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Palasota: 339 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Hearne, Milam County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104570

Palasota has $738K in proposed MSHA penalties and $731K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2017
Latest incident
Oct 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
339
citations
122
significant & substantial
$738,259
proposed penalties
$6,893
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $731,366 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See B.V.S Construction, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
71
inspections on record
1,621
inspection hours
20.9
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.
339 citations across 1,621 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Palasota has $738K in proposed MSHA penalties and $731K outstanding across 2 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.
$738K
proposed penalties
$738K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$731K
outstanding
326 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-09-04.
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.
37.4%
significant & substantial
42.0%
high negligence or reckless
37.4%
reasonably likely or greater
33.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.3% none, 8.9% low, 48.8% moderate, 40.5% high, 1.5% 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.
15 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 15 · 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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K proposed, $9K 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 2017-09-06.
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 2011-182M Default Lesnick 2011 $8K → $8K
CENT 2016-511M Default Lesnick 2017 $897 → $897
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2013-02-27, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-02-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-02-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-02-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2010-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2008-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.37 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2008-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2007-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.26 0.96 Laborer, Bullgang
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.

Palasota recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.71 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. R & R Resources 2006 to 2012
  2. B.V.S Construction, Inc. 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 6
2019 9
2018 8
2017 7
2016 6
2015 6
2014 6
2013 7
2012 9
2011 8
2010 8
2009 9
2008 11
2007 8
2006 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Palasota sits in Milam County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Milam County, Texas · Population 25,268
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$59,076
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
2020 Q1 1,095 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,095 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,656 11 3 3008.8
2019 Q2 4,418 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,665 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,999 3 0 750.2
2018 Q2 2,315 18 6 7775.4
2018 Q1 2,975 8 0 2689.1
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4 3,376 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 592 9 2 15202.7
2017 Q2 544 2 1 3676.5
2017 Q1 1,592 26 13 16331.7
2016 Q4 1,588 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,842 7 4 3800.2
2016 Q2 2,006 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,087 19 10 9104.0
2015 Q4 1,992 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,062 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,814 16 5 5685.9
2015 Q1 2,064 25 9 12112.4
2014 Q4 2,780 20 9 7194.2
2014 Q3 3,115 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,721 11 9 2956.2
2014 Q1 3,182 11 3 3456.9
2013 Q4 3,078 9 0 2924.0
2013 Q3 4,523 6 5 1326.6
2013 Q2 7,505 7 1 932.7
2013 Q1 4,531 23 10 5076.1
2012 Q4 3,494 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,049 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,297 15 5 3490.8
2012 Q1 4,530 7 2 1545.3
2011 Q4 4,020 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,097 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,365 6 2 1374.6
2011 Q1 3,430 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,851 7 2 1817.7
2010 Q3 5,236 14 3 2673.8
2010 Q2 4,130 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,579 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,967 10 4 3370.4
2009 Q2 5,220 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,068 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,510 2 0 307.2
2008 Q3 8,423 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,046 7 2 993.5
2008 Q1 4,129 4 1 968.8
2007 Q4 3,977 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,300 4 2 930.2
2007 Q2 3,750 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,200 1 0 454.5
2006 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,297 16 4 4852.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

October 14, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B.V.S Construction, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee was exiting the Komatsu, PC400LC, excavator and slipped off the track and fell to the ground and twisted their knee, causing a bump in the knee.