Mining Incidents

Y-100 PORTABLE: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Callaham, Callahan County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103534

Y-100 PORTABLE has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1992–1995
Latest incident
Nov 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
16
citations
11
significant & substantial
$9,561
proposed penalties
$9,561
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
10
inspections on record
75
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: 75 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Y-100 PORTABLE has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-08-06.
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.
68.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
68.8%
reasonably likely or greater
87.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 31.2% low, 68.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT20000311M Settlement Manning 2000 $11K → $5K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

Y-100 PORTABLE recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.

Injury rate, 2002
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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.17 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
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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. Garves W Yates & Sons Inc 1988 to 1999
  2. Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 0
2003 5
2002 10
2001 12
2000 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Y-100 PORTABLE sits in Callahan County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 4.3% 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.
Callahan County, Texas · Population 14,017
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$68,455
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
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 3,251 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 8,260 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 9,350 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,999 8 7 889.0
2002 Q2 9,598 0 0 0.0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 797 2 0 2509.4
2001 Q4 9,347 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 10,108 6 4 593.6
2001 Q2 9,911 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 9,314 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,585 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,453 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 14,309 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 19,255 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1995 · 1 incident

November 1, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Garves W Yates & Sons Inc · Struck by falling object

EE STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO WORK THE TOGGLE PLATE ON CRUSHER THE FEEDER WAS TURNED OFF AND THE LOADER ANOPERATOR PALSTAKENLY DUMPED MOVE MATERIAL INTO FEEDER OVER FITTING IT AND A ROCK ROLL ED OVER THE FEEDER AND HIT HIM BREAKING BOTH HISLEGS.

1994 · 1 incident

December 29, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Garves W Yates & Sons Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DISLODGE A ROCK HUNG IN THE FEEDER AND SMASHED THE END OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

1992 · 1 incident

June 6, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Garves W Yates & Sons Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

WHILE DOING MAINTENANCE WORK ON A NON-OPERATING UNIT STEPPED ON A WELDING ROD SLIPPED & FELL FROM CRUSHER PLATFORM TO THE GROUND INJURING BACK.