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: 203 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Weir Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$989
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $75 in penalties contested before the Commission, $75 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-11-28.
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.
Weir Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ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 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.55 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
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
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
2007
14
2006
16
2005
11
2004
10
2003
9
2002
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Weir Quarry sits in Williamson 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.
Williamson County, Texas · Population 643,889
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$108,309
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
2,151
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
6,521
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
8,542
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
10,995
4
0
363.8
2006 Q3
11,224
2
0
178.2
2006 Q2
9,787
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7,892
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
7,119
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3
6,472
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,343
2
1
272.4
2005 Q1
6,102
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
7,327
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
7,708
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
6,317
2
0
316.6
2004 Q1
4,848
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,880
2
0
409.8
2003 Q3
4,160
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,200
1
1
192.3
2003 Q1
4,400
1
0
227.3
2002 Q4
3,696
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,860
1
0
205.8
2002 Q2
1,920
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2003 · 2 incidents
September 11, 2003TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE DRIVE BELTS ON FEEDER OF PRIMARY CRUSHER. DURING THIS PROCEDURE EE S 5TH FINGER ON LEFT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN SHEAVE AND BELT RESULTING IN LACERATION AND BROK EN BONES OF LEFT HAND FIFTH FINGER.
May 9, 2003TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO CONVEYOR BELT WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS ACTION TO THE OPERATOR. START SEQUENCE WAS ALREADY INACTED. EMPLOYEE TRAVELED UP BELT AND WAS EJECTED ONTO STOCKPILE APPROX 5'. AN OTHER EMPLOYEE TRIED TO WARN AND INTERVENE.
2002 · 1 incident
December 11, 2002TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
WHILE CLEANING TAIL PULLEY, A ROCK FELL FROM AN OVERHEAD CONVEYOR THAT RUNS ABOVE THE AREA ACTUALLY BEING WORKED ON. MINER WAS STRUCK ON LEFT THIGH, RESULTING IN A CONTUSION.