Mining Incidents

O Daniels Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Cowboy Construction · Surface
Controlled by Richard Guy Newell
Big Spring, Howard County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4105257

O Daniels Pit has $2K 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
2019
Latest incident
Apr 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
15
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,243
proposed penalties
$2,243
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
12
inspections on record
85
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: 85 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

O Daniels Pit has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-18.
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
2024 Q2 1 4 1 4000000.0
2023 Q4 1,756 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,220 2 0 1639.3
2023 Q2 1,007 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,506 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,791 2 0 1116.7
2022 Q2 1,330 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 2,125 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,437 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,035 3 1 2898.6
2021 Q2 698 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 242 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 189 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,365 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,165 1 0 858.4
2019 Q2 1,445 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,099 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 451 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 956 1 0 1046.0
2018 Q2 1,345 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,399 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,048 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,187 1 0 842.5
2017 Q2 567 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

April 25, 2019 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Cowboy Construction · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was making repairs/adjustments to conveyor belt attached to rock crusher. After completion, unit was turned on to check operation. Employee attempted to make final adjustments/knock mud off unit while running. Left arm was caught by pulleys; arm broken & hand deeply lacerated. Pressure was applied to wound, & employee was taken to Scenic Mountain Medical Center ER.

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