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: 377 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pettibone has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-05-21.
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.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
20%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $5K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2008-03-12.
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.
Pettibone recorded 8.62 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ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.
8.62
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.41 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2005 *
8.62
0.00
0.000
2004 *
18.55
9.27
0.000
2003 *
9.66
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
7
2008
8
2007
10
2006
9
2005
13
2004
14
2003
12
2002
10
2001
10
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pettibone 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
2009 Q1
3,118
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
4,016
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
4,311
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,589
10
2
2786.3
2008 Q1
3,891
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
4,440
7
2
1576.6
2007 Q3
4,627
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
4,202
6
0
1427.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1
3,378
12
3
3552.4
2006 Q4
4,134
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
4,268
3
0
702.9
2006 Q2
4,571
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,512
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
5,708
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,377
3
1
470.4
2005 Q2
6,502
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,609
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
5,525
11
1
1991.0
2004 Q3
5,217
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
6,015
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,812
7
0
1454.7
2003 Q4
5,775
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,815
3
0
623.1
2003 Q2
5,378
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
4,737
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,460
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,342
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
6,854
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
7,122
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
7,151
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
6,804
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
6,316
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,789
1
0
172.7
2000 Q4
5,811
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,032
5
2
993.6
2000 Q2
4,177
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,152
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2008 · 2 incidents
July 25, 2008TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was pulling a 4" suction line out of the mud and injured right shoulder. Thought injury would heal and after a period of time had it examined by a doctor. Found torn rotator cuff. Will require surgery at some point to correct. Has not lost any time as of yet.
2007 · 2 incidents
December 4, 2007TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee reported on 11/13/2007 that he went to the doctor on 11/12/2007 and was diagnosed with a broken rib. He claims that he slipped and fell from the crusher on 11/05/2007. The doctor allowed him to return to work under restricted duty.
2006 · 1 incident
September 21, 2006TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Employee was stepping down from end loader and hit his left knee on machine. The second step was defective and collapsed as the operator was dismounting the equipment.
Employee was operating the truck weigh scales. She stepped out of the office to use the restroom. When she stepped down on the steps she twisted her ankle and fell.
March 2, 2004TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mechanic was not an employee of the TML Pettibone. He was installing the track on a trackhoe after replacing the final drive. The mechanic had a piece of pipe in the rail link fastened to a chain and attached to a FEL. The FEL was pulling the track back in place. The mechanic was guiging the track over the rollers with the end of the pipe which extended past the track and perpendicular to the track. The weight of the track or some other obstruction caused the pipe to yeild and bend. The FEL operator didnot get the signal to stop. The pipe bent. the chain came off the pipe and crushed the mechanics hand.
2003 · 1 incident
June 18, 2003TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WORKING ON HIS OWN TRUCK. HE JAD A RADIATOR LEAK. HE HAD GOTTEN ANTI FREEZE ONBOOTS WHICH MADE THEM SLICK. HE CLIMBED STEPS ON LOADER AND LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL. TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.