Mining Incidents

AC Rio Grand Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Joseph H Anderson
Laredo, Zapata County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104823

AC Rio Grand Quarry has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
47
citations
8
significant & substantial
$14,490
proposed penalties
$11,885
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,605 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
20
inspections on record
268
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 268 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

AC Rio Grand Quarry has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$14K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-12-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2 6,419 9 2 1402.1
2017 Q1 4,778 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,410 4 0 739.4
2016 Q3 2,546 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,571 2 0 304.4
2016 Q1 11,284 5 1 443.1
2015 Q4 12,789 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 13,292 1 0 75.2
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 8,562 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 7,834 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 10,258 4 0 389.9
2014 Q3 10,496 2 1 190.5
2014 Q2 10,824 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 11,372 2 0 175.9
2013 Q4 9,630 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 12,734 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 15,657 2 0 127.7
2013 Q1 11,626 2 1 172.0
2012 Q4 11,672 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 16,427 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 16,469 3 0 182.2
2012 Q1 12,641 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 9,804 7 2 714.0
2011 Q3 15,531 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 12,537 2 1 159.5
2011 Q1 8,031 1 0 124.5
2010 Q4 6,684 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,468 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,868 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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