Mining Incidents

MITCHELL CO. ROCK QUARRY: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Nobles Road Construction, Inc · Surface
Loraine, Mitchell County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104306

MITCHELL CO. ROCK QUARRY has $649 in proposed MSHA penalties and $649 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Apr 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
9
citations
0
significant & substantial
$649
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $649 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
2
inspections on record
10
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: 10 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MITCHELL CO. ROCK QUARRY has $649 in proposed MSHA penalties and $649 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.
$649
proposed penalties
$649
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$649
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-08-02.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
75.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. West Texas Recycling & Remediation Inc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MITCHELL CO. ROCK QUARRY sits in Mitchell County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 9.1% 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.
Mitchell County, Texas · Population 8,989
9.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,033
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
2001 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,765 9 0 5099.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

April 10, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Unknown operator · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS LOADING TRUCKS WITH ROCK & WAS RETURNING TO PILE TO RELOAD BUCKET WHEN A TOOTH ON BUCKET CAUGHT A LARGE ROCK CAUSING THE LOADER TO STOP HARD. THIS IN RETURN JARRED HIS BACK.