Mining Incidents

SAND PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Sand Pit · Surface
Controlled by Howard Freeman
Palestine, Anderson County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104040

SAND PIT has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
44
citations
20
significant & substantial
$30,655
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $30,655 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
202
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: 202 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SAND PIT has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$31K
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-10-23.
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
2004 Q1 0 2 0
2003 Q2 0 2 2
2002 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 960 1 0 1041.7
2002 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 960 19 7 19791.7
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 420 2 0 4761.9
2000 Q3 1,440 5 3 3472.2
2000 Q2 960 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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