SOUTH TYLER MINE: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
SOUTH TYLER MINE has $781 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
9
citations
7
significant & substantial
$781
proposed penalties
$671
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $110 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
5
inspections on record
57
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 57 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SOUTH TYLER MINE has $781 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$781
proposed penalties
$671
current assessed
$671
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $613 in penalties contested before the Commission, $521 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-08-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.77.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
77.8%
reasonably likely or greater
77.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 77.8% low, 22.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENT20010190M | Settlement | Barbour | 2001 | $613 → $521 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Ben Jarvis 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
SOUTH TYLER MINE sits in Smith County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Smith County, Texas · Population 238,014
2.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,923
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q1 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 580 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Q4 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 600 | 2 | 0 | 3333.3 |
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.