Mining Incidents

#3 Metal/Non-Metal

Superior Stone Inc · Surface
Controlled by (Fred) Dickie Tillman
Florence, Bell County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104368

#3 has $114K in proposed MSHA penalties and $907 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
204
citations
63
significant & substantial
$113,695
proposed penalties
$109,867
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,828 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
66
inspections on record
1,101
inspection hours
18.5
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.
204 citations across 1,101 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#3 has $114K in proposed MSHA penalties and $907 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.
$114K
proposed penalties
$111K
current assessed
$110K
paid to date
$907
outstanding
196 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 28,020 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 30,671 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 28,342 1 0 35.3
2025 Q1 26,171 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 23,178 6 1 258.9
2024 Q3 27,357 1 0 36.6
2024 Q2 26,735 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 22,558 6 0 266.0
Show 87 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 17,140 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 43,563 4 2 91.8
2023 Q2 35,845 4 1 111.6
2023 Q1 34,746 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 37,451 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 45,389 11 4 242.3
2022 Q2 41,349 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 41,344 10 5 241.9
2021 Q4 38,856 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 42,233 4 0 94.7
2021 Q2 33,477 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 34,400 9 5 261.6
2020 Q4 36,979 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 30,869 8 3 259.2
2020 Q2 27,137 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 34,402 8 2 232.5
2019 Q4 31,138 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 34,595 4 2 115.6
2019 Q2 31,197 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 30,644 3 0 97.9
2018 Q4 26,603 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 32,627 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 34,382 4 4 116.3
2018 Q1 33,443 9 0 269.1
2017 Q4 27,690 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 31,140 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 30,717 6 3 195.3
2017 Q1 29,542 9 0 304.7
2016 Q4 29,008 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 26,909 6 2 223.0
2016 Q2 29,555 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 29,909 5 0 167.2
2015 Q4 27,039 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 30,518 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 31,867 6 1 188.3
2015 Q1 28,979 4 0 138.0
2014 Q4 29,260 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 32,307 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 30,650 4 0 130.5
2014 Q1 32,235 6 3 186.1
2013 Q4 28,594 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 33,516 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 36,461 2 1 54.9
2013 Q1 29,788 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 29,806 2 0 67.1
2012 Q3 26,198 2 1 76.3
2012 Q2 25,603 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 21,075 2 0 94.9
2011 Q4 16,996 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 23,395 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 21,452 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 18,722 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 15,482 2 1 129.2
2010 Q3 20,460 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 21,123 4 1 189.4
2010 Q1 17,827 4 0 224.4
2009 Q4 19,305 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 18,720 6 2 320.5
2009 Q2 17,550 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 17,550 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 15,210 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 27,495 1 0 36.4
2008 Q2 28,665 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 26,325 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 25,155 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 23,985 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 18,590 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 19,175 1 0 52.2
2006 Q4 16,400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 19,305 2 2 103.6
2006 Q2 17,342 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 15,795 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 15,792 2 1 126.6
2005 Q3 15,210 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 12,900 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 12,980 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 12,980 6 2 462.2
2004 Q3 13,650 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9,880 2 1 202.4
2004 Q1 12,740 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 15,925 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 12,740 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 13,240 9 2 679.8
2003 Q1 5,180 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 12,740 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 11,520 12 11 1041.7
2002 Q2 4,608 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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