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: 398 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Matbon Inc has $142K in proposed MSHA penalties and $122K 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.
$142K
proposed penalties
$141K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$122K
outstanding
129 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $72K in penalties contested before the Commission, $71K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-05-15.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
14citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 7%
Stood as issued
13 · 93%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 12 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
2%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$72K proposed, $71K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2007-01-23.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2006-12-06, 19 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-12-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
2.45
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-12-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
1.83
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
1.37
0.27
Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-11-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.83
0.28
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
1.32
0.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.62
0.20
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Matbon Inc recorded 19.42 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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.
19.42
total case rate
7.77
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.75 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
2007 *
19.42
7.77
0.000
2006
7.92
0.00
0.000
2005
3.29
3.29
0.000
2004
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
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
2008
10
2007
31
2006
49
2005
62
2004
57
2003
48
2002
49
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Matbon Inc sits in Wise County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 4.7% 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.
Wise County, Texas · Population 72,359
4.7%
Mining share of county employment
$89,897
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
2008 Q3
3,256
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,729
16
3
3383.4
2008 Q1
2,819
6
2
2128.4
2007 Q4
14,345
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
13,855
11
1
793.9
2007 Q2
9,988
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
13,300
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
17,749
8
1
450.7
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q3
19,539
31
22
1586.6
2006 Q2
30,785
4
0
129.9
2006 Q1
32,904
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
31,088
23
3
739.8
2005 Q3
33,186
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
32,297
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
24,881
7
1
281.3
2004 Q4
33,892
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
32,954
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
33,185
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
32,415
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
27,467
11
0
400.5
2003 Q3
24,825
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
21,937
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
16,974
12
3
707.0
2002 Q4
17,358
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
20,163
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
23,232
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2007 · 5 incidents
November 9, 2007TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was helping maintance change a screen on shaker #3. He was lifting the screen and lost his footing. When he slipped the screen fell on his left hand cutting left ring and middle finger.
April 4, 2007TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was trying to unjam the hopper at sand plant by hitting it with a hammer. He did not see the rock on top. The vibration knocked the rock off and hit him in the head causing a concussion and a bruised spinal column.
March 29, 2007TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was cutting a torn piece off the primary conveyor belt. His knife slipped and cut the top of his left hand.
January 29, 2007TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Matbon Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was cleaning his loader bucket. A rock was wedged between loader bucket and cutting edge. Employee was using a bar to knock it out. When the rock popped out the cutting edge popped back knocking the bar back against the bucket with his hand between bar and bucket.
2006 · 4 incidents
November 14, 2006TX · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was standing on belt frame to grease feeder bearings and did not lock out belt. The belt was bumped causing employee to slip damaging his left foot or shin and spraining his ankle.
May 26, 2006TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Matbon Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
Hot metal went around glasses and touched eye.
May 15, 2006TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Matbon Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
Hot metal went around glasses and touched eye.
May 8, 2006TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS GOING TO BACK DOZER & WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOOK BEHIND HIM HE RAN OVER SOME ROCKS & TWISTED THE RT. SIDE OF HIS BACK.
October 16, 2005TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON