Village Creek Sand Pit has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
May 1990
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
31
citations
15
significant & substantial
$19,630
proposed penalties
$2,884
paid to date
15% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,746 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
21
inspections on record
252
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: 252 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Village Creek Sand Pit has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 3 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $17K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-08-16.
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.
9citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 89%
Stood as issued
1 · 11%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
89%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$19K proposed, $2K 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 2007-10-30.
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: 2005-05-11, 21 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2005-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-03-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2007
2
2006
8
2005
5
2004
6
2003
4
2002
4
2001
7
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Village Creek Sand Pit sits in Hardin County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
Hardin County, Texas · Population 57,126
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$72,532
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
EMP INJ WHEN EMP PLACED TRACK BAR INSIDE OF BACK HOE. BAR HIT BOOM SWING CONTROL EMP CAUGHT BETWEEN BOOM AND THE OUT RIGGER
Reportable incidents
3 on file (excluding fatalities above)
1988 · 1 incident
January 5, 1988TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
OPERATOR WAS EN7ERING THE CAB OF HIS CRANE HE PLACED ONE FOOT ON A LOWER ELEMENT OF THE TRACK AND STEPPED UP HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF ITS SUPPORT CAUSING HIS KNEE TO CONTACT THE EDGE OF MACHIN E 3
1983 · 1 incident
July 20, 1983TX · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON