Mining Incidents

Odem Sand Plant Metal/Non-Metal

J&S Materials LLC · Surface
Odem, San Patricio County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105461

Odem Sand Plant has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
May 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
83
citations
20
significant & substantial
$32,842
proposed penalties
$15,430
paid to date
47% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,412 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
21
inspections on record
282
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: 282 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Odem Sand Plant has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K 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.
$33K
proposed penalties
$33K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$17K
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
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 2,084 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,145 3 2 1398.6
2025 Q2 2,317 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,710 4 2 1078.2
2024 Q4 5,555 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,848 31 6 5301.0
2024 Q2 4,835 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,779 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,247 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,578 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,120 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 9,958 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,982 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,612 4 0 605.0
2022 Q2 7,138 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,180 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,000 21 5 4200.0
2021 Q3 2,150 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,529 6 3 3924.1
2021 Q1 1,680 5 2 2976.2
2020 Q4 1,246 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,246 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1 3 0 3000000.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,800 2 0 1111.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

May 30, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand ELECTRICAL
J&S Materials LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

While charging a 12 volt battery the miner attempted to verify contact at the negative terminal and the battery sides blew out spraying the miner with battery solution

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