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: 643 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-04-23.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
TQP-Eagle Lake has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 1 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$453
outstanding
118 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $294 in penalties contested before the Commission, $294 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-14.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$294 proposed, $294 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2024-11-17.
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: 2024-10-24
18%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz122 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg12
Show the individual readings (24)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2019-06-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.16
0.52
2.23
Bagging Operator
2019-04-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.25
0.72
1.74
Bagging Operator
2024-10-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.65
0.25
Forklift Operator
2024-10-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
0.64
0.70
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.57
0.56
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2024-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2024-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2024-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2024-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2023-08-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2023-08-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2022-07-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2020-01-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.59
0.44
Bagging Operator
2019-06-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
0.56
0.93
Warehouse Man
2019-06-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
0.59
0.92
Warehouse Man
2019-04-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Utility Man
2019-04-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-10-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2013-10-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.91
0.16
Bagging Operator
2013-10-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2013-10-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2007-06-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2007-06-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.11
0.13
Bagging Operator
2007-06-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
1.81
0.19
Bagging 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.
TQP-Eagle Lake recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.17 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
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
2026
13
2025
13
2024
13
2023
8
2022
8
2021
9
2020
10
2019
11
2018
13
2017
12
2016
13
2015
10
2014
11
2013
10
2012
9
2011
9
2010
8
2009
9
2008
9
2007
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
TQP-Eagle Lake sits in Colorado County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Colorado County, Texas · Population 20,736
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$68,554
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
TQP-Eagle Lake, LP · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Due to buildup of wet sand in the elevator, EE opened the clean out gate to allow the sand to be cleared. EE did not secure the opening of the gate properly resulting in EE's left hand ring finger being lodged in the gate. A laceration was made on EE's finger as a result. After the injury EE was transported to the hospital for medical attention.
After returning from lunch; employee walked to trash dumpster; reported stepping on rock near dumpster. Rice Medical was immediately call to check out employee's left foot. Report from doctor that there was fracture. Employee was placed in boot; employee was offered and accepted light duty on 10/28. On 11/12, received doctor's release for regular duty starting 11/17.
2008 · 1 incident
December 19, 2008TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
At end of bagging run, the material gate wasn't closed causing the blending hopper to fill up. The slide gate switch was manually held on for gate to remain open so that the hopper could be cleaned manually. Mis-communication between the people cleaning the hopper and operating the switch resulted in the gate closing, causing it to cut off the tip of the finger.