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Big Spring Plant, Howard County, Texas: 58 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Big Spring Plant is an active sand, common surface mine in Howard County, Texas, operated by Big Spring Sands LLC with 15 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4105690). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 58 citations and orders there with $167,029 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4105690
- Status
- Active since October 30, 2023
- Main commodity
- Sand, common
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Howard County, Texas
- Nearest town
- Big Spring
- Operator
- Big Spring Sands LLC
- Employees
- 15
- MSHA field office
- Dallas TX Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 58
- Significant and substantial
- 16 (27.6%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 4
- Proposed penalties
- $167,029
- Amount paid so far
- $78,675
- Inspections
- 10
- Inspector hours on site
- 74
- Citations per inspection
- 5.80 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- May 22, 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32 | 7 | $114,263 | 0 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6 | $44,709 | 0 |
| 2026 | 13 | 3 | $8,057 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Big Spring 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 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.20011 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.4104 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.9301 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.4230 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.16005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Howard County, Texas
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Point Plant #1 | West Point Silica LLC | Howard County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 72 |
| Sand Springs Mine | Nomad Proppant Services LLC | Howard County, TX | Sand, common | 15 | 56 |
| OnCore 1 | OnCore Processing LLC | Howard County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 24 | 51 |
| West Point Plant #2 | West Point Silica LLC | Howard County, TX | Sand, common | 2 | 51 |
| Tubb Quarry Plt #1 | Tubb Quarry, LLC. | Howard County, TX | Crushed, broken limestone | 5 | 42 |
| OnCore5 | OnCore Processing LLC | Howard County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 20 | 23 |
| FT 4250 | Forsan Cowboy Construction, Inc. | Howard County, TX | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 18 |
| OnCore8 | OnCore Processing LLC | Howard County, TX | Sand, common | 20 | 13 |
| Yarber FM821 Clay Pit | West Texas Rock Resources LLC | Howard County, TX | Clay, ceramic, refractory mnls. | 2 | 12 |
| Flat Top | Thompson Materials | Howard County, TX | Dimension limestone | 2 | 6 |
| Spur Pit #4 | Silver Spur Energy Services, Inc | Howard County, TX | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 3 |
| Forsan | Thompson Materials | Howard County, TX | Dimension limestone | 2 | 2 |
| I54 Open #2 | BP Surface Solutions, LLC | Howard County, TX | Dimension limestone | 2 | 0 |
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.