Mining Incidents

PHIPPS SAND & GRAVEL CO Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by H Dean Phipps
Grandfalls, Tx, Pecos County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101915

PHIPPS SAND & GRAVEL CO has $879 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
10
Years on record
1985–2002
Latest incident
Apr 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
15
citations
1
significant & substantial
$879
proposed penalties
$879
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
211
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: 211 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PHIPPS SAND & GRAVEL CO has $879 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.
$879
proposed penalties
$879
current assessed
$879
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-04-27.
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
2005 Q1 6,386 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,666 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,754 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,235 1 0 121.4
2004 Q1 6,156 3 0 487.3
2003 Q4 5,371 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,504 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,333 4 0 545.5
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1 5,905 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,371 4 0 744.7
2002 Q3 6,076 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,256 1 1 159.8
2002 Q1 6,558 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,130 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,309 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,150 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,172 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,164 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,472 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,292 2 0 274.3
2000 Q1 6,588 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2002 · 1 incident

1992 · 1 incident

November 19, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Phipps Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS WELDING ON RUSTY METAL AND A FOREIGN BODY POPPED UP OVER HIS WELDING HOOD AND GOT IN HIS EYE.

1991 · 2 incidents

December 2, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Phipps Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT, AND HE HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE FRAME.

April 10, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Phipps Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING ON METAL GUARD FAILED TO CONTROL GRINDER AND CUT LEFT KNEE. Y

1990 · 2 incidents

June 23, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phipps Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

CANGING FRONT ROLLERS ON THE CABLE GUIDE (DRAGLINE). HE WAS BENT OVER, PULLING THE PIN OUT AND GOT A CATCH IN HIS BACK.

April 11, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phipps Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS GETTING OFF THE LOADER & MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP OF THE LADDER WHILE HOLDING ON TO THE GUARD RAIL WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE SUSPENDED IN AIR WITH HIS BODY WEIGHT SUPPORTED BY THE LEFT ARM D ISLOCATING THE LEFT SHOULDER

1989 · 1 incident

October 23, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Phipps Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH COME-A-LONG, AND HE APPLIED TOO MUCH BODY POWER IN AN AWKWARD POSTION.

1988 · 1 incident

October 22, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phipps Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JUST FINISHED PUTTING UP LOADER FOR THE DAY, GOT IN A HURRY, AND MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP.

1987 · 1 incident

October 7, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phipps Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROLLING LARGE R2CK BETWEEN FEEDER DOORS, AND IT ROLLED QUICKER THAN ANTICIPTATED AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEN SIDE OF FEEDER AND ROCK, MOMENTARILY BRUISING LEFT HAND

1985 · 1 incident

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