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Metroplex Sand & Gravel LTD: 183 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tarrant Acquisition Ltd
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104116

Metroplex Sand & Gravel LTD has $86K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2001–2013
Latest incident
Oct 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
183
citations
66
significant & substantial
$85,507
proposed penalties
$78,434
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,073 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Metroplex Sand & Gravel LTD's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
841
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: 841 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Metroplex Sand & Gravel LTD has $86K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3 outstanding across 9 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.
$86K
proposed penalties
$78K
current assessed
$78K
paid to date
$3
outstanding
183 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $29K in penalties contested before the Commission, $22K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-11-14.
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.
36.1%
significant & substantial
7.9%
high negligence or reckless
36.5%
reasonably likely or greater
37.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.5% low, 78.7% moderate, 7.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
13 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 38%
  • Stood as issued 8 · 62%
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 11 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$29K proposed, $22K 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 2017-08-23.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2009-620M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $8K → $2K
CENT 2017-0182 Default Lesnick 2017 $5K → $5K
CENT 2013-678M Default Lesnick 2014 $4K → $4K
CENT 2017-0362 Dismissal Manning 2017 $4K → $4K
CENT 2015-0632 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $3K → $3K
CENT 2010-1352M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $2K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2014-04-30, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.14 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-03-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Truck Driver
2013-03-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2013-03-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-03-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.5 0.09 Bulldozer Operator
2013-03-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2011-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.33 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.58 0.09 Shovel Operator
2010-03-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.62 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-03-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-03-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-03-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.89 0.10 Backhoe Operator
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.

Metroplex Sand & Gravel LTD recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2017.

Injury rate, 2017
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.99 and the all-US-mining average was 2.48 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.56 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
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 2.85 2.85 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Metroplex Sand & Gravel LTD 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 2
2017 20
2016 28
2015 31
2014 26
2013 21
2012 20
2011 20
2010 18
2009 18
2008 21
2007 16
2006 17
2005 14
2004 17
2003 19
2002 17
2001 17
2000 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Metroplex Sand & Gravel LTD sits in Tarrant County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Tarrant County, Texas · Population 2,135,743
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$81,905
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
2018 Q4 1,588 2 0 1259.4
2018 Q3 1,586 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,636 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 837 6 1 7168.5
2017 Q4 7,600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,942 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 11,795 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 15,914 3 2 188.5
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 20,078 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 19,535 7 3 358.3
2016 Q2 18,308 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 18,917 4 1 211.5
2015 Q4 20,264 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 25,005 2 1 80.0
2015 Q2 21,181 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 20,100 1 1 49.8
2014 Q4 19,566 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 19,273 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 18,183 3 0 165.0
2014 Q1 18,502 7 3 378.3
2013 Q4 17,390 6 1 345.0
2013 Q3 16,638 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 17,739 7 3 394.6
2013 Q1 18,524 10 3 539.8
2012 Q4 15,643 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 15,529 7 4 450.8
2012 Q2 16,686 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 15,036 5 1 332.5
2011 Q4 15,076 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 16,679 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 15,347 4 0 260.6
2011 Q1 13,776 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 16,136 6 2 371.8
2010 Q3 14,960 3 2 200.5
2010 Q2 14,071 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 10,347 4 0 386.6
2009 Q4 15,275 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 12,432 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 11,913 13 5 1091.2
2009 Q1 12,777 2 1 156.5
2008 Q4 15,581 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 15,982 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 16,476 2 0 121.4
2008 Q1 14,365 11 2 765.8
2007 Q4 12,541 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 13,152 3 0 228.1
2007 Q2 12,113 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 11,480 10 2 871.1
2006 Q4 13,641 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 11,280 5 0 443.3
2006 Q2 9,445 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8,194 1 0 122.0
2005 Q4 9,592 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 10,143 3 2 295.8
2005 Q2 8,701 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,733 1 0 148.5
2004 Q4 8,617 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,132 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,287 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 9,558 3 2 313.9
2003 Q4 11,705 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 15,130 2 2 132.2
2003 Q2 12,885 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 10,537 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 10,318 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 11,575 4 1 345.6
2002 Q2 11,767 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 11,113 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 11,937 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 12,150 24 17 1975.3
2001 Q2 13,020 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 10,600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 10,610 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 11,277 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 11,357 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 1 incident

October 28, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Metroplex Sand & Gravel LTD · Struck by falling object

A rock lodged behind a hopper wall three feet above and to the right of the miner's right foot slid and struck the foot in the inseam behind his right toe. First aid for minor bleeding was given and the miner was driven to a Care Now Facility. It is not known at this time whether the injury will heal itself over time or will need to be surgically repaired.

2001 · 1 incident

July 21, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Metroplex Sand & Gravel LTD · Struck by powered moving object

14" POLY-PIPE WAS IN PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED OVER LAND. ONE END OF PIPE WAS SECURED WITH ROPE AND EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO KEEP PIPE FROM SLIDING INTO WATER- LITTLE RESISTANCE IF ANY WAS N EEDED ON PIPE. SOMEWHERE DURRING TIME EMPLOYEE WRAPPED ROPE AROUND WAIST-DURRING THIS TIME TRACK HOE MOVING ON ROAD TO REPAIR PIPE GRABBED ROPE AND CINCHED EMPLOYEE AT MID SECTION OF BODY.