Wegenhoft Plant has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $159 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1995–2021
Latest incident
Oct 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
84
citations
18
significant & substantial
$14,519
proposed penalties
$14,360
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $159 gap.
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: 805 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wegenhoft Plant has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $159 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$159
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-07.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $4K 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 2024-05-17.
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: 2025-03-12
17
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-03-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Yard Engine Operator
2025-03-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-04-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-04-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Hydrating Plant Operator
2021-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2017-07-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2017-07-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2017-07-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Belt Cleaner
2011-10-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-01-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2008-01-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2007-07-10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Washer Operator
2007-07-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
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.
Wegenhoft Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.17 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
4.61
4.61
4.609
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
7.65
3.83
0.000
2018 *
3.73
0.00
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
8
2025
12
2024
14
2023
15
2022
14
2021
15
2020
16
2019
17
2018
18
2017
14
2016
17
2015
17
2014
17
2013
14
2012
14
2011
17
2010
17
2009
12
2008
17
2007
21
2006
17
2005
12
2004
11
2003
18
2002
19
2001
13
2000
17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wegenhoft Plant sits in Fayette County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Fayette County, Texas · Population 24,783
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$76,541
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
2026 Q2
5,448
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
6,471
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
7,124
1
0
140.4
2025 Q3
6,269
1
0
159.5
2025 Q2
7,149
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
7,070
1
0
141.4
2024 Q4
6,936
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
7,312
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
8,468
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
8,816
1
0
113.4
2023 Q4
6,531
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
6,860
1
0
145.8
2023 Q2
6,976
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
7,503
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
7,533
2
2
265.5
2022 Q3
7,475
1
0
133.8
2022 Q2
9,894
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
8,752
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
7,290
1
0
137.2
2021 Q3
8,347
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
13,715
1
0
72.9
2021 Q1
14,045
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
13,912
2
0
143.8
2020 Q3
11,095
3
1
270.4
2020 Q2
13,941
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
12,784
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
11,696
1
0
85.5
2019 Q3
16,699
3
1
179.7
2019 Q2
12,851
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
11,008
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
12,720
2
0
157.2
2018 Q3
15,121
1
0
66.1
2018 Q2
13,444
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
12,288
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
10,756
3
0
278.9
2017 Q3
10,657
2
0
187.7
2017 Q2
12,447
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
11,846
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
12,174
1
0
82.1
2016 Q3
12,444
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
12,477
3
1
240.4
2016 Q1
13,198
2
0
151.5
2015 Q4
12,243
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
13,597
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
12,423
2
0
161.0
2015 Q1
10,571
2
0
189.2
2014 Q4
9,899
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
11,310
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
12,827
1
0
78.0
2014 Q1
10,978
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
11,037
1
0
90.6
2013 Q3
10,930
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
10,345
1
0
96.7
2013 Q1
9,531
1
0
104.9
2012 Q4
10,222
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
10,269
1
0
97.4
2012 Q2
10,691
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
9,031
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,122
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
12,511
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
14,589
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
14,791
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
13,910
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
14,344
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
12,272
1
0
81.5
2010 Q1
8,496
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
7,382
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
7,926
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,607
2
0
262.9
2009 Q1
6,905
3
0
434.5
2008 Q4
8,680
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
9,548
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
13,052
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
12,353
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
11,527
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
12,938
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
14,356
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
15,741
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
14,012
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
11,465
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
10,414
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
10,150
2
0
197.0
2005 Q4
9,752
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,392
5
1
782.2
2005 Q2
9,278
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
8,954
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
7,930
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
7,063
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,772
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
7,167
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
8,913
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
9,302
1
0
107.5
2003 Q2
12,490
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
12,760
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
16,376
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
12,959
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
12,042
3
1
249.1
2002 Q1
7,521
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
7,787
5
1
642.1
2001 Q3
10,602
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
9,601
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
7,851
2
1
254.7
2000 Q4
7,716
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
8,833
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
7,481
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
17,231
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
October 20, 2021TX · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (non-shop)Fatality · MACHINERY
An employee was fatally injured during maintenance work on the hopper. EE was operating a CAT forklift in close proximity to a Volvo excavator. EE exited the vehicle without notifying the other employees working in the area. Other employees stated they heard a "pop" and found the forklift operator unconscious next to the fork of the forklift.
Reportable incidents
10 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2019 · 2 incidents
December 5, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was in the process of using a pry bar to roll the roll-away box back into place after performing maintenance on the shaker. The pry bar slipped out of the pivot point and EE's right hand contacted the right edge of the roll-away box. Although EE was wearing gloves, the force from the contact partially tore EE's right pinky finger nail and drew blood from the nail bed.
October 23, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
EE was using a cordless drill to drill a hole in a piece of rubber. While holding the rubber down with right hand, the drill slipped. The bit ripped through the glove and cut EE's middle finger on the right hand. EE was taken to the hospital and received stitches and medication.
2018 · 2 incidents
September 20, 2018TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
While moving pipe for hopper support, the pipe clamp came loose causing the pipe to fall. Upon top end of pipe hitting the ground. The bottom end rose into the air, striking employee in the face. Flipped the employee and they landed on their stomach.
Employee was in the process of changing cutting edges on a wheel loader bucket. When EE went to hold one side of the bolt while tightening the nut, the bolt head caught left index finger.
2015 · 1 incident
February 24, 2015TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Employee was helping welder fix bull rock chute. Molten metal from cutting torch fell in his left shoe and burned ankle.
2014 · 1 incident
September 17, 2014TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
Multisources Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Two employees were returning the two piece "Auto Crane" boom on a service truck to the traveling position. One employee pushed on the boom extension and the injured employee's right finger got caught between the two pieces of the boom.
2013 · 1 incident
April 19, 2013TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)