SQUAW CREEK MATERIALS has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 14 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2001–2016
Latest incident
Feb 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
185
citations
52
significant & substantial
$58,812
proposed penalties
$40,695
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,117 gap.
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: 963 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SQUAW CREEK MATERIALS has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 14 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.
$59K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
182 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
Of $33K in penalties contested before the Commission, $15K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-29.
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.
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.
26citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
Settled
24 · 92%
Stood as issued
2 · 8%
38%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 16 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
54%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$20K proposed, $9K 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 2016-03-30.
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.
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: 2018-08-29, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
28
samples
20
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (28)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2018-08-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.89
2.98
0.63
Utility Man
2018-08-29
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.42
Utility Man
2018-08-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2018-08-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
Utility Man
2012-12-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.7
2.66
0.26
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-12-12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.4
10
0.04
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-12-12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Mechanic
2012-12-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
2.19
0.21
Truck Driver
2012-05-01
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-01
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Bulldozer Operator
2012-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2012-05-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
1.68
0.24
Truck Driver
2012-05-01
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Truck Driver
2010-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1
2.88
0.35
Truck Driver
2010-11-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2010-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
2.48
0.17
Truck Driver
2010-04-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2010-04-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2010-04-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-06
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2009-05-06
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
10
0.03
Truck Driver
2009-05-06
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
10
0.03
Truck Driver
2005-07-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
1.63
0.34
Truck Driver
2005-07-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
2.13
0.15
Truck Driver
2004-05-26
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.39
10
0.04
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
1.46
0.23
Truck Driver
2004-05-26
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Shovel Operator
2004-05-26
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
SQUAW CREEK MATERIALS recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below 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 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
34.30
34.30
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2018
18
2017
15
2016
11
2015
8
2014
11
2013
10
2012
11
2011
10
2010
10
2009
10
2008
16
2007
17
2006
15
2005
13
2004
11
2003
15
2002
13
2001
13
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
SQUAW CREEK MATERIALS sits in Hood County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Hood County, Texas · Population 64,198
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$86,802
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
CUSTOMER was driving EE's dump truck from being loaded with material to scale house to weigh. Vehicle malfunctioned. Driver (CUSTOMER) was tossed about cab. CUSTOMER saw doctor for contusion on leg and missed one day of EE's work per doctor's orders. As far as I know, CUSTOMER is now fine and back to work.
Employee was tightening bolt at #3 screen (rear rubber flap), wrench slipped off head of bolt and caused strain on employee's mid-section (right side just above belt). Employee was not struck by wrench or bolt.
January 4, 2012TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
In an attempt to dislodge a rock from a conveyor, the employee began pulling on a v-belt by hand. His hand slipped, catching his right hand thumb between the v-belt and the pulley.
2002 · 1 incident
May 13, 2002TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS CLEANING CLOGGED CONVEYOR BELT. EE WAS ON THE BLET 3-4 FT FROM THE GROUND WHEN EE LOST BALANCE. HE TWISTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO RE-BALANCE. THE TWIST BROKE HIS LEFT LEG IN TWO PLACES & THE EE FELL TO THE GROUND.
2001 · 3 incidents
December 24, 2001TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING THE STEEL BOTTOM ON A TEREX LOADER BUCKET. THEY TURNED OVER A PIECE OF STEEL PLATE. THE BLOCK BENEATH THE PLATE FELL ONTO THE TOE OF ONE EMPLOYEE.
EE WAS TUNING THE CARBURETOR ON A LINCLON WELDER, LOCATED IN THE EQUIPMENT YARD. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS STRUCK BY THE FAN BLADE. IN THAT THE EE HAD ON GLOVES, THE BLADE DID NOT "CUT" THE HAND. HOW EVER, THE GLANCING IMPACT OF THE FAN BLADE CAUSED THE SKIN FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FIRST JOUNT ON THE INDEX FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND TO BE PEELED BACK REQUIRING STITCHES.