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Woodlands Plant: 75 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Conroe, Montgomery County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103466

Woodlands Plant has $16K 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
7
Years on record
1991–2015
Latest incident
Nov 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
75
citations
16
significant & substantial
$15,654
proposed penalties
$13,886
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,768 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Hanson Aggregates LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
656
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: 656 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Woodlands Plant has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-04-28.
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.
21.3%
significant & substantial
12.2%
high negligence or reckless
21.6%
reasonably likely or greater
29.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.5% low, 78.4% moderate, 12.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 100%
75%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
50%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2016-12-22.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2017-0141 Settlement Moran 2018 $2K → $1K
CENT 2012-400M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $873 → $264
CENT 2009-358M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $380 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2018-04-11, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2018-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-12-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-12-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.45 0.29 Washer Operator
2016-12-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2009-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Pump, Slurry Mix Operator
2006-04-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2006-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2006-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2006-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

Woodlands Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.

Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.84 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
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 5.22 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 6.11 0.00 0.000
2012 * 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. Pioneer South Central Inc 1987 to 2000
  2. Hanson Aggregates Central Inc 2000 to 2004
  3. Hanson Aggregates LLC 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 6
2019 17
2018 18
2017 17
2016 15
2015 15
2014 14
2013 13
2012 13
2011 11
2010 8
2009 8
2008 8
2007 9
2006 9
2005 10
2004 10
2003 12
2002 12
2001 13
2000 18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Woodlands Plant sits in Montgomery County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.8% 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.
Montgomery County, Texas · Population 654,722
3.8%
Mining share of county employment
$97,266
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 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 9,661 1 0 103.5
2020 Q1 7,825 9 0 1150.2
2019 Q4 11,388 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 12,816 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 12,819 3 1 234.0
2019 Q1 11,631 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 12,916 1 0 77.4
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 12,885 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 13,330 2 1 150.0
2018 Q1 12,918 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 11,585 2 1 172.6
2017 Q3 9,789 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 12,988 1 0 77.0
2017 Q1 12,242 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8,353 1 0 119.7
2016 Q3 9,159 7 1 764.3
2016 Q2 9,581 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 10,266 1 0 97.4
2015 Q4 9,425 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 9,751 2 0 205.1
2015 Q2 9,791 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 9,319 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 8,466 5 2 590.6
2014 Q3 8,797 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 10,254 1 0 97.5
2014 Q1 8,088 1 0 123.6
2013 Q4 7,207 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,891 3 0 380.2
2013 Q2 10,325 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 7,312 5 2 683.8
2012 Q4 7,282 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 8,392 3 1 357.5
2012 Q2 8,265 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 8,012 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,211 3 2 416.0
2011 Q3 7,864 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,440 1 0 155.3
2011 Q1 5,269 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,098 1 0 196.2
2010 Q3 5,072 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,059 6 0 1186.0
2010 Q1 5,390 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,240 1 1 235.8
2009 Q3 4,796 1 0 208.5
2009 Q2 4,487 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,035 2 2 331.4
2008 Q4 5,601 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,152 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,737 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,206 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,867 2 0 340.9
2007 Q3 6,638 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,229 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,858 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,359 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,615 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,466 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,473 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,273 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,976 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,875 2 0 290.9
2005 Q1 7,035 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,199 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,234 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,512 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,219 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,421 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,894 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,326 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 7,982 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,065 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,730 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8,248 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 8,415 1 0 118.8
2001 Q4 8,958 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,215 2 0 217.0
2001 Q2 9,421 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 9,433 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 11,096 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 13,136 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 12,759 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 12,349 5 2 404.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2015 · 1 incident

November 12, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was starting his shift and entered his john boat to make his way to the dredge. When he went to pull start his boat the motor kicked back and pulled the pull cord out of his hand breaking the tip of employee's finger.

2013 · 1 incident

June 20, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Pan was in down position that would cause tire to elevate off of ground by 4"-6". Tire has stored energy (potenetial energy) prior to breaking the tire free from the structure. When tire was freed, tire dropped, pivoting about left side putting employee's hand in a pinch point between the frame and the tire.

2002 · 1 incident

1995 · 1 incident

January 10, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pioneer South Central Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING AN ELECTRIC HAND BUFFER TO REMOVE RUST FROM PARTOON. A PARTICLE OF RUST FLEW UNEER HIS FACE SHIELD INTO THE RIGHT EYE.

1993 · 1 incident

May 26, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pioneer South Central Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE & 2 OTHER MEN WERE ABOUT TO CHANGE CLUTCH ON DUMP TRUCK-PULLING TRANSMISSION WITH JACK-TRANSMISSION NOT TIED TO JACK-FELL OFF AND LANDED ON INJURED'S LEFT HAND. L.H. INDEX FINGER WAS MASHED OFF BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND JOINT.

1991 · 2 incidents

December 5, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand POWERED HAULAGE
Pioneer South Central Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING JONBOAT TO WORK BOAT. AS HE APPROACHED THE BARGE WITH HIS HAND GRASPING EDGE OF JON BOAT, THE MOTION OF THE WATER PUSHED THE TWO BOATS TOGETHER CATCHING THE FI NGER BETWEEN THEM. THE TIP OF THE RIGHT 3RD FINGER WAS LACERATED. X-RAYS SHOWED NO BONE DAMAGE. NO STITCHES WERE REQUIRED. PAIN MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED.

September 28, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pioneer South Central Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLIMBING ONTO LOADER WHEN HE HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE LADDER.LATER IN THE DAY THE KNEE BECAME SWOLLEN. HE WAS TREATED IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THE KNEE WAS DRAINED AND PAIN MEDICATION PR ESCIBED.TWO DAYS LATER THE EE WAS ADMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL FOR 3 DAYS HE IS TO RETURN IN 2 WKS FOR REMOVAL OF STITCHES. THE PATIENT HAS HAD PROBLEM WITH KNEE BEFORE.