Mining Incidents

Lion Cave Materials Briggs Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Lion Cave Materials · Surface
Garden Ridge, Comal County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105243

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Jun 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
33
citations
7
significant & substantial
$7,261
proposed penalties
$7,140
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 5,701 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,965 2 0 287.2
2025 Q2 6,735 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,165 1 0 162.2
2024 Q4 5,493 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,531 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,050 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,478 3 0 463.1
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

2024 · 1 incident

June 17, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Lion Cave Materials · Accident type, without injuries

At about 5pm on Monday the 17th of June 2024 the operator arrived at the parking area. The operator parked the articulated dump truck, engaged the parking brake & exited the truck & entered the restroom. As soon as the operator entered & closed the door another operator started yelling fire. Upon exiting the restroom in a matter of minutes the cab of the truck was fully engulfed.