Mining Incidents

WEIR SAND Metal/Non-Metal

Weir Brothers Inc · Surface
Controlled by Weir Family Trust
Aubrey, Denton County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103945

WEIR SAND has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Oct 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,410
proposed penalties
$3,418
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $992 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
125
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: 125 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 SAND has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-11-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q4 5,671 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,307 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,824 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,321 1 0 187.9
2001 Q4 4,360 3 0 688.1
2001 Q3 4,200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,209 11 3 1525.9
2001 Q1 6,870 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 8,132 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 10,060 5 5 497.0
2000 Q2 5,600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,180 6 2 970.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

October 11, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Weir Brothers Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE BUMPED BACK ON TRUCK ALLEGED. EE WORKED FOR 2 DAYS AFTER ALLEGED INJURY AND DID NOT REPORT ANY INJURY. EE FAILED TO RETURN TO WORK ON 10-14-99. EE NOW STATING SYMPTOMS BEGAN 10-15-99. THE O PERATOR VEHILCES T IS QUESTIONABLE AND AN INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.

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