Mining Incidents

Sorrells Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Lone Star, Morris County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104609

Sorrells Mine has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2006
58
citations
18
significant & substantial
$32,719
proposed penalties
$26,133
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,586 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
24
inspections on record
245
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: 245 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sorrells Mine has $33K 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.
$33K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-08-01.
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
2016 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 388 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 749 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 92 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 447 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 149 2 0 13422.8
2014 Q1 564 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 278 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3 81 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 441 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q2 2,439 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,349 2 0 1482.6
2011 Q4 1,747 1 0 572.4
2011 Q3 1,431 15 4 10482.2
2011 Q2 1,394 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 675 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 599 4 1 6677.8
2010 Q3 1,330 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,325 7 4 5283.0
2010 Q1 2,921 1 1 342.3
2009 Q4 1,908 9 3 4717.0
2009 Q3 1,941 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,741 6 2 3446.3
2009 Q1 1,910 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,060 3 1 1456.3
2008 Q3 1,460 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,042 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,785 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,037 1 0 964.3
2007 Q3 4,646 1 0 215.2
2007 Q2 4,329 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,873 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,260 5 2 1533.7
2006 Q3 3,496 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,505 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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