Mining Incidents

AGUILA GRAVEL PIT: 136 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Jose De Los Santos · Surface
Controlled by Jose De Los Santos
Eagle Pass, Maverick County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104115

AGUILA GRAVEL PIT has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $23K outstanding across 4 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 2000
136
citations
54
significant & substantial
$56,565
proposed penalties
$24,865
paid to date
44% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $31,700 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
395
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: 395 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

AGUILA GRAVEL PIT has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $23K outstanding across 4 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.
$57K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$23K
outstanding
125 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $21K in penalties contested before the Commission, $12K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-06-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
42.2%
significant & substantial
38.3%
high negligence or reckless
41.4%
reasonably likely or greater
57.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.8% low, 60.9% moderate, 38.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT20010134M Settlement Hodgdon 2001 $12K → $5K
CENT20020286M Settlement Feldman 2003 $6K → $5K
CENT20020287M Settlement Feldman 2003 $3K → $3K
CENT20010353M Settlement Melick 2002 $742 → $371
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2008-04-09, 18 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2008-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2008-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Jose De Los Santos 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 4
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 3
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

AGUILA GRAVEL PIT sits in Maverick County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 6.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Maverick County, Texas · Population 57,770
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,270
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2011 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 570 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 640 12 6 18750.0
2010 Q1 680 14 5 20588.2
2009 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 720 2 0 2777.8
2009 Q2 560 8 2 14285.7
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 837 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,180 3 1 2542.4
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 693 2 0 2886.0
2007 Q3 765 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 930 8 1 8602.2
2007 Q1 1,093 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 740 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 844 5 0 5924.2
2006 Q2 1,093 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,080 8 2 7407.4
2005 Q4 830 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 896 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,382 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,216 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 976 3 2 3073.8
2004 Q3 1,320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,165 5 2 4291.8
2004 Q1 952 2 2 2100.8
2003 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 862 12 4 13921.1
2003 Q2 920 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,020 10 4 9803.9
2002 Q3 1,210 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 728 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,040 8 3 7692.3
2001 Q3 729 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 476 16 9 33613.4
2001 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 480 2 0 4166.7
2000 Q2 1,036 11 8 10617.8
2000 Q1 921 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.