Mining Incidents

North Amarillo Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James E Holmes
Canyon, Tx., Potter County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104615

North Amarillo Pit has $18K 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
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Aug 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
99
citations
30
significant & substantial
$18,415
proposed penalties
$18,415
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
42
inspections on record
498
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: 498 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

North Amarillo Pit has $18K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 1,025 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,069 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 793 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 490 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,863 7 2 3757.4
2024 Q1 1,549 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 833 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 447 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,257 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,943 1 0 514.7
2022 Q4 1,959 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 830 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,598 4 1 1539.6
2022 Q1 2,365 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,773 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,041 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,878 1 0 347.5
2021 Q1 3,364 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,610 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,031 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,342 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,559 3 1 1172.3
2019 Q4 1,700 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,510 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,591 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,728 4 1 1466.3
2018 Q4 2,656 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,475 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,267 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,727 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,343 11 6 4694.8
2017 Q3 2,733 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,921 2 1 684.7
2017 Q1 2,907 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,602 3 1 1153.0
2016 Q3 2,294 4 0 1743.7
2016 Q2 3,401 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,694 10 5 3712.0
2015 Q4 2,843 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,324 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,410 3 1 680.3
2015 Q1 3,946 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,434 3 2 873.6
2014 Q3 2,372 4 1 1686.3
2014 Q2 1,959 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,989 5 1 2513.8
2013 Q4 2,432 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,341 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,710 3 0 1107.0
2013 Q1 2,936 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,493 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,778 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,946 1 0 513.9
2012 Q1 1,422 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,567 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,065 2 2 968.5
2010 Q3 3,219 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,001 3 2 999.7
2010 Q1 920 1 0 1087.0
2009 Q4 1,192 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,252 3 2 2396.2
2009 Q2 702 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,143 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,547 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,658 6 0 3618.8
2008 Q2 2,360 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,903 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,959 2 0 675.9
2007 Q3 1,996 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 2,783 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,423 1 0 702.7
2006 Q3 116 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

August 13, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Holmes Construction Company LP · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE was running the button house when a big rock plungged the throat of the feeder. He attempted to break the rock with a 12# sledge hammer and pry with a bar to allow the rock a position where it would go on into the crusher.

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