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.
Sweetwater Pit: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
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
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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: 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
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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.$77K
proposed penalties
$77K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$64K
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $64K in penalties contested before the Commission, $64K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-07-09.
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.52.4%
significant & substantial
21.4%
high negligence or reckless
52.4%
reasonably likely or greater
54.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.2% low, 52.4% moderate, 21.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
15
citations taken to the federal commission · 36% of citations on record
- Stood as issued 15 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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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 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$64K proposed, $64K 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 2013-05-29.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENT 2013-519M | Default | Lesnick | 2013 | $35K → $35K |
| CENT 2013-520M | Default | Lesnick | 2013 | $29K → $29K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2012-10-31, 13 years ago
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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.0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
- Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-10-31 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.18 | 1.23 | 0.15 | Supervisor, Co. Official |
| 2012-10-31 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.2 | 0.91 | 0.22 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2012-10-31 | Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.12 | Front-end Loader Operator |
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.
Ownership history
- Concrete Mobility, LLC 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2012 | 7 |
| 2011 | 9 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Sweetwater Pit sits in Nolan County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.Nolan County, Texas · Population 14,565
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$50,160
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 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.