On 4/17/26 an employee was breaking up core samples with a hammer when EE felt discomfort in EE's right shoulder and hand. Employee sought additional treatment and was placed on restricted duty beginning 4/27/26.
Kermit 115 Metal/Non-Metal
Kermit 115 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $896 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 2019–2026
- Latest incident
- Apr 2026
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Kermit 115 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $896 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 60,253 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 52,621 | 5 | 1 | 95.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 48,117 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 44,924 | 2 | 0 | 44.5 |
| 2024 Q4 | 44,003 | 2 | 1 | 45.5 |
| 2024 Q3 | 50,620 | 3 | 0 | 59.3 |
| 2024 Q2 | 53,764 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 49,794 | 2 | 0 | 40.2 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 48,054 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 51,815 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 53,520 | 5 | 0 | 93.4 |
| 2023 Q1 | 53,861 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 48,945 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 52,871 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 40,098 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 38,057 | 3 | 0 | 78.8 |
| 2021 Q4 | 34,555 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 34,082 | 5 | 0 | 146.7 |
| 2021 Q2 | 34,839 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 32,043 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 34,971 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 31,480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 38,680 | 1 | 0 | 25.9 |
| 2020 Q1 | 46,818 | 4 | 1 | 85.4 |
| 2019 Q4 | 51,529 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 42,194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 55,246 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 34,855 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 5,974 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
8 on file2026 · 2 incidents
On 04/09/26, an employee performing customer truck hatch opening duties felt discomfort on the right side of their neck and hand but could not determine at which time or area EE may have strained it. Employee sought additional treatment on 4/16/26 and was placed on restricted duty.
2024 · 3 incidents
Employee was lifting sample bucket around 5lbs out of back of buggy. Causing pain bottom of neck. Employee has worked job at full strength but still felt pain. EE went to clinic and was given restrictions, being put on Workman's Comp starting this week.
QC Lab employee lifted a 5 gallon bucket full of sand and tried to put on an elevated table top. While doing this EE sprained EE's left shoulder causing pain. EE worked with no retractions since 3/26/24. EE had a minor tear to rotator cuff surgery was required Thursday September 19 which led to restrictions and lost time.
Employee was changing bearing at 400 bucket elevator. EE was pushing with a pry bar horizontally slipped and hit left pinky finger on a piece of angle iron fracturing it.
2023 · 1 incident
Shoveling filling wheel barrow with sand began to feel pain in neck and pain down left arm. Injury was not reported until 9/19/2023 that is when Comp claim opened.
2019 · 2 incidents
2 miners in a scissor lift tacked a plate, went down to retrieve the welding lead, on the way back up at 16 feet the tacks broke the plate fell 4 feet on ee left arm causing a fracture. Plate was 3 inches by 11 and 3/8 inch. Was tacked at an elevation of 20 feet on 200 dryer. New mine site still in commencing at time of injury.
High Roller Employee was removing a mini refrigerator from back of Ford F-150 pick up and put right hand on bottom of fridge resulting in cutting right thumb. Employee was brought to Winkler County Memorial Hospital and received 10 stitches in right thumb. Employee was released from hospital back to full duty with no work restrictions.
The full compliance file on Kermit 115
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.