Mining Incidents

KOSSE QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Kosse, Limestone County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103951

KOSSE QUARRY has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Jan 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,908
proposed penalties
$2,203
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $705 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
10
inspections on record
87
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: 87 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

KOSSE QUARRY has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-12-04.
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
2002 Q4 1,513 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,569 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,373 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,053 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,324 8 1 1265.0
2001 Q3 6,492 2 0 308.1
2001 Q2 6,887 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,934 5 2 842.6
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 6,394 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,015 2 1 285.1
2000 Q2 6,393 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,162 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

January 30, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ASSISTING IN REPAIR OF FEEDER, THE BACKHOE BUCKET WAS PUSHING DOWN ON A METAL PLATE IN THE FEEDER, WHEN THE BACKUP BUCKET SLIPPED OFF OF THE METAL & THE BUCKET STRUCK EE'S LOWER RIGHT SHIN & T OP OF RIGHT FOOT.

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