Mining Incidents

Monahans: 32 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Monahans, Crane County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105380

Monahans has $4K 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
16
Years on record
2018–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
32
citations
0
significant & substantial
$4,207
proposed penalties
$4,207
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
17
inspections on record
436
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: 436 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Monahans has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-03.
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
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 3.1% none, 12.5% low, 84.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2026-04-01
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
  • Cristobalite, respirable5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 0.55 1.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.01 0.22 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0 Cleanup Man
2019-04-24 Cristobalite, respirable 0 Cleanup Man
2019-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2019-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2019-04-24 Cristobalite, respirable 0 Scale Man
2019-04-24 Cristobalite, respirable 0 Scale Man
2019-04-24 Cristobalite, respirable 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-24 Cristobalite, respirable 0 Front-end Loader 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.

Monahans recorded 0.97 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
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.
0.97
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.17 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 0.97 0.00 0.000
2024 2.76 0.00 0.000
2023 2.08 0.69 0.000
2022 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 0.98 0.00 0.000
2020 2.38 1.19 0.000
2019 2.29 0.00 0.000
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. Capital Sand Permian, LLC 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 83
2025 88
2024 121
2023 126
2022 112
2021 90
2020 64
2019 114
2018 93
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Monahans sits in Crane County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 16.5% 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.
Crane County, Texas · Population 4,623
16.5%
Mining share of county employment
$59,915
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 55,718 1 0 17.9
2026 Q1 48,215 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 44,886 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 43,005 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 59,636 4 0 67.1
2025 Q1 57,798 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 66,736 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 73,700 0 0 0.0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 72,201 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 77,036 7 0 90.9
2023 Q4 71,640 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 70,923 2 0 28.2
2023 Q2 71,623 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 74,321 1 0 13.5
2022 Q4 71,409 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 71,632 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 67,114 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 55,974 3 0 53.6
2021 Q4 57,310 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 54,563 3 0 55.0
2021 Q2 42,103 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 50,133 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 47,572 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 38,832 6 0 154.5
2020 Q2 21,355 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 60,479 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 62,434 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 63,265 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 70,742 5 0 70.7
2019 Q1 65,963 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 46,040 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2025 · 1 incident

January 9, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was tracking a conveyor belt on the return side of the conveyor using a small sledge hammer to adjust the return rollers. Employee missed EE's target and smashed EE's middle finger tip, resulting in a broken finger tip.

2024 · 4 incidents

December 2, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was positioning a diesel heater into place after fueling. As EE released the handles and went to stand up, EE felt EE's back slip and a numbing sensation in EE's lower back and leg.

August 12, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Third Party Truck Driver pulled up to outbound safety rack, truck was too far forward. CSP employee instructed Driver that the Driver had to back truck up to use the rack, Driver refused to move truck, ascended rack and continued to improperly use rack. CSP employee reiterated to driver to stop and reposition truck. Driver continued, tripped, and cut leg on frame.

May 28, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee driving a haul truck descended down a ramp in the pit/mine. Driver did not notice cross ruts from the previous shift. Employee drove through the ruts and was slammed into the window, resulting in broken glass and lacerations to the face, ear and head.

March 10, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was assisting in installing a tail pulley guard after replacing the conveyor belt. While trying to line up the bolt holes, the guard shifted and pinched left pinky finger, requiring stitches.

2023 · 3 incidents

August 29, 2023 TX · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was topping off the auto greaser on an excavator. The employee was struggling to disconnect the fill line and jerked on it, causing EE to lose footing and fall to the ground. The fall resulted in a cracked rib.

May 9, 2023 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was changing a tail pulley bearing. The all thread part of the take up was ceased up. Once the all thread broke free, while using a break away bar, the employee's left middle finger was mashed between a lifting eye and break away tool. Resulted in a laceration and broken finger tip.

May 1, 2023 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Two employees were replacing guarding on the side of a conveyor. The guard slipped and pinched the left index finger between the guard and frame work, resulting in need of stitches.

2021 · 1 incident

April 6, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was assisting in changing the diester springs and pinched their left middle finger between the spring and diester frame.

2020 · 2 incidents

December 22, 2020 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking to the break room after clocking in. Lost footing and fell.

July 2, 2020 TX · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee lost footing after refilling the printer, causing a loss of balance and falling. The employee caught all their weight on their right arm which resulted in a fracture.

2019 · 4 incidents

October 26, 2019 TX · Metal/Non-Metal hydrate plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee ascended a fixed vertical ladder to inspect an agitation tank. On the way back down, feet slipped off the ladder rung and fell.

May 2, 2019 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was doing maintenance on Dryer-100 where employee smashed the tip of thumb between a steel plate and drive chain.

April 30, 2019 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While walking on scale, employee lost balance and twisted knee.

March 21, 2019 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was cutting tape off of motor leads to the disconnect fan. EE then cut the right thumb to the back side of EE's hand. The cut required stitches.

2018 · 1 incident

October 24, 2018 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Sand Permian, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was assisting in the removal of a HDPE pipe from wet-processing equipment. As the pipe was being lifted, the load shifted, pinching the miner's right thumb between the load and the equipment's structure.