Wills Point Lester Plant 1655 has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
121
citations
34
significant & substantial
$21,812
proposed penalties
$11,279
paid to date
52% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,533 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.
121 citations across 1,072 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wills Point Lester Plant 1655 has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
121 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-01.
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.
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: 2024-12-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (23)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-12-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-12-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-12-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-12-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2022-07-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-07-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-11-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-11-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2011-11-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2011-11-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2011-11-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Jackhammer Operator
2007-11-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.14
0.12
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
1.11
0.32
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.94
0.18
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-04-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
1.14
0.11
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2001-04-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
Truck Driver
2001-04-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.49
0.09
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-04-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.57
3.26
0.17
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-04-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.77
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Wills Point Lester Plant 1655 recorded 4.91 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.
4.91
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 *
4.91
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 *
5.25
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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
2026
19
2025
18
2024
19
2023
17
2022
15
2021
15
2020
17
2019
16
2018
20
2017
17
2016
13
2015
12
2014
9
2013
9
2012
10
2011
10
2010
10
2009
10
2008
10
2007
8
2006
4
2005
13
2004
15
2003
15
2002
1
2001
3
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wills Point Lester Plant 1655 sits in Kaufman County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Kaufman County, Texas · Population 160,718
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$88,606
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
10,323
1
0
96.9
2026 Q1
9,948
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
10,198
5
0
490.3
2025 Q3
10,588
1
0
94.4
2025 Q2
9,931
1
0
100.7
2025 Q1
9,984
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
9,783
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
10,536
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
10,915
1
0
91.6
2024 Q1
10,790
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
9,445
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
9,917
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
9,310
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
9,097
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
7,693
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
8,805
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
9,427
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
8,363
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
8,243
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
9,191
1
1
108.8
2021 Q2
10,793
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
9,892
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
8,675
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
8,919
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
8,671
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
8,462
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
8,718
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
8,996
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
8,072
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,245
1
0
190.7
2018 Q4
6,157
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
13,211
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
13,396
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
11,584
1
0
86.3
2017 Q4
11,180
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
10,832
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
11,120
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
10,672
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
9,833
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
8,724
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
9,059
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
8,348
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
8,765
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
7,066
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
6,996
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
5,764
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,183
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
6,422
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
2,721
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
6,036
2
0
331.3
2013 Q4
2,789
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,855
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
8,579
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
6,939
2
0
288.2
2012 Q4
6,073
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,996
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,553
1
0
132.4
2012 Q1
5,529
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,599
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6,921
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,094
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
5,018
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,675
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
6,244
15
6
2402.3
2010 Q2
7,533
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
6,398
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
7,413
12
6
1618.8
2009 Q3
5,150
6
0
1165.0
2009 Q2
6,292
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
6,305
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
7,468
1
0
133.9
2008 Q3
7,477
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
7,652
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
6,878
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
7,640
4
0
523.6
2007 Q3
7,225
12
0
1660.9
2007 Q2
5,362
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,089
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
2,968
1
0
336.9
2006 Q3
2,583
5
1
1935.7
2006 Q2
870
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
864
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
3,667
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
5,808
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
6,554
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
8,528
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
9,141
1
0
109.4
2004 Q3
11,161
2
1
179.2
2004 Q2
10,472
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
7,906
3
1
379.5
2003 Q4
10,469
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
9,998
1
0
100.0
2003 Q2
8,588
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
8,385
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
0
8
5
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
960
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,040
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,040
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,740
3
2
1724.1
2001 Q1
2,200
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,250
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,500
1
1
400.0
2000 Q2
2,600
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,730
2
1
732.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2025 · 1 incident
March 3, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was greasing an excavator, after finishing greasing employee started to retract the grease line. In the process of retracting the line employee lost control of the line causing the grease gun handle to whiplash striking the employee's left wrist area.
2021 · 1 incident
December 3, 2021TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was stepping down from a loader step when the last step broke causing the employee to fall to the ground causing pain to EE's left elbow area.
2013 · 1 incident
April 4, 2013TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE and two other employees were installing new chains on an Eagle Crusher. The bar the chains were on slipped out of the bracket they were being attached to and struck EE's left thigh causing pain. EE was examined by a physican and returned to restricted duty. He will follow up with physican.
2010 · 1 incident
August 14, 2010TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE CHANGING A TOOTH ON THE BUCKET OF A FRONT-END LOADER, EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO REMOVE THE RETAINER PIN. A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW UNDERNEATH HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND LODGED BELOW HIS LEFT EYELI D. THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN REMOVED THE FOREIGN BODY AND STITCHES THE OPENING. EE RETURNED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY, 3/10/04 WITH NO WORK RESTRICTIONS.
2000 · 1 incident
February 29, 2000TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS BEING REPLACED ON A CAT 980G LOADER. TIRE SIZE 29.5 X 25. THE INJURED EE WAS PUTTING AIR IN THE TIRE. THE AIR CHUCK POPPED OFF THE VALVE STEM AND WHEN SHE PICKED IT UP TO REPLACE IT THE TIRE EXPLODED.
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