Q4 7,551 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,179 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6,562 2 0 304.8
2024 Q1 5,665 6 0 1059.1
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 5,551 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,452 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,352 4 0 544.1
2023 Q1 5,851 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,647 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,296 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,083 5 0 983.7
2022 Q1 4,885 3 1 614.1

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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