Mining Incidents

Sweetwater Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Brenda L Flood
Sweetwater, Nolan County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104898

Sweetwater Pit has $77K in proposed MSHA penalties and $64K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Feb 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
42
citations
22
significant & substantial
$76,948
proposed penalties
$12,891
paid to date
17% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $64,057 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
9
inspections on record
150
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: 150 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sweetwater Pit has $77K in proposed MSHA penalties and $64K 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.
$77K
proposed penalties
$77K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$64K
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-07-09.
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
2014 Q3 0 1 0
2014 Q2 2,091 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,290 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,755 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 902 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,728 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,572 15 10 4199.3
2012 Q4 777 11 5 14157.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3 805 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,381 3 1 1260.0
2012 Q1 3,441 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,976 10 4 5060.7
2011 Q3 2,300 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,035 2 2 659.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

February 5, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Concrete Mobility, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Turning water off on water storage tank, slipped on ice, fell and hit his head causing a concussion.

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