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: 114 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
WACO PLANT has $485 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.
$485
proposed penalties
$354
current assessed
$354
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $131 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-03-21.
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.
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.
WACO PLANT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ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 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.42 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.
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
2002
1
2001
6
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
WACO PLANT sits in McLennan County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
McLennan County, Texas · Population 263,608
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$63,888
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
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
222
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
72
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
0
0
0
2001 Q2
4,771
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
7,257
3
2
413.4
2000 Q4
6,180
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
6,958
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2
6,923
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
7,618
1
0
131.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
22 on file
1997 · 1 incident
August 18, 1997TX · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO ATTACH GREASE HOSE FROM GREASE BUCKET TO GREASE FITTING & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK
May 26, 1992TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR SHOP DOORS.HE WORKED A FULL SHIFT.HE CALLED IN ON MONDAY AND SAID HE HAS SPRAINED HIS BACK 10-10-91 AND WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM SUNDAY 10-13-91.
DESCENDING STAIRS FROM TOP LEVEL TO SECOND LEVEL SLIPPED L LEG WENT UNDER BOTTOM STEP TO OPEN SPACE R LEG WENT UNDER BODY
April 23, 1991TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEES WERE TEARING DOWN AN OLD WOODEN BUILDING AND EMPLOYEE FELL FROM A LADDER PLACED AGAINST THE WALL OF BUILDING.HE FELL ABOUT 6' LANDED ON FEET AND FELL BACKWARD TO GROUND.HE DID NOT RE PORT FALL WORKED THE COMPLETE SHIFT,REPORTED TO WORK 02-26-91 AND 02-27-91 AND CAME TO SUPERVISOR AT 8:30 AM AFTER BEGINNING SHIFT AT 7:30 SUPERVISOR HAD EMPLOYEE GO TO DOCTOR.
1990 · 1 incident
July 25, 1990TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS BEGINNING TO CHANGE A BROKEN DRAG CABLE OIN DRAGLINE, HAMMERING WEDGE WHICH HELD CABLE OUT TO SOCKET, A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OUT AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THIGH.
March 18, 1988TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE HIT B6MP IN ROAD WHILE DRIVING A B-30 HAUL UNIT AND HIT FACE AND HEAD AGAINST CAB.
January 15, 1987TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE HELPED CREW LOAD SCRAP AROUND SHOP INTO LOADER BUCKET DURING A CLEAN UP PROJECT. DID NOT REPORT TO ANYONE AT THIS LOCATION THAT HE WASINJURED UNTIL APRIL 1, 1985.
1983 · 1 incident
May 11, 1983TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS