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: 249 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
MOSS QUARRY has $782 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.
$782
proposed penalties
$782
current assessed
$782
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-07-20.
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.
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: 2004-10-27, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-10-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.29
Truck Driver
2004-06-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
2.02
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.16
2.21
0.52
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2006
5
2005
4
2004
5
2003
5
2002
5
2001
5
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
MOSS QUARRY sits in Ector County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 13.3% 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.
Ector County, Texas · Population 163,206
13.3%
Mining share of county employment
$71,031
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
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q3
4,292
4
2
932.0
2006 Q2
3,900
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
3,924
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
0
2
1
2005 Q3
3,020
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
3,120
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,275
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4
2,275
2
0
879.1
2004 Q3
2,700
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,275
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,925
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
2,725
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,860
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,795
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,115
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
2,210
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,340
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,467
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,820
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,925
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,860
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,660
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,340
2
0
854.7
2000 Q4
2,055
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,145
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,670
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,230
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2005 · 1 incident
September 6, 2005TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY
ON 12-13-94 EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING ON TETEX LADDER, SLIPPED & FELL ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ASKED IF HE WANTED TO SEE A DR. HE SAID NO. LATER HE SAID HIS KNEE HURT & WENT TO DR. ON 12-27-94 GIVEN PILL S AND RETURNED TO WORK. ON 1-19-95 RETURNED TO DR. AND TOLD TO TAKE A WEEK OFF.
1991 · 1 incident
October 28, 1991TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Permian Stone Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PLACED HAND ON BACKHOE BOOM WHILE IN OPERATION PINCHED FINGER IN ELBOW JOINT OF BOOM.
1988 · 1 incident
February 16, 1988TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)