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Brazil Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Far South Mining LLC · Surface

Controlled by Zachary Tausch; Vernon Tausch

Campbellton, Atascosa County, TX · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 4104961

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2021
Latest incident: Sep 2021

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2014

citations

significant & substantial

$4,334

proposed penalties

$3,881

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	1,328	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	825	1	0	1212.1
2025 Q2	175	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	615	2	0	3252.0
2024 Q4	1,007	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,353	1	0	739.1
2024 Q2	2,287	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	2,996	3	1	1001.3

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

2021 · 1 incident

September 20, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Far South Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was dislodging a rock on a discharge conveyor with a 4' crowbar. When rock was freed crowbar slipped and employee cut right ring finger on the metal guard. Machine was off, locked & tagged at time of incident. Employee was wearing gloves.