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.
WTRR Portable #2 Metal/Non-Metal
West Texas Rock Resources, LLC
· Surface
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
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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
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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.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
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| 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 file2026 · 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
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