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Quality Sand: 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Quality Sand, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Matthew Ward Hanna
Terrell, Hunt County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104509

Quality Sand has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
31
citations
4
significant & substantial
$7,363
proposed penalties
$7,263
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Quality Sand, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
22
inspections on record
212
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: 212 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quality Sand has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-09-06.
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.
12.9%
significant & substantial
16.1%
high negligence or reckless
12.9%
reasonably likely or greater
54.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.6% low, 61.3% moderate, 16.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2009-11-24, 16 years ago
7
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2009-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2005-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Road Grader Operator
2005-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Quality Sand, Inc. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 4
2010 4
2009 5
2008 7
2007 6
2006 6
2005 7
2004 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Quality Sand sits in Hunt County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Hunt County, Texas · Population 104,917
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$70,112
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
2011 Q4 1,260 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,188 1 0 457.0
2011 Q2 2,111 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,191 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,461 4 1 1625.4
2010 Q3 2,662 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,461 7 0 2844.4
2010 Q1 2,146 0 0 0.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 2,696 4 1 1483.7
2009 Q3 3,042 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,660 4 2 1503.8
2009 Q1 2,675 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,259 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,403 3 0 881.6
2008 Q2 3,267 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,080 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,480 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,238 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,032 3 0 989.4
2007 Q1 3,645 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,348 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,565 2 0 561.0
2006 Q2 3,806 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,015 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,242 1 0 235.7
2005 Q3 3,374 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,737 2 0 535.2
2005 Q1 3,430 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,274 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

May 10, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quality Sand, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Loader operator was instructed by supervisor to push sand toward screen on flat surface. The operator would push forward, and then back up to start pushing material again. Due to inattention, the operator backed the back tires of the articulated loader sideways on a 5:1 slope unbalancing the machine, and the machine tumbled over onto its side.