Mining Incidents

Western Aggregates II Metal/Non-Metal

Western Aggregates · Surface
Controlled by Jack Dowdy
Farris, Dallas County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4105171

Western Aggregates II has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
40
citations
7
significant & substantial
$8,350
proposed penalties
$8,350
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
12
inspections on record
126
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: 126 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Western Aggregates II has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-06-09.
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
2020 Q4 6,738 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,372 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,691 4 1 597.8
2020 Q1 5,026 6 1 1193.8
2019 Q4 7,413 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,430 4 0 474.5
2019 Q2 9,889 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 8,518 4 1 469.6
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 7,888 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 8,377 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,936 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 7,219 15 3 2077.9
2017 Q4 7,355 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 9,040 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,889 6 1 675.0
2017 Q1 7,613 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,404 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,330 1 0 300.3
2016 Q2 4,634 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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