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Espey Pit and Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Espey Silica Sand Company · Surface

Controlled by Edwin E Espey Jr

San Antonio, Atascosa County, TX · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4102319

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2009
Latest incident: Apr 2009

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$3,751

proposed penalties

$3,751

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	3,768	0	0.0
2025 Q3	5,387	1	185.6
2025 Q2	4,483	0	0.0
2025 Q1	4,811	1	207.9
2024 Q4	4,545	0	0.0
2024 Q3	5,130	0	0.0
2024 Q2	5,090	0	0.0
2024 Q1	4,697	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

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

April 23, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Espey Silica Sand Company · Fall onto or against objects

While standing on the ground, employee was straddling the bucket lift arm while greasing the loader. While trying to lift his leg over the bucket lift arm, he lost his balance and fell, trapping his leg between the bucket lift arm and the bucket tilt arm.