Veritas Sand
Metal/Non-Metal
Kermit,
Winkler County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4105755
Veritas Sand has $957 in proposed MSHA penalties and $957 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2024
- Latest incident
- May 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
0
significant & substantial
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $957 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
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: 90 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Veritas Sand has $957 in proposed MSHA penalties and $957 outstanding across 0 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.
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 |
| 2024 Q4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2024 Q3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2024 · 1 incident
May 16, 2024
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
OTHER
Unknown operator · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
All indications point to massive heart attack. The Cat 745 truck veered more than 140 ft off of a flat roadway before going through a berm on a 4 ft ledge. Awaiting autopsy results. Employee was found unresponsive. Was determined MSHA jurisdiction on 05/22/24 MSHA investigators were on scene.
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