Mining Incidents

jfwelding: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

jfwelding · Surface
Controlled by Jacobo H Friessen
seminole, Gaines County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4105195

jfwelding 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 2018
19
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,551
proposed penalties
$2,551
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
14
inspections on record
124
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: 124 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

jfwelding 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
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-12.
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.
10.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
10.5%
reasonably likely or greater
36.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.8% low, 84.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. jfwelding 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

jfwelding sits in Gaines County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 12.7% 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.
Gaines County, Texas · Population 21,904
12.7%
Mining share of county employment
$76,605
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
2026 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 160 2 0 12500.0
2025 Q2 165 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 215 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 282 3 1 10638.3
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 244 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 212 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 220 3 1 13636.4
2023 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 256 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 155 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 260 2 0 7692.3
2022 Q2 275 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 302 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 315 2 0 6349.2
2021 Q2 264 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 336 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 170 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 308 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 174 1 0 5747.1
2019 Q4 114 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 89 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 117 2 0 17094.0
2019 Q1 138 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 87 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 95 4 0 42105.3
2018 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 155 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 138 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 181 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 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.