Mining Incidents

WTRR Portable #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Randall D Smith
Loraine, Mitchell County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105131

WTRR Portable #2 has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Jun 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
29
citations
8
significant & substantial
$16,861
proposed penalties
$12,393
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,468 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
10
inspections on record
152
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: 152 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 Portable #2 has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 4 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-11.
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 3,136 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,969 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,528 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,570 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 921 1 0 1085.8
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 398 0 0 0.0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3 0 1 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 34 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 445 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,146 10 6 8726.0
2017 Q1 1,729 1 0 578.4
2016 Q4 1,046 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,475 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,157 3 1 1390.8
2016 Q1 1,654 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,046 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 83 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 875 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

June 3, 2026 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
West Texas Rock Resources, LLC · Struck by falling object

While the employee was folding up a wing on a QI442, the hydraulic had air in it and the wing fell. The support arm struck the employee on the head.

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