Mining Incidents

QM-2 Metal/Non-Metal

Quality Materials · Surface
Controlled by Larry Hurley
Conroe, Montgomery County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104093

QM-2 has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Jun 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
62
citations
20
significant & substantial
$23,629
proposed penalties
$11,329
paid to date
48% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
392
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: 392 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

QM-2 has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-17.
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
2010 Q3 15,922 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 15,133 7 0 462.6
2010 Q1 16,073 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 13,300 6 2 451.1
2009 Q3 14,245 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 13,886 1 1 72.0
2009 Q1 16,950 2 0 118.0
2008 Q4 22,003 0 0 0.0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 22,351 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 22,372 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 16,824 2 1 118.9
2007 Q4 16,880 4 1 237.0
2007 Q3 16,609 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 12,406 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 13,265 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,567 2 0 209.1
2006 Q3 12,166 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 12,884 9 7 698.5
2006 Q1 14,356 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 14,665 2 1 136.4
2005 Q3 15,341 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 16,002 3 0 187.5
2005 Q1 15,562 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 16,719 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 16,903 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 18,344 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 14,844 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 22,875 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 38,830 1 0 25.8
2003 Q2 21,927 7 5 319.2
2003 Q1 17,935 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 18,690 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 18,952 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 18,419 4 0 217.2
2002 Q1 18,814 6 2 318.9
2001 Q4 4,586 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,120 1 0 892.9
2001 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,840 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,680 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,080 4 0 1923.1
2000 Q2 4,560 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,740 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2010 · 1 incident

June 10, 2010 TX · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Quality Materials · Accident type, without injuries

Crew cutting bolt off discharge chute on the shaker with a cutting torch, rubber liner inside the chute caught fire due to slag being blown onto it.

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