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Wild Horse Plant: 126 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Dal-Tile Corporation · Facility
Controlled by Mohawk Industries Inc
Van Horn, Culberson County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101527

Wild Horse Plant has $12K 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
24
Years on record
1987–2013
Latest incident
Jan 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
126
citations
28
significant & substantial
$12,287
proposed penalties
$12,287
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Dal-Tile Corporation's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
727
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: 727 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wild Horse Plant has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
126 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-10-09.
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.
22.2%
significant & substantial
5.6%
high negligence or reckless
22.2%
reasonably likely or greater
61.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.8% low, 89.7% moderate, 5.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2015-03-10, 11 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz93 over
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.99 0.7 1.41 Utility Man
2004-08-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 5.62 2.78 2.02 Bagging Operator
2004-08-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 3.07 2.87 1.07 Mechanic
2015-03-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2015-03-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Utility Man
2012-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.94 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-06-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Utility Man
2012-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.55 0.40 Utility Man
2008-01-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Hammer Mill Operator
2008-01-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.8 0.13 Forklift Operator
2004-09-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 1.84 0.20 Bagging Operator
2004-08-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.95 2.73 0.35 Mechanic
2004-08-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 3.2 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
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.

Wild Horse Plant recorded 8.58 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.

Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ 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.
8.58
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.48 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.82 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
2012 * 8.58 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Milwhite Inc 1950 to 2007
  2. American Talc Co - Wild Horse Plant 2007 to 2017
  3. Dal-Tile Corporation 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 0
2019 5
2018 5
2017 4
2016 6
2015 4
2014 7
2013 8
2012 9
2011 10
2010 6
2009 4
2008 7
2007 17
2006 25
2005 15
2004 15
2003 16
2002 12
2001 15
2000 16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wild Horse Plant sits in Culberson County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Culberson County, Texas · Population 2,181
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$42,672
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
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 404 3 1 7425.7
2018 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 588 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 484 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 972 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 984 0 0 0.0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 1,223 7 0 5723.6
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q1 2,928 2 0 683.1
2014 Q4 3,180 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,836 2 1 521.4
2014 Q2 3,610 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,386 2 0 456.0
2013 Q4 4,182 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,010 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,580 1 0 218.3
2013 Q1 5,810 2 0 344.2
2012 Q4 5,746 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,128 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,916 3 1 507.1
2012 Q1 6,516 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,348 3 1 472.6
2011 Q3 4,996 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,930 3 0 608.5
2011 Q1 4,064 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,013 1 1 249.2
2010 Q3 3,700 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,793 6 5 1581.9
2010 Q1 2,084 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 123 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,714 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 973 7 2 7194.2
2009 Q1 1,754 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,530 5 2 1416.4
2008 Q3 3,606 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 627 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,615 2 0 553.3
2007 Q4 5,468 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,749 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,376 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 10,145 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 11,576 10 1 863.9
2006 Q3 10,168 14 5 1376.9
2006 Q2 8,616 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,386 7 2 947.7
2005 Q4 7,987 1 0 125.2
2005 Q3 9,904 6 2 605.8
2005 Q2 8,532 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10,265 2 0 194.8
2004 Q4 10,734 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,084 8 1 1129.3
2004 Q2 8,826 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,379 3 0 406.6
2003 Q4 7,474 1 0 133.8
2003 Q3 8,361 1 0 119.6
2003 Q2 7,865 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 8,333 1 0 120.0
2002 Q4 8,090 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,207 10 1 1387.5
2002 Q2 6,493 2 0 308.0
2002 Q1 6,941 4 2 576.3
2001 Q4 5,141 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,670 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,335 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,671 2 0 299.8
2000 Q4 9,292 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,935 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,704 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 9,154 4 0 437.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

24 on file

2013 · 1 incident

January 10, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Talc Co - Wild Horse Plant · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was checking a line that was plugged with product. When he took the line apart, dust blew into his face and eyes.

2012 · 1 incident

2008 · 1 incident

March 18, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Talc Co - Wild Horse Plant · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Accident reported 4/22/2008; after employee had been off for illness. Employee reported he had lifted 20 pallets weighing approximately 45 lbs each over a shift. Employee reported this caused internal injuries.

2000 · 1 incident

May 22, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Milwhite Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE PUT UP A LADDER TO CLIMB ONTO A HOPPER BIN. LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND HIT HIS SIDE ON HOPPER BIN.

1996 · 3 incidents

December 20, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Milwhite Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUSHING A HOPPER CAR TO BE LOADED, LOADINGCHUTE HIT TOP OF HOPPER; LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACK; CHUTE FELL ON TOP OF RIGHT LEG SCRAPING LEGBETWEEN ANKLE AND KNEE; 5 STITCHES REQUIRED.

November 1, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milwhite Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED WRONG WHILE LIFTING ROCK

September 11, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milwhite Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON JOURNAL FOR A MILL; AN EXTRA JOURNAL STANDING BESIDE HIM TIPPED OVER STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT CALF BUSTING VESSEL INSIDE LEG.

1994 · 1 incident

March 1, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milwhite Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS ON TOP OF HOPPER CAR CHANGING HOSE FROM ONE COMPARTMENT TO ANOTHER AT THAT TIME THE HOSE GOT STUCK ON WALKWAY AS HE JERKED THE HOSE THERE WAS A PIECE OF #16 WIRE STICKING UT POKING HIM ON HIS RT KNEE

1992 · 1 incident

July 24, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milwhite Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A GUARD OFF THE WHIZZER ON MILL #1. HE FELT THE GUARD WASN'T AS HEAVY AS HE THOUGHT SO HE TRIED LIFTING IT WITH ONE HAND CAUSING HIS BACK TO STRAIN.

1991 · 6 incidents

May 29, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Milwhite Inc · Fall from ladders

HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A STEP LADDER WHEN HIS ANKLE GAVE ON HIM CAUSING HIS KNEE TO TWIST

May 23, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milwhite Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING BOTTLES DOWN FROM PICKUP TRUCK AS BRINGING THEM DOWN ONE IT SLIPPED SMASHED BETWEEN THE TWO BOTTLES

May 17, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milwhite Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

CLIMBING IN CRUSHER, PULLING ON TALC SHARP PAIN IN R SIDE OF STOMACH

May 7, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Milwhite Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBED UP HOPPER CAR TO GET IT READY TO CLEAN IT UP FOR LOADING MATERIAL TO BE PUT IN. IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND LIGHTENING FOR SEVERAL HRS. THAT THE SLIPPERY TALC FROM ON TOP OF THE CAR CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND FALL IN.

April 24, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Milwhite Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS CUTTING END OF DRILL STEEL TO MAKE A PRY BAR FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF WORK WHEN SPARKS FROM THE OBJECT BEING CUT WITH TORCH FLEW TO HIS SHIRT CATCHING IT ON FIRE AND DID NOT NOTICE TIL HIS STOMACH WAS BURNING.

January 22, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Milwhite Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NEW MILL TO GO AND TAKE A SAMPLE OF THE MATERIAL WE WERE GRINDING THE GROUND WAS MUDDY AND HAD SNOW CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS BACK.

1990 · 5 incidents

September 18, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Milwhite Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL WAS IN ILL AREA BRINING IN SAMPLE WHEN HE SLIPPED IN MUDDY AREA & FELL ON BACK. IT HAD BEEN RAINING.

July 9, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Milwhite Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE PRYING OUT ROCK IN RED CRUSHER FOR BIG ELEVATOR BAR SLIPPED & HIT ELBOW ON TOP OF CRUSHER

June 17, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Milwhite Inc · Struck by falling object

PATIENT WAS CUTTING PIECE OF METAL WHEN FRAGMENT WENT INTO EYE WITH CUTTING TORCH.

June 1, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Milwhite Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS FIXING TO LOAD A BOXCAR FIRST SWEEPING THE CAR AS HE FINISHED HE LEAPED FROM INSIDE THE BOX CAR TO THE LOADING DOCK. ONE LEG SLIPPED AND THE OTHER WAS HANGING FROM LOADING DOCK. FALLING APPROX 4' HITTING HIS ARM AND BACK.

January 19, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milwhite Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAD BACK OPERATED ON LAST OCT,1989.IN JAN CAME BACK TO WORK WITH FULL RELEASE FROM DR.HAD NO TROUBLE UNTIL LAST 2 WEEKS.THE LAST MONTH HAVE HAD LOTS OF BREAKDOWNS DUE TO LONG HOURS AND PUSHING AND PULLING AND LIFTING TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING RUNNING.HAS BEEN HAVING SMALL PAIN IN BACK AND STINGING IN LEGS AND FEET.

1989 · 1 incident

December 5, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Milwhite Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO PLANT AREA TO GET CALL WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN STEPPED ON A NAIL PUNTURING RIGHT FOOT AND NEEDED A TETNUS SHOT.

1988 · 2 incidents

November 4, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milwhite Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TRYING TO PUT THE BAGGING CHAIR IN PLACE WHEN ANOTHER PIECE OFF THAT PARTICULAR PART CAME OFF STRICKING HIS FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND AND BUSTING IT OPEN. FRACTURING THE TIP OF IT.

August 8, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Milwhite Inc · Struck against stationary object

MA( WA> FILING UP OUR MIL FEED TANKS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE RAN OUT OF FEED AND AS HE WENT TO GO AND START UP OPERATION TO KEEP GOING HE SAW SOMETHILNG WRONG W/BATCH PLANT AND STA\TED TO W ALK BACK SO FAST HE BANGED HIS HEAS CAUSING A JAM TO NECK AND BACK HE WA> WEARING A HARD HAT.

1987 · 1 incident

May 10, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Milwhite Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS TRYING TO TAKE A BEARING OFF WHICH WAS BROKE. HE WAS BANGING A METAL OBJECT WITH A HAMMER. HE WAS THEN STRUCK WITH A PIECE OF METAL ON HIS THUMB.