Mining Incidents

Moore County Portable 1: 29 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Moore County Road & Bridge · Surface
Controlled by Sherman County-TX
Dumas, Moore County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4104657

Moore County Portable 1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Moore County Portable 1.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
29
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,388
proposed penalties
$4,388
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
27
inspections on record
236
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: 236 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Moore County Portable 1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-05.
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.
27.6%
significant & substantial
24.1%
high negligence or reckless
27.6%
reasonably likely or greater
37.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.9% low, 69.0% moderate, 24.1% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 2 · 100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 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 2011-06-17.
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 2011-872M Dismissal Lesnick 2011 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Moore County Road & Bridge 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 4
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 3
2017 5
2016 4
2015 2
2014 3
2013 4
2012 3
2011 2
2010 2
2009 4
2008 4
2007 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Moore County Portable 1 sits in Moore County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.4% 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.
Moore County, Texas · Population 21,234
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$61,325
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 31 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 385 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 238 1 0 4201.7
2025 Q2 255 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 151 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 379 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 154 1 0 6493.5
2024 Q1 268 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 65 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 104 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 273 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 316 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 274 1 0 3649.6
2022 Q2 359 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 194 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 408 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 252 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 312 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 314 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 226 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 567 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 305 1 0 3278.7
2020 Q1 213 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 345 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 40 1 0 25000.0
2019 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 246 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 240 1 1 4166.7
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 102 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 543 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 85 5 1 58823.5
2016 Q1 42 4 1 95238.1
2015 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 2 0
2015 Q2 312 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 21 1 0 47619.0
2014 Q4 93 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 20 1 0 50000.0
2014 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 99 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 308 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 258 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 454 2 2 4405.3
2012 Q3 116 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 122 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 65 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8 1 0 125000.0
2011 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 43 2 1 46511.6
2011 Q1 123 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 42 2 2 47619.0
2010 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 132 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 88 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 88 1 0 11363.6
2008 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 113 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1 0 0 0.0

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.