Mining Incidents

McGee Pit: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Big 4, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Melissa Jo McGee
Milam, Sabine County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4104859

McGee Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
7
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,019
proposed penalties
$1,019
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
18
inspections on record
160
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: 160 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

McGee Pit has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-04-19.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
28.6%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
42.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.3% low, 57.1% moderate, 28.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Big 4, Inc. 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 2
2022 3
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 1
2017 2
2016 2
2015 1
2014 3
2013 4
2012 3
2011 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

McGee Pit sits in Sabine County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Sabine County, Texas · Population 9,998
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$59,924
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
2026 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 34 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 97 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 412 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5 1 0 200000.0
2022 Q1 1,397 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 153 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 126 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 39 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 232 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,686 1 0 593.1
2013 Q4 1,469 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,477 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,246 2 2 1605.1
2013 Q1 1,141 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,461 2 0 1368.9
2012 Q3 1,445 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 594 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 406 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 134 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 21 1 0 47619.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.