Hydraulic line feeding pressure to the main cylinder for the conveyor belt blew. When the line blew the pressure released causing the main conveyor to fall on operator standing next to the screening plant.
Pettus Materials Metal/Non-Metal
Capitol Aggregates, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Zachry Corporation
Pettus, TX,
Bee County,
TX
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4104899
Pettus Materials has $17K 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
- 2016
- Latest incident
- Jul 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
49
citations
12
significant & substantial
$16,936
proposed penalties
$16,936
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
39
inspections on record
406
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: 406 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pettus Materials has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-06-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 403 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 971 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Q2 | 1,265 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,683 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,777 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 833 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,268 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,481 | 4 | 0 | 2700.9 |
| 2019 Q1 | 2,156 | 5 | 4 | 2319.1 |
| 2018 Q4 | 3,488 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,893 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 3,090 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 3,257 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,949 | 5 | 0 | 1695.5 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,426 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,542 | 2 | 0 | 564.7 |
| 2017 Q1 | 3,155 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,411 | 1 | 0 | 414.8 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,656 | 6 | 1 | 2259.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,816 | 2 | 1 | 524.1 |
| 2016 Q1 | 4,881 | 1 | 0 | 204.9 |
| 2015 Q4 | 4,531 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 6,425 | 1 | 0 | 155.6 |
| 2015 Q2 | 5,110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 5,572 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 4,378 | 6 | 4 | 1370.5 |
| 2014 Q3 | 5,449 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 5,305 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 5,896 | 2 | 0 | 339.2 |
| 2013 Q4 | 3,917 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 5,338 | 2 | 0 | 374.7 |
| 2013 Q2 | 3,809 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 3,262 | 1 | 0 | 306.6 |
| 2012 Q4 | 2,607 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 2,500 | 6 | 0 | 2400.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,665 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 2,740 | 3 | 2 | 1094.9 |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,886 | 2 | 0 | 1060.4 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2016 · 1 incident
July 6, 2016
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
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