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: 257 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Matador Pit has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-07-01.
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: 2013-05-14, 13 years ago
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz102 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2008-06-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
0.22
1.86
Cleanup Man
2008-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
0.32
1.38
Laborer, Bullgang
2013-05-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.22
0.20
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.77
0.38
Cleanup Man
2013-05-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.67
0.39
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-04-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.38
0.61
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-04-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.09
1.21
0.90
Mechanic
2011-04-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.45
0.44
Cleanup Man
2008-08-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2008-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.49
0.53
Washer Operator
2008-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.31
0.61
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Matador Pit recorded 7.76 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ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.
7.76
total case rate
7.76
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.82 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.58 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
2009 *
7.76
7.76
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
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
2014
3
2013
10
2012
7
2011
5
2010
3
2009
12
2008
15
2007
15
2006
18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Matador Pit sits in Motley County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Motley County, Texas · Population 1,267
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,857
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
2014 Q3
1
1
0
1000000.0
2014 Q2
320
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,570
5
4
1945.5
2013 Q4
487
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,062
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
7,455
10
6
1341.4
2013 Q1
9,891
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
4,548
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3
3,124
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,733
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
2,442
2
1
819.0
2011 Q4
3,892
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
793
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
714
6
1
8403.4
2011 Q1
2,359
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
2,666
4
2
1500.4
2010 Q3
948
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
478
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
589
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3,076
1
0
325.1
2009 Q3
6,118
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
8,250
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
8,314
3
1
360.8
2008 Q4
8,501
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
8,857
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
9,558
8
0
837.0
2008 Q1
8,730
4
0
458.2
2007 Q4
9,188
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
10,212
1
0
97.9
2007 Q2
8,899
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
6,327
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
3,726
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2012 · 1 incident
October 18, 2012TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was removing a guard from a conveyor for maintenance, bolts were removed, guard was stuck, employee pulled hard, and lost balance and fell, hitting forehead on a rock on ground. Cut to Forehead as result.
2009 · 1 incident
February 26, 2009TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
Duininck, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE failed to follow training and company required procedures. EE did not shut down, lock out/tag out equipment before removing a root from a moving converyor belt. Injury to top of left hand. Damage/Impairment unknown at this time.