Mining Incidents

WTRR Pieper Clay Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Randall D Smith
Blackwell, Nolan County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4101225

WTRR Pieper Clay Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 3 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 2005
64
citations
8
significant & substantial
$13,840
proposed penalties
$8,540
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
44
inspections on record
421
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: 421 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WTRR Pieper Clay Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-27.
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
2025 Q4 1,363 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,263 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,754 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,633 2 0 1224.7
2024 Q4 1,767 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,614 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,650 12 0 7272.7
2024 Q1 1,318 0 0 0.0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,807 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,508 1 0 663.1
2023 Q2 1,664 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,598 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,617 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,070 2 0 1869.2
2022 Q2 852 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 291 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 665 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 560 3 0 5357.1
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 549 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 773 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 353 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 403 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 1 0
2019 Q2 364 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 3 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 537 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 725 1 0 1379.3
2017 Q2 309 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 107 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 315 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 718 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 702 2 1 2849.0
2015 Q4 570 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 699 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 562 1 0 1779.4
2015 Q1 471 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 233 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 693 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 496 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 699 4 1 5722.5
2013 Q3 719 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 406 1 0 2463.1
2012 Q4 355 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 287 3 0 10453.0
2012 Q2 387 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 407 2 1 4914.0
2011 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 340 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 197 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 225 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,028 2 0 660.5
2008 Q3 2,927 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,911 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,925 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,930 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,465 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,487 3 0 2017.5
2007 Q1 2,602 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,906 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,958 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,548 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,341 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,723 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 899 4 0 4449.4
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q2 456 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 354 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 450 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 164 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 312 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 357 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 315 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 484 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 227 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 227 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 819 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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