Kopperl Plant 2034 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $305 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2004–2018
Latest incident
Jul 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
41
citations
9
significant & substantial
$8,868
proposed penalties
$8,563
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $305 gap.
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: 626 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Kopperl Plant 2034 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $305 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$305
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-12-04.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2011-11-02, 14 years ago
13
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2011-11-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2011-11-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2011-11-02
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Truck Driver
2010-09-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2010-09-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2010-09-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2010-01-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-01-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Truck Driver
2010-01-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-22
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2009-04-22
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Truck Driver
2008-01-17
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Dry Screen Plant Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Kopperl Plant 2034 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.
Injury rate, 2019
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.84 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
4.69
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
3.80
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
4.36
0.00
0.000
2013 *
4.85
0.00
0.000
2012 *
11.20
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2020
3
2019
18
2018
20
2017
20
2016
19
2015
22
2014
18
2013
15
2012
13
2011
13
2010
15
2009
15
2008
14
2007
15
2006
18
2005
16
2004
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Kopperl Plant 2034 sits in Bosque County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Bosque County, Texas · Population 18,546
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$69,339
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
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
652
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
2,529
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,600
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
11,438
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
10,812
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
8,454
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
8,751
2
1
228.5
Show 59 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3
11,413
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
10,654
1
0
93.9
2018 Q1
11,783
2
0
169.7
2017 Q4
12,350
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
12,246
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
12,051
1
0
83.0
2017 Q1
13,481
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
13,185
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
13,615
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
12,876
1
0
77.7
2016 Q1
13,019
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
14,152
2
2
141.3
2015 Q3
13,291
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
12,357
2
0
161.9
2015 Q1
11,724
1
0
85.3
2014 Q4
11,465
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
12,338
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
11,518
2
0
173.6
2014 Q1
10,552
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
10,070
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
10,650
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
10,401
1
1
96.1
2013 Q1
10,115
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
9,581
2
0
208.7
2012 Q3
8,716
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
8,427
2
0
237.3
2012 Q1
8,975
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
8,894
2
0
224.9
2011 Q3
8,859
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
7,464
2
1
268.0
2011 Q1
7,465
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
8,298
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
8,609
3
0
348.5
2010 Q2
8,721
1
0
114.7
2010 Q1
7,986
3
0
375.7
2009 Q4
8,146
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
9,548
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
10,212
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
8,561
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
9,004
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
9,415
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
10,393
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
11,076
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
10,980
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
10,134
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
9,676
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
8,053
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
9,617
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
10,664
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
9,183
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
13,677
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
12,706
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
9,576
1
0
104.4
2005 Q2
9,680
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
8,283
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
7,992
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,031
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
6,927
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,611
3
1
830.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file
2018 · 1 incident
July 5, 2018TX · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was pulling on a pry bar to remove the V-belts for the secondary shaker when releasing the pressure on the pry bar ee felt back tighten up.
2016 · 1 incident
October 19, 2016TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was replacing the rear tire on a service truck. Employee was trying to lift the old tire into another truck when the employee felt soreness in lower back.
2014 · 1 incident
August 8, 2014TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was replacing rollers on a conveyor belt. He was trying to force the roller frame between the belt, he lost his grip and smashed his left index finger between the roller frame and conveyor frame.
2013 · 1 incident
March 21, 2013TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was standing under overhead hopper when a 2.5 inch rock fell and struck on left shoulder, employee was examined by physician and was release to regular duty, employee followed up with physician on 3/28/13 and was put on restricted duty due to soreness until 4/11/13 follow up visit.
2012 · 2 incidents
June 27, 2012TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was conducting a workplace examination on the primary conveyor belt and knocked off some built up mud on a troughing idler with a hammer. The hammer and employees left arm was pulled between the troughing idler and conveyor belt causing pain to left wrist. Employee was examined by physician and released to restricted duty and is to follow-up with doctor on 2-8-12.
2011 · 2 incidents
April 25, 2011TX · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was removing wiper blade on primary shaker, while loosening bolts he felt pain in his left shoulder and neck, he was examined by a physician and was released to work with restrictions and will follow up with doctor on 4-28-2011.
March 7, 2011TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Employee was replacing cutting edges on a 980H Front End Loader, the employee pushed up on a bolt that slipped out of the cut out, when another employee engaged the impact wrench cutting employee's right palm, employee received six stitches and was returned to work on restricted duty, employee will follow up with doctor on 3-17-2011.
2006 · 4 incidents
October 11, 2006TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was climbing on the side of a Cat 750 Excavator to remove fuel hose. His foot slipped on bottom step an he felt pain between his right elbow and shoulder The employee did not request medical care at this time. Employee requested to see a doctor on 10/17/06 and was given restricted duty and returned to work.
April 28, 2006TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was hooking welding trailer to pick-up and was not lined up with trailer and tried to pull trailer to align with pick-up and strained his back. He was seen by a doctor on 5/3/06 and was told he strained his back. He was returned to work with restrictions and wil follow up with doctor on 5/12/06.
March 27, 2006TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
On 3/25/06, EE told his supervisor that his back was aching. On 3/27/06, EE wanted to see a Dr. He stated that his back had been hurting for a couple of weeks and believed pain was caused from a previous back injury several years ago. The Dr. asked EE what he had done and EE said his normal job duties, and on Saturday he had removed a pulley from a motor shaft.
March 22, 2006TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee hurt right shoulder while adjusting tail pulley on feeder belt. He reported injury to plant manager but did not want to see a doctor at this time. On April 4, 2006 he requested to see a doctor and later was referred to an orthopedic doctor and is waiting to be scheduled for minor corrective surgery.
2005 · 1 incident
April 28, 2005TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD STEPS INTO BACKHOE BUCKET. THE STEPS SLID IN THE BUCKET, SCRAPING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT THIGH CAUSING A BRUISE. EMPLOYEE WENT TO SEE THE DOCTOR AND WAS RETURNED TO LIGHT DUTY.