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Christmas Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Helmcamp Materials, Ltd. · Surface

Controlled by Tracy Schieffer; Rick Helmcamp

Groesbeck, Limestone County, TX · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4105350

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2022–2026
Latest incident: Feb 2026

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2019

citations

significant & substantial

$16,844

proposed penalties

$16,536

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	19,817	4	0	201.8
2025 Q3	24,922	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	19,995	1	1	50.0
2025 Q1	16,091	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	15,592	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	13,558	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	11,596	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	11,452	0	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

2 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 12, 2026 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

Helmcamp Materials, Ltd. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was stemming holes from a skid steer bucket with a shovel. The operator of the skid steer asked the employee to hand them something and as the operator reached to take it EE's elbow bumped the controls causing the bucket to drop. The employee's foot was pinned underneath the bucket and the employee felt a lot of pain.

2022 · 1 incident

July 6, 2022 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Helmcamp Materials, Ltd. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was attempting to dislodge a large piece of limestone material that had hung up in a corner of the rock crusher using a large pry bar when the material/rock shifted and smashed the pry bar up against the steel with EE's left hand being caught in between crushing EE's left pinky which resulted in the amputation of approximately 50% of the left pinky finger