Mining Incidents

Antelope Hills Quarry: 95 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Desert Rock Company · Surface
Van Horn, El Paso County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104484

Antelope Hills Quarry has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2006
95
citations
17
significant & substantial
$16,167
proposed penalties
$16,167
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
47
inspections on record
448
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: 448 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Antelope Hills Quarry has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
95 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-27.
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.
17.9%
significant & substantial
13.7%
high negligence or reckless
17.9%
reasonably likely or greater
33.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 1.1% low, 85.3% moderate, 13.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2021-01-21, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-01-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 1.82 0.41 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-01-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-01-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-01-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-01-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-06-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.73 1.27 0.57 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-06-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.77 0.9 0.86 Dry Screen Plant Operator
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. Desert Rock Company 2004 to 2010
  2. Desert Rock Company 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 5
2024 4
2023 4
2022 5
2021 4
2020 5
2019 4
2018 4
2017 3
2016 4
2015 4
2014 3
2013 3
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Antelope Hills Quarry sits in El Paso County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
El Paso County, Texas · Population 866,275
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$58,859
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
2026 Q2 1,861 6 0 3224.1
2026 Q1 1,226 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,901 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,541 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,621 1 0 616.9
2025 Q1 1,691 2 1 1182.7
2024 Q4 1,836 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,841 2 0 1086.4
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,881 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,001 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,921 2 0 1041.1
2023 Q3 2,151 2 0 929.8
2023 Q2 2,061 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,801 2 1 1110.5
2022 Q4 2,101 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,001 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 801 11 0 13732.8
2022 Q1 771 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 821 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 811 2 0 2466.1
2021 Q2 801 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 716 5 2 6983.2
2020 Q4 1,956 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,001 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,021 3 0 1484.4
2020 Q1 2,001 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 951 9 2 9463.7
2019 Q3 1,501 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,521 2 0 1314.9
2019 Q1 1,601 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,521 5 1 3287.3
2018 Q3 1,636 2 1 1222.5
2018 Q2 1,621 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,601 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,153 4 1 3469.2
2017 Q3 1,001 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,026 2 0 1949.3
2017 Q1 961 3 0 3121.7
2016 Q4 1,101 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,046 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,021 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 961 15 4 15608.7
2015 Q4 921 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 951 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 996 1 0 1004.0
2015 Q1 991 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 911 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,001 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 941 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 621 2 1 3220.6
2013 Q4 881 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 921 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,001 7 1 6993.0
2013 Q1 820 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 890 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 780 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 700 1 1 1428.6
2011 Q4 490 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 475 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 425 1 0 2352.9
2011 Q1 775 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 888 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 897 1 1 1114.8
2010 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 790 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 81 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 91 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 95 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 79 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 842 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 908 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 870 2 0 2298.9
2005 Q4 799 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 855 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 881 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 795 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 837 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.