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Eagle Materials Inc & Heidelberger Zement Ag controller

MSHA controller ID: M07250

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
415
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1986–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
601
citations
91
significant & substantial
$361,689
proposed penalties
$329,512
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $32,177 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
104
inspections on record
2,992
inspection hours
20.1
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.
601 citations across 2,992 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$360K
proposed penalties
$330K
current assessed
$330K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
592 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
3
2025
6
2024
2
2023
3
2022
5
2021
9
2020
5
2019
7
2018
3
2017
5
2016
5
2015
3
2014
2
2013
6
2012
7
2011
3
2010
8
2009
4
2008
4
2007
6
2006
6
2005
8 (1f)
2004
12
2003
17
2002
17
2001
10
2000
18
1999
7
1998
17
1997
9
1996
11
1995
8
1994
10
1993
19
1992
24
1991
23
1990
14
1989
14
1988
18 (1f)
1987
36
1986
21

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
September 15, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP · Fall from machine

Employee fell to concrete floor at base of preheater - apparently from the second level where he had been performing work. Death was apparently immediate. There were no witnesses to the accident and it is not known how the employee fell or whether he tried to access his work from the safety handrail along the catwalk.

March 23, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS TRYING TO UNPLUG A CHUTE THAT WAS FILLED OR CONTAINED KILN FEED THAT HAD SPILLED FROM FEED END OF THE CEMENT KILN. WHEN THE INJURED HIT THE CHUTE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER, THE MATERIAL (1100 DEG F) DISLODGED AND SPLASHED BACK UP AND COVERED THE INJURED.

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