Mining Incidents

Pit #1 Metal/Non-Metal

D's Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Sammy Fritsch
LaGrange, Fayette County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104291

Pit #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $314 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
16
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,756
proposed penalties
$1,442
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $314 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
13
inspections on record
93
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: 93 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pit #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $314 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$314
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-07-27.
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 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 1,926 3 0 1557.6
2005 Q2 2,150 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,272 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 995 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,415 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,422 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,745 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 2,133 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,914 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,156 2 1 927.6
2003 Q1 1,860 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,098 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,863 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,717 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,389 2 0 590.1
2001 Q4 2,872 2 1 696.4
2001 Q3 3,120 7 1 2243.6

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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The full compliance file on Pit #1

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