Mining Incidents

Katelynn Metal/Non-Metal

Primal Crushing LLC · Surface
Controlled by Victor J Hirsch III
Groesbeck, Limestone County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4105279

Katelynn has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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
20
citations
6
significant & substantial
$5,530
proposed penalties
$2,144
paid to date
39% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,386 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
14
inspections on record
98
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: 98 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Katelynn has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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
$2K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-15.
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
2022 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,650 3 0 1818.2
2022 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,268 1 0 440.9
2021 Q2 2,268 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,268 6 2 2645.5
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,440 2 1 1388.9
2019 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,160 7 3 3240.7
2017 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,440 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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