Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHER #2: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James E Holmes
Amarillo, Potter County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104050

PORTABLE CRUSHER #2 has $684 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
3
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
May 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
8
citations
5
significant & substantial
$684
proposed penalties
$684
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
6
inspections on record
55
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: 55 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PORTABLE CRUSHER #2 has $684 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.
$684
proposed penalties
$684
current assessed
$684
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-04-04.
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.
62.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
62.5%
reasonably likely or greater
100.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

PORTABLE CRUSHER #2 recorded 9.08 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.

Injury rate, 2001
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.
9.08
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.55 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
2001 * 9.08 0.00 0.000
2000 * 19.38 19.38 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.
Ownership history
  1. Holmes Construction Co LP. 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 10
2002 10
2001 11
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE CRUSHER #2 sits in Potter County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Potter County, Texas · Population 116,634
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$50,448
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
2003 Q3 3,461 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,372 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,363 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,386 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,844 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,540 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,500 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,957 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 5,621 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,210 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,248 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,746 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,665 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,329 8 5 1501.2
2000 Q1 5,899 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2001 · 1 incident

May 17, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Holmes Construction Co LP. · Struck against stationary object

EE NOTICED A BUILD-UP OF MATERIAL IN A TRANSFER CHUTE. HE BROKE IT LOOSE. THE MATERIAL BLOCKED THE PATH OF THE REST OF THE MATERIAL. HE MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CHUTE TO REMOVE THE BLOCK AGE. IT BROKE LOOSE AND THE MATERIAL PUSHED THE SHOVEL DOWN AND SLAMMED HIS HAND INTO A BRACE OVER HEAD.

2000 · 2 incidents

April 5, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Holmes Construction Co LP. · Fall from machine

THE OPERATOR WAS TOLD TO LOCK OUT THE BELT AND GET A LADDER AND PUT ON AS AFTER BELT. HE DID NOT GET A LADDER OR A SAFETY BELT. AND TRIPPED AND FELL 5' ON SOME ROCK.

January 31, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holmes Construction Co LP. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WENT TO LIFT A LARGE ROCK. WHEN LIFTED THE ROCK UNDER IT THAT WAS SUPPORTING IT SLIPPED PINNING AND MASHING FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO ROCKS.