Mining Incidents

Tubb Quarry Plt #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Tubb Quarry, LLC. · Surface
Controlled by Ken Eubanks
Big Spring, Howard County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105047

Tubb Quarry Plt #1 has $50K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2018
Latest incident
Sep 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
120
citations
30
significant & substantial
$50,151
proposed penalties
$50,151
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
34
inspections on record
378
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: 378 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tubb Quarry Plt #1 has $50K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$50K
proposed penalties
$50K
current assessed
$50K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
120 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-02.
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
2025 Q4 5,889 8 2 1358.5
2025 Q3 6,381 13 4 2037.3
2025 Q2 7,070 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,469 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,497 10 2 1539.2
2024 Q3 5,689 2 0 351.6
2024 Q2 4,806 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,358 1 0 229.5
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,439 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,909 2 1 511.6
2023 Q2 4,199 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,831 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,912 1 0 255.6
2022 Q3 3,781 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,747 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,530 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,205 9 1 1729.1
2021 Q3 4,497 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,968 5 0 1006.4
2021 Q1 4,690 6 1 1279.3
2020 Q4 5,967 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,000 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,557 4 0 610.0
2020 Q1 7,324 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,118 3 1 586.2
2019 Q3 5,429 5 2 921.0
2019 Q2 5,805 1 0 172.3
2019 Q1 6,078 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,207 6 0 966.7
2018 Q3 5,627 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,121 4 0 653.5
2018 Q1 5,971 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 8,201 10 3 1219.4
2017 Q2 6,815 5 0 733.7
2017 Q1 6,161 9 6 1460.8
2016 Q4 5,579 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,859 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,951 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,139 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,215 6 4 1150.5
2015 Q3 6,881 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,218 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,150 3 2 1395.3
2014 Q4 4,082 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,832 2 0 706.2
2014 Q2 2,327 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,713 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2018 · 1 incident

September 29, 2018 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tubb Quarry, LLC. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Repairing a steel plate in the feeder they had the backhoe bucket sitting on the plate holding it in place so they could weld it in place. The metal plate shifted & caused the bucket to slide forward hitting the employee in the leg. The employee's leg was bruised. We had employee go to the emergency room as a precaution to eliminate any serious damage. There was no major damage

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