What are ALTO BONITO GRAVEL PIT's MSHA penalties?

ALTO BONITO GRAVEL PIT has $132K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $978 currently outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

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ALTO BONITO GRAVEL PIT Metal/Non-Metal

South Texas Sand & Gravel LLC · Surface

Controlled by EF Sand and Gravel LLC

McAllen, Starr County, TX · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4103140

ALTO BONITO GRAVEL PIT has $132K in proposed MSHA penalties and $978 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 1986–2012
Latest incident: Apr 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

230

citations

significant & substantial

$131,933

proposed penalties

$103,182

paid to date

78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $28,751 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

inspections on record

944

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 944 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$132K

proposed penalties

$104K

current assessed

$103K

paid to date

$978

outstanding

226 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-15.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

See also the operator's enforcement record

Quarterly safety rates

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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
2025 Q4	16,869	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	16,120	1	0	62.0
2025 Q2	12,132	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	12,120	4	2	330.0
2024 Q4	19,810	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	19,320	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	19,058	7	2	367.3
2024 Q1	16,380	0	0	0.0

Show 96 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	15,820	12	2	758.5
2023 Q3	20,160	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	15,990	4	1	250.2
2023 Q1	16,520	2	1	121.1
2022 Q4	13,992	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	15,600	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	12,288	3	2	244.1
2022 Q1	17,160	9	3	524.5
2021 Q4	12,870	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	15,340	4	1	260.8
2021 Q2	13,531	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	11,400	6	2	526.3
2020 Q4	8,640	0	0	0.0
2020 Q3	10,070	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	9,805	11	0	1121.9
2020 Q1	9,022	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	9,010	7	3	776.9
2019 Q3	7,260	6	1	826.4
2019 Q2	8,320	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	8,166	5	1	612.3
2018 Q4	8,120	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	7,490	3	2	400.5
2018 Q2	7,750	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	8,865	3	2	338.4
2017 Q4	9,040	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	6,320	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	6,864	2	0	291.4
2017 Q1	6,658	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	4,803	4	3	832.8
2016 Q3	5,678	9	4	1585.1
2016 Q2	5,622	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	5,205	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	5,794	11	4	1898.5
2015 Q3	5,289	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	4,967	4	2	805.3
2015 Q1	4,869	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	4,618	2	0	433.1
2014 Q3	4,203	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	5,058	8	4	1581.7
2014 Q1	4,966	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	5,091	7	4	1375.0
2013 Q3	5,115	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	5,131	1	1	194.9
2013 Q1	4,687	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	4,985	4	2	802.4
2012 Q3	5,006	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	6,311	4	2	633.8
2012 Q1	5,834	5	2	857.0
2011 Q4	5,474	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	5,211	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	5,920	4	1	675.7
2011 Q1	4,983	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	6,752	6	2	888.6
2010 Q3	7,187	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	8,403	5	0	595.0
2010 Q1	7,532	5	1	663.8
2009 Q4	8,583	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	10,498	14	5	1333.6
2009 Q2	8,508	0	0	0.0
2009 Q1	6,864	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	8,011	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	9,308	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	9,969	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	8,600	5	4	581.4
2007 Q4	8,690	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	9,377	3	1	319.9
2007 Q2	8,868	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	7,921	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	7,963	4	1	502.3
2006 Q3	8,259	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	8,383	2	0	238.6
2006 Q1	8,637	5	3	578.9
2005 Q4	7,805	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	7,158	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	7,337	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	6,028	3	2	497.7
2004 Q4	7,269	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	7,644	0	0	0.0
2004 Q2	7,264	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	6,190	4	2	646.2
2003 Q4	6,187	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	9,694	0	0	0.0
2003 Q2	7,457	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	7,238	7	2	967.1
2002 Q4	5,171	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	5,238	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	5,358	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	4,338	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	4,035	2	1	495.7
2001 Q3	4,832	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	5,382	5	0	929.0
2001 Q1	3,639	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	3,066	5	1	1630.8
2000 Q3	4,897	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	5,057	2	1	395.5
2000 Q1	5,160	0	0	0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

March 28, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Alto Bonito Gravel Plant · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ON THE ABOVE D5TE THE DECEASED IS PRESUMED TO HAVE INJURED HIMSELF FATALLY BY OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER WITHOUT PERMISSION OR ANY KNOWNLEDGE BY PLANT PERSONAL. THE DECEASED WAS FOUND LAYIN G ON THE GROUN8 NEAR THE LOADER & THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACTUAL ACCIDENT.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2012 · 1 incident

April 13, 2012 TX · Metal/Non-Metal inspector SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Starr Aggregates Llc · Fall from machine

Miner was at work collecting samples of material and chose to ride on the tailgate of the work truck instead of inside truck while it was moving and he lost his balance and fell to the ground onto his arm. We took him to the hospital and had him treated and his accident ins. we provide covered his treatment and gave him extra money for work days lost.

1987 · 1 incident

May 29, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Alto Bonito Gravel Plant · Struck by falling object

WHILE THEY WERE3WORKING ON THE JAW CRUSHER'S RETAINING WEDGE, PLLING IT OUT, THERE WAS TENSION ON A CHAIN TO HELP PULL IT OUT. I,NAME WAS HITTING WEDGE, WHEN IT CAME LOOSE, OUT OF IT'S PLACE, AND LANDED ON 2IGH RIGHT FOOT.

1986 · 1 incident

March 27, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Alto Bonito Gravel Plant · Unclassified, insufficient data

ON THE ABOVE S7ATED DATE EMP WAS MAKING REPAIRS ON CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE INJURED HIS FINGER

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