Mining Incidents

Poormans Metal/Non-Metal

Primal Materials · Surface
Controlled by Victor J Hirsch III
Abilene, Taylor County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4105550

Poormans has $12K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
48
citations
16
significant & substantial
$11,794
proposed penalties
$11,794
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
12
inspections on record
155
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: 155 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Poormans has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-14.
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
2025 Q4 7,415 15 6 2022.9
2025 Q3 8,259 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,920 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,108 4 1 1287.0
2024 Q4 3,016 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,962 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,105 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,535 19 6 12377.9
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,888 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,592 1 0 385.8
2023 Q2 928 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 882 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 990 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,650 6 3 3636.4
2021 Q3 500 3 0 6000.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0

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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