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: 134 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SIERRA BLANCA has $220 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$220
proposed penalties
$220
current assessed
$220
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-02-05.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
SIERRA BLANCA recorded 3.89 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘ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.
3.89
total case rate
3.89
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.17 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
2002 *
3.89
3.89
0.000
2001 *
15.87
15.87
0.000
2000 *
3.84
3.84
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2003
10
2002
22
2001
23
2000
21
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
SIERRA BLANCA sits in Hudspeth County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Hudspeth County, Texas · Population 3,331
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,336
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
2003 Q3
3,137
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,911
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
9,080
1
0
110.1
2002 Q4
11,768
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
12,111
1
0
82.6
2002 Q2
12,625
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
14,957
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
16,867
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3
16,207
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
15,454
2
0
129.4
2001 Q1
14,499
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
12,136
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
11,512
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
14,965
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
13,423
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2002 · 1 incident
July 15, 2002TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS ON THE WEST SIDE TOP OF THE PRODUCTION SCREENS, HE THEN SORT OF SLIPPED TWISTING HIS FOOT, HE DIDN'T THINK HE STEPPED ON A ROCK THOUGHT IT WAS THE WAY HE STEPPED.
2001 · 5 incidents
December 21, 2001TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
A ROLLER ON P1A CONVEYOR BELT WAS SQUEAKING YSMAEE TRIED TO STOP THE ROLLER WITH HIS HAND TO SEE IF IT WAS THE ONE MAKING THE NOISE AND IT PULLED HIS ARM IN AGAINST THE BELT AND SKIRT BOARD AN D BROKE HIS ARM.
EE WAS CLOSING ROLL OUT CHUTE USING A 4' BAR ANDTWISTED HIS BACK.
June 22, 2001TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS ON CHANGING OUT BIT IN DRILL & THE BIT FELL OUT OF CHUCK LANDING ON HIS LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND SMASHING THE TIP JUST UNDER THE FINGERNAIL CUTTING A PIECE OUT.
1999 · 3 incidents
February 17, 1999TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING MUD OFF BAND PULLEY WHILE CONVEYOR WAS RUNNING. BELT GRABBED SCRAPER BEINGUSED AND PULLED IT OUT OF EMPLOYEE'S HAND, CUTTING HIS RING FINGER AND SMALL FINGER.
February 8, 1999TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY