Mining Incidents

Salado Operations, San Saba Metal/Non-Metal

Salado Operations · Surface
San Saba, San Saba County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104881

Salado Operations, San Saba has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2017
Latest incident
Jan 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
40
citations
13
significant & substantial
$5,077
proposed penalties
$4,926
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
33
inspections on record
336
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: 336 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Salado Operations, San Saba has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 1 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-23.
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
2024 Q3 258 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 31 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 304 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,190 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,151 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,828 0 0 0.0
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3 2,862 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,910 3 1 1570.7
2022 Q1 1,705 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,696 2 0 1179.2
2021 Q3 1,701 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,325 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,509 1 0 662.7
2020 Q4 1,394 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,081 1 1 480.5
2020 Q1 1,993 3 0 1505.3
2019 Q4 2,899 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,060 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,831 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,624 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,849 1 0 540.8
2018 Q3 3,821 2 1 523.4
2018 Q2 5,781 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,913 1 1 203.5
2017 Q4 4,755 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,008 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,689 3 0 639.8
2017 Q1 3,982 1 0 251.1
2016 Q4 7,334 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,725 1 0 129.4
2016 Q2 7,441 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,313 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,579 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,838 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,782 1 0 147.4
2015 Q1 7,111 1 1 140.6
2014 Q4 6,296 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,940 1 1 144.1
2014 Q2 6,200 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,576 3 1 538.0
2013 Q4 3,966 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,093 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,696 1 1 175.6
2013 Q1 4,816 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,368 8 5 2375.3
2012 Q3 3,656 1 0 273.5
2012 Q2 2,531 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 388 1 0 2577.3
2011 Q4 388 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 388 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

January 16, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal forklift operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salado Operations · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was moving a diesel container on the fork of a skid loader (Cat 272 C) when the container lost balance. The employee got off the skid loader and pushed back to balance the container. After that, the employee started feeling pain in the lower back.

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