Mining Incidents

SUPERIOR SAND & ROCK: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Superior Sand & Rock · Surface
Anderson County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103960

SUPERIOR SAND & ROCK has $216 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Aug 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$216
proposed penalties
$216
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
12
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: 12 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SUPERIOR SAND & ROCK has $216 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.
$216
proposed penalties
$216
current assessed
$216
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-09-06.
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.
50.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
100.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Vance Sand & Rock Inc 1997 to 1998
  2. Superior Sand & Rock 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 0
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SUPERIOR SAND & ROCK sits in Anderson County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Anderson County, Texas · Population 57,825
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,846
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
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 816 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,824 2 1 708.2
2000 Q2 2,936 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,591 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1997 · 1 incident

August 25, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vance Sand & Rock Inc · Fall from machine

STEP WAS BENT ON LOADER, HE MISSED THE STEP COMING DOWN AND FELL. HE BROKE HIS LEFT HIP.