Mining Incidents

Sullivan Pit Metal/Non-Metal

La Grulla, Starr County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105362

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2020–2022
Latest incident
Nov 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
90
citations
20
significant & substantial
$86,416
proposed penalties
$31,488
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 12,062 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,618 15 7 1412.7
2025 Q2 10,699 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 10,192 10 4 981.2
2024 Q4 10,834 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 11,154 8 0 717.2
2024 Q2 7,680 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 12,030 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

4 on file

2022 · 2 incidents

November 16, 2022 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L & R AGGREGATES LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was standing on a metal truss when part of the truss unsoldered causing the employee to slip and hit on EE's right thigh and scrotum. In result contusion of right thigh and laceration of scrotum.

September 20, 2022 TX · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
L & R AGGREGATES LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was changing the bucket teeth for unit 374F Excavator. While EE hammered one of the center tooth to loosen it to get it out, a small piece of metal from the tooth broke off and headed to EE's testicles area.

2020 · 2 incidents

November 11, 2020 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
L & R AGGREGATES LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving a dump truck at an unsafe speed when employee drove through an uneven surface and injured lower back. The dump truck was inspected right after the injury was reported and found everything working in good conditions.

September 28, 2020 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
L & R AGGREGATES LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving a dump truck when EE hit a bump causing the seat to break and hurt EE's lower back.