Mining Incidents

Marble Canyon Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Joe R Williams Jr
Van Horn, Culberson County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4100995

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2009–2014
Latest incident
Oct 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
148
citations
30
significant & substantial
$19,656
proposed penalties
$18,602
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 1,768 2 1 1131.2
2025 Q3 1,615 2 0 1238.4
2025 Q2 1,559 1 0 641.4
2025 Q1 1,402 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 917 2 0 2181.0
2024 Q3 1,139 6 0 5267.8
2024 Q2 2,038 1 0 490.7
2024 Q1 1,878 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2014 · 1 incident

2009 · 2 incidents

November 24, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Texas Architectural Aggregate Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was fixing to break rock and tried to shift it and another rock moved falling onto left hand mashing little finger of left hand against the rock.

September 1, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management STRIKING OR BUMPING
Texas Architectural Aggregate Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was working under a Ford 350 pickup belonging to TAA, Inc. Employee started out from under pickup and thought he was out. When he raised up, he hit his lower back on the corner step of pickup.