Rock-N-Dirt: 14 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
Rock-N-Dirt has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2007
- Latest incident
- Dec 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
5
significant & substantial
$11,387
proposed penalties
14% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,800 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 109 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rock-N-Dirt has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-12-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
38.5%
significant & substantial
38.5%
high negligence or reckless
38.5%
reasonably likely or greater
61.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.7% low, 53.8% moderate, 38.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Rock-N-Dirt recorded 15.87 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
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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.
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.75 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.
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
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The Wishbone Ranch
2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2008 |
18 |
| 2007 |
11 |
| 2006 |
11 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Rock-N-Dirt sits in Marion County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 4.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Marion County, Texas · Population 9,631
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$47,447
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2008 Q1 |
2,289 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 |
5,648 |
3 |
1 |
531.2 |
| 2007 Q3 |
3,576 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 |
10,016 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 |
5,967 |
1 |
0 |
167.6 |
| 2006 Q4 |
5,981 |
9 |
4 |
1504.8 |
| 2006 Q3 |
3,309 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2007 · 2 incidents
December 23, 2007
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Wishbone Ranch · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The employee was cleaning roots off the crusher, when a rock bounced up and hit her thumb causing bleeding. She then reported to the supervisor who then administered first aid to stop the bleeding and took her to the emergency room. She was treated and released. She was given antibiotics and pain medication and took 1 day off. Drug test Negative
September 25, 2007
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Wishbone Ranch · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
9:30 AM, EE knocked his finger with a rock, which caused it to bend backwards. The Supervisor brought EE to the office, he was given a drug test (negative) and then taken to the emergency room. He was treated and released, the results, EE had a broken finger. The doctor advised EE to refrain from work 1-2 days, EE was given pain medication.