Data / Mines / Texas / El Dorado Plant
El Dorado Plant, Winkler County, Texas: 210 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
El Dorado Plant is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Winkler County, Texas, operated by Iron Oak Permian LLC with 115 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4105335). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 210 citations and orders there with $317,335 in proposed penalties, and 13 accident reports were filed there, with 13 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4105335
- Status
- Active since October 1, 2018
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Winkler County, Texas
- Nearest town
- Kermit
- Operator
- Iron Oak Permian LLC
- Parent company
- Iron Oak Energy Solutions LLC
- Employees
- 115
- MSHA field office
- Carlsbad NM Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 210
- Significant and substantial
- 32 (15.2%)
- Closure orders
- 2
- High negligence or reckless
- 27
- Proposed penalties
- $317,335
- Amount paid so far
- $223,250
- Inspections
- 26
- Inspector hours on site
- 619
- Citations per inspection
- 8.08 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 13
- Injury and illness cases
- 13
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- June 17, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 43 ($27,639 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 74 | 18 | $247,268 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | $295 | 1 |
| 2024 | 49 | 7 | $28,342 | 8 |
| 2025 | 54 | 5 | $21,296 | 2 |
| 2026 | 32 | 2 | $20,134 | 0 |
Standards cited most at El Dorado Plant
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 24 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 23 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 19 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 13 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 10 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 56.12030 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.11012 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.11002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.4200 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.12025 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
Injury and illness cases at El Dorado Plant
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 10 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 3 |
What the accident reports at El Dorado Plant describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 4 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 3 |
| Slip or fall of person | 2 |
| Powered haulage | 2 |
| Exploding vessels under pressure | 1 |
| Fire | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at El Dorado Plant
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 3 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
| Front-end loader | 1 |
Other open mines in Winkler County, Texas
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vest Plant | Iron Oak Permian LLC | Winkler County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 100 | 135 |
| Wall Street Sand Co | Wall Street Sand Co LLC | Winkler County, TX | Sand, industrial | 6 | 121 |
| Atlas Sand Kermit North Plant | Atlas Sand Company, LLC | Winkler County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 100 | 109 |
| Alpine Silica-Kermit | Alpine Silica, LLC | Winkler County, TX | Sand, common | 75 | 96 |
| Atlas Sand Kermit South Plant | Atlas Sand Company, LLC | Winkler County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 100 | 90 |
| Kermit Sand | Iron Oak Sand LLC | Winkler County, TX | Crushed, broken stone | 80 | 86 |
| Atlas 874/115 Mine | Atlas Energy Solutions | Winkler County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 50 | 78 |
| Lonestar Prospects, Ltd. | Lonestar Prospects, Ltd. | Winkler County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 125 | 68 |
| Kermit Mine | Badger Mining Corporation | Winkler County, TX | Sand, industrial | 50 | 57 |
| Kermit 115 | Iron Oak West Texas LLC | Winkler County, TX | Sand, industrial | 120 | 29 |
| Kingco 2 | Kingco Investments 2 LLC | Winkler County, TX | Sand, common | 2 | 29 |
| Freedom Proppant Kermit Mine | Freedom Proppant L.L.C. | Winkler County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 100 | 25 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.