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Tumbledown Mine: 14 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Milwhite Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Milwhite Inc
Culberson, Culberson County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101502

Tumbledown Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1989–2000
Latest incident
Oct 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
14
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,001
proposed penalties
$941
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Milwhite Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
371
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: 371 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tumbledown Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$941
paid to date
$60
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-03-29.
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.
21.4%
significant & substantial
7.1%
high negligence or reckless
21.4%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.1% low, 85.7% moderate, 7.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

Tumbledown Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.

Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.41 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
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 8.24 8.24 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.
Ownership history
  1. Tal-Mic Inc 1950 to 1978
  2. Milwhite Inc. 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 5
2006 8
2005 7
2004 7
2003 8
2002 9
2001 10
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Tumbledown Mine sits in Culberson County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Culberson County, Texas · Population 2,181
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$42,672
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
2007 Q3 2,077 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,947 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,273 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,256 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,050 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,940 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,049 6 1 1481.8
2005 Q4 4,005 1 0 249.7
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 7,291 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,025 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,154 1 1 194.0
2004 Q4 4,043 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,476 1 0 287.7
2004 Q2 4,138 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,582 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,384 1 0 295.5
2003 Q3 3,588 1 0 278.7
2003 Q2 3,606 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,601 1 1 217.3
2002 Q4 4,551 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,524 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,364 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,486 2 0 445.8
2001 Q4 4,619 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,543 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,861 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,428 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,633 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,182 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,911 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,552 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2000 · 1 incident

October 2, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milwhite Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A 55 GALLON BARRELL FULL OF WATER FELL AND AS HECAUGHT IT TO KEEP IT FROM TURNING OVER, HE FELT HIS STOMACH RIP WITH A BURNING SENSATION.

1993 · 1 incident

January 25, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milwhite Inc. · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE & OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE PICKING ROCK FROM TALC. OTHER EMPLOYEE NEVER SAW INJURED ON HIS BLIND SIDE PICKING A ROCK & THROWING IT IN THAT DIRECTION HITTING INJURED ON HIS FOREHEAD CAUSIN G AN OPEN WOUND.

1992 · 1 incident

December 30, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Milwhite Inc. · Struck by flying object

IT WAS ON A WINDY DAY. DUST BLEW IN HIS EYE. HE WAS PICKING ROCK FROM TALC PILE, WHEN A PIECE OF TALC ROCK WENT INTO HIS EYE. THE MAN WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

1989 · 3 incidents

May 18, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Milwhite Inc. · Fall from machine

COMING SOWN STEEP GRADE TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR GAINED SPEED JUMPED OUT DRIVER BROKE ANKLE FROM JUMPING OUT OF TRUCK TRUCK TOTAL LOSS

April 15, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milwhite Inc. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

I.NAME PICKING ROCKS OUT OF TALC.WHILE PICKING ,ROCK ABOUT 20 LBS AND TOSSING TO ASICE COMPLAINED SOMETHING HAD PULLED IN LOWER BACK.

February 16, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Milwhite Inc. · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON FENDER OF EUCLID DUMP TO CLEAN WINDSHIELD. WHILE CLIMBING DOWN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. HIS LEG GOT CAUGHT ON STEERING COLUMN AND HYPEREXTENDED HIS LIGAMENT ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.