Mining Incidents

Howell Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by MDU Resources Group Inc
Waco, Mclennan County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103754

Howell Pit has $97 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 2000
1
citations
1
significant & substantial
$97
proposed penalties
$97
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
62
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: 62 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 Pit has $97 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.
$97
proposed penalties
$97
current assessed
$97
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-11-29.
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
2005 Q4 356 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,256 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 785 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 533 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 584 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 531 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 369 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 752 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1 455 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 667 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,458 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 891 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 493 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 417 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 524 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 543 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 471 1 1 2123.1
2000 Q3 1,070 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 578 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 674 0 0 0.0

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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