Mining Incidents

Howell Mobile No 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James R Howell Jr
Cactus, Sherman County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105094

Howell Mobile No 2 has $3K 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
18
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,783
proposed penalties
$2,783
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
15
inspections on record
148
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: 148 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Howell Mobile No 2 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-18.
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 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 282 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,954 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,214 1 0 451.7
2024 Q4 2,538 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,598 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,324 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,416 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,837 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,777 4 1 2251.0
2023 Q2 1,731 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,883 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,844 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 0 1 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 1,091 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,313 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 245 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,671 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,705 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,155 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 2,520 3 0 1190.5
2017 Q3 3,025 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,310 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 5 1
2016 Q4 3,193 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,408 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,408 3 1 880.3
2015 Q1 2,160 1 0 463.0

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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