Mining Incidents

Posey Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by NG Operations LLC
Rotan, Fisher County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4102670

Posey Pit has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2007–2016
Latest incident
Mar 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
68
citations
8
significant & substantial
$11,378
proposed penalties
$10,660
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $718 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
872
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: 872 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Posey Pit has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-03.
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 4,034 3 0 743.7
2025 Q3 4,794 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,279 2 0 609.9
2025 Q1 3,791 1 0 263.8
2024 Q4 3,800 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,970 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,528 1 0 220.8
2024 Q1 3,954 4 1 1011.6
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,237 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,472 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,804 2 0 416.3
2023 Q1 4,341 7 2 1612.5
2022 Q4 6,126 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,020 1 0 142.5
2022 Q2 6,932 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,540 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,871 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,430 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,512 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,957 1 0 167.9
2020 Q4 6,996 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,372 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,667 1 0 176.5
2020 Q1 6,170 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,503 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,383 3 0 470.0
2019 Q2 6,559 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,613 3 1 534.5
2018 Q4 6,457 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,168 1 0 139.5
2018 Q2 7,612 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 7,094 7 1 986.7
2017 Q4 8,731 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,355 2 1 314.7
2017 Q2 7,936 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 6,803 4 0 588.0
2016 Q4 7,604 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,864 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,676 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 7,998 1 0 125.0
2015 Q4 6,718 2 0 297.7
2015 Q3 7,202 2 0 277.7
2015 Q2 6,313 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,470 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,665 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,528 1 0 153.2
2014 Q2 6,892 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 6,688 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,531 1 0 153.1
2013 Q3 6,311 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,098 4 0 656.0
2013 Q1 5,535 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,081 3 0 493.3
2012 Q3 6,777 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,984 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,820 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,272 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,982 4 1 802.9
2011 Q2 4,777 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,263 1 1 190.0
2010 Q4 4,909 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,608 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,630 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,898 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,590 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,629 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,047 1 0 165.4
2009 Q1 6,932 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,614 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,586 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,949 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,494 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,621 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,677 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,331 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,822 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,539 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,401 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,963 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,673 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,687 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,748 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,334 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,093 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,106 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,711 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,739 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,488 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,778 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,422 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,002 1 0 166.6
2002 Q3 7,171 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,471 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,950 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,260 1 0 159.7
2001 Q3 6,435 3 0 466.2
2001 Q2 6,357 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,930 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,875 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,631 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,319 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,244 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2016 · 1 incident

2015 · 1 incident

August 1, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New NGC Incorporated · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Quarry Truck Driver had gone to Rotan Gin to check loaded weight of truck and trailer. He got out of his truck went to the window of the scale house to check weight; once checked he was going back to his truck and stepped off a raised concrete porch that was uneven lost his balance and fell to concrete hitting his knee.

2014 · 1 incident

November 20, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New NGC Incorporated · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking around pick up truck, tripped on a dirt clod and to keep from falling he grabbed the tailgate and cut his left ring finger.

2013 · 1 incident

September 13, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New NGC Incorporated · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE slipped while going from steps of the loader to the steps of the truck causing him to hold on with one hand to prevent fall to ground. Resulting in hurting his shoulder.

2008 · 1 incident

June 28, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New NGC Incorporated · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee got off the scraper and was walking to the shop. He stated he stepped on a clod of dirt, twisted his knee and fell.

2007 · 1 incident

October 11, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer NONPOWERED HAULAGE
New NGC Incorporated · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Trailer bed was raised to disconnect it and when it was lowered again, employee had his hand on the trailer brace and his thumb was crushed.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.