MINE DETAILS
Ellinger Plant #4
MSHA MINE ID4105491
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Ellinger Plant #429.83611, -96.72750Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
0reported short tons
Hours worked
86,916reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 15,290 | 0.00 | 22 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 13,025 | 0.00 | 20 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 15,306 | 0.00 | 23 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 15,625 | 0.00 | 23 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 14,711 | 0.00 | 23 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 12,959 | 0.00 | 22 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
194 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
30 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
5,119.0019 of 19 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
48.504 inspections · 4 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 5 | 1 | 781.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 302.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q1 | 8 | 2 | 1,741.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 | 1 | 2,295.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
56.20013 · $288.00 proposed
56.11001 · S&S · $1,431.00 proposed
56.12032 · $288.00 proposed
56.12018 · $288.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 10.0 on-site hours
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
While installing a guard cover on the #1 shaker motor, the cover dislodged pinching the miner's left hand. The miner pulled their hand from the pinch point revealing cuts and bruising to their pointer, middle, and ring fingers. Miner went to urgent care where the cuts were cleaned and glued shut. Miner then returned to shift.
56.12025 · $151.00 proposed
56.14132(b)(1)(i) · S&S · $193.00 proposed
56.15001 · S&S · $642.00 proposed
56.14100(a) · $151.00 proposed
56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed
56.11012 · $151.00 proposed
56.14100(a) · $151.00 proposed
56.14132(b)(2) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 14.5 on-site hours
56.11012 · $151.00 proposed
56.12023 · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 14.0 on-site hours
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
While performing maintenance on a WA500 Loader, employee's wrench slipped off a drain plug, causing them to twist their back and pinch a nerve. They declined immediate medical attention but visited a doctor the following Monday. Employee was prescribed a muscle relaxer and is currently off duty recovering
STRIKING OR BUMPING · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Miner removed hard hat to check for a problem on main stacker feed belt when hard hat would not fit, when getting out, miner stood and hit EE's head on channel iron. Another EE checked cut and recommended urgent care. 4 staples where used to close wound. No duty restrictions recommended by medical professionals.
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 10.0 on-site hours
56.4402 · $151.00 proposed
47.44(b) · $151.00 proposed
56.20003(b) · S&S · $177.00 proposed
56.20003(b) · $151.00 proposed
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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Ronald W Klatt Et AlcontrolsTexas Aggregates, LLCoperatesEllinger Plant #4
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4105491Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 503 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD5 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
40 violation rows across the full record; 12 carry an S&S flag and $10,544 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY39 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHcontext
Occupational health samples
21 personal. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE21 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
13K employee hours and 22 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALneutral
Contests, conferences and decisions
0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE0 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
Contractors
Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT0 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
13 inspection events and 211 published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE12 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 0 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No silica records match these filters. Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. | |||||
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 56.20013Waste receptacles.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.11001Safe access.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12032Inspection and cover plates.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12018Identification of power switches.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12025Grounding circuit enclosures.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14132Horns and backup alarms.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.15001First-aid materials.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14100Safety defects; examination, correction and records.3 recent rows ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
500239856.20013Citation
500239756.11001S&S
500239656.12032Citation
500239556.12018Citation
500234456.12025Citation
500234356.14132(b)(1)(i)S&S
500234256.15001S&S
500234156.14100(a)Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgTruck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgDry Screen Plant Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Zinc oxide fumesIron Worker
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0005.00Source unit unspecified
Vanadium fumesIron Worker
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0050.00Source unit unspecified
Nickel fumesIron Worker
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0001.00Source unit unspecified
Molybdenum fumesIron Worker
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Manganese fumesIron Worker
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0005.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
10 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors5Jan 11, 2024—Apr 22, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Mar 14, 2020—Mar 14, 2020mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal40Nov 18, 2020—Apr 28, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Contested Violationscompliance · legal—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance1Apr 15, 2020—Apr 15, 2020mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance75Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance20Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance13Nov 18, 2020—Apr 27, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety21Apr 11, 2022—Jul 17, 2025mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal40Nov 18, 2020—Apr 28, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.