Mining Incidents

La Grange Materials Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ruben Salinas Jr
West Point, Fayette County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104689

La Grange Materials has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
May 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
41
citations
12
significant & substantial
$13,952
proposed penalties
$13,952
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
15
inspections on record
169
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: 169 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

La Grange Materials has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-17.
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
2011 Q2 910 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 910 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,328 11 2 4725.1
2010 Q3 2,737 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,923 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,064 3 2 592.4
2009 Q4 7,462 6 3 804.1
2009 Q3 9,522 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 11,030 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 9,472 14 3 1478.0
2008 Q4 9,388 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 10,299 3 1 291.3
2008 Q2 11,783 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 11,312 4 1 353.6
2007 Q4 11,188 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

May 29, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
La Grange Materials LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

The employee was cleaning up the machinery.

March 6, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
La Grange Materials LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was fixing a part of equipment and a hammer hit his finger.

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