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Seagraves, TX: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

U.S. Silica Company · Surface
Controlled by USS Holdings Inc
Seagraves, Gaines County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4105004

Seagraves, TX has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2014–2018
Latest incident
Oct 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
34
citations
5
significant & substantial
$16,972
proposed penalties
$16,972
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See U.S. Silica Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
21
inspections on record
166
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: 166 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-07-10.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Seagraves, TX has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-02-05.
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.
15.6%
significant & substantial
15.6%
high negligence or reckless
15.6%
reasonably likely or greater
40.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 84.4% moderate, 15.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 50%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 50%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $6K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2015-04-27.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2014-0621 Settlement Miller 2015 $5K → $5K
CENT 2015-0375 Default Lesnick 2015 $1K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2013-06-04, 13 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2013-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2013-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant 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.

Seagraves, TX recorded 10.88 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.

Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ 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.
10.88
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.77 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2018 * 10.88 0.00 0.000
2015 * 6.14 0.00 0.000
2014 * 8.47 4.24 4.236
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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
  1. Mississippi Sand, LLC 2013 to 2017
  2. U.S. Silica Company 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 24
2017 22
2016 8
2015 13
2014 22
2013 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Seagraves, TX sits in Gaines County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 12.7% 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.
Gaines County, Texas · Population 21,904
12.7%
Mining share of county employment
$76,605
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
2018 Q4 10,243 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 16,345 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 14,659 3 0 204.7
2018 Q1 13,892 4 2 287.9
2017 Q4 14,587 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 985 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,013 2 0 498.4
2016 Q1 5,044 3 0 594.8
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4 5,472 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,149 3 0 419.6
2015 Q2 9,157 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10,800 2 1 185.2
2014 Q4 12,697 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 12,655 9 2 711.2
2014 Q2 11,275 1 0 88.7
2014 Q1 10,590 3 0 283.3
2013 Q4 7,678 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,394 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,635 3 0 452.1
2013 Q1 4,642 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 9, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Mississippi Sand, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The victim was unloading a rail car using a transloading conveyor and was entangled in the feed end of the conveyor.

Reportable incidents

6 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2018 · 3 incidents

October 5, 2018 TX · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
U.S. Silica Company · Struck against stationary object

The employee was attempting to sharpen a garden hoe when employee's hand slipped resulting in a laceration to right thumb. The resulting wound required 4 sutures to close.

July 9, 2018 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U.S. Silica Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE was cutting screen when EE stepped back to evaluate work and their right heel got caught in screen causing them to fall and strike the bucket on the skidsteer bucket that was parked in the vicinity.

April 1, 2018 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U.S. Silica Company · Struck by falling object

EE was putting a bearing away on a mid-height shelving area in the conex when the bearing slipped from hand and struck the metatarsal area of left foot.

2016 · 1 incident

May 25, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mississippi Sand, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Miner fell off railcar and struck right hand on side of car. Fall protection devices (harness and retractable lanyard) arrested miners fall.

2015 · 1 incident

April 27, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mississippi Sand, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Injured miner reported on 4.28.15 that on 4.27.15 he "tweaked" his back while manually sliding a piece of conveyor belt onto skid steer forks for lifting. Later, same day (4.27.15), he hurt his back again lifting scrap conveyor out of skid steer bucket. Diagnosed with lumbar strain on 4.28.15.

2014 · 1 incident

November 20, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mississippi Sand, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner stepped off of concrete slab approximately 11 inches from lower level and rolled right ankle.