At approximately 10:30 am, employee noticed smoke coming out of the scale house at the Pawelekville pit. Ee attempted to put the fire out with extinguisher and was unable to. EE then called 911 and safety. Falls City fire department arrived fire was extinguished. After further investigation, it appears that it was an electrical fire. No injuries occurred due to the fire.
BG004 Metal/Non-Metal
B & G Materials, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Roland H Beck; James R Gumm
Pawelekville,
Karnes County,
TX
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4104176
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2002–2024
- Latest incident
- Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
192
citations
54
significant & substantial
$68,254
proposed penalties
$53,784
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 500000.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 250000.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,146 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 631 | 1 | 0 | 1584.8 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,506 | 6 | 2 | 3984.1 |
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 file2024 · 1 incident
B & G Materials, LLC · Accident type, without injuries
2012 · 1 incident
June 15, 2012
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & G Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object
The adjusting rods on the apron were hung up. Had hand to align washers and the apron back end dropped crushing right thumb and palm.
2002 · 1 incident
Live Oak Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STANDING ON FRAME OF CRUSHER-CONE TIGHTENING A BOLT WITH A CRESCENT WRENCH WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED & EMPLOYEE SLIPPED TOO & HELD ONTO THE HYDRAULIC HOSES. HE SAYS THAT HIS HIPS TWISTED IN AN AWKWA RD POSITION WHILE HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE HOSES.