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Bandera Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Far South Mining LLC · Surface

Controlled by Zachary Tausch; Vernon Tausch

Bandera, Bandera County, TX · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4103068

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2014
Latest incident: Nov 2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

105

citations

significant & substantial

$17,062

proposed penalties

$16,760

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	4,082	0	0.0
2025 Q3	4,224	0	0.0
2025 Q2	3,879	0	0.0
2025 Q1	4,605	3	651.5
2024 Q4	3,790	0	0.0
2024 Q3	3,793	0	0.0
2024 Q2	3,008	0	0.0
2024 Q1	2,886	2	693.0

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

2014 · 1 incident

November 18, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Roger D Stevens Contractor Inc · Fall from ladders

Employee was on a ladder 3 1/2 ft off the ground, when he lost his balance and slid off of the ladder. He was taken to the medical center right away, and it was determined that he had broken hi ankle.