Arepet Industries has $253K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2019–2026
Latest incident
Mar 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
174
citations
39
significant & substantial
$253,246
proposed penalties
$161,181
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $92,065 gap.
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: 540 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Arepet Industries has $253K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 7 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.
$253K
proposed penalties
$164K
current assessed
$161K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
137 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $192K in penalties contested before the Commission, $102K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-13.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
21citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
Settled
18 · 86%
Stood as issued
2 · 10%
Still open
1 · 5%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$192K proposed, $102K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2026-05-17.
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.
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: 2024-08-28
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-08-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2024-08-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
0.77
0.52
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
0.51
0.78
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
0.53
0.98
Utility Man
2023-09-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.63
0.35
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.6
0.42
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Arepet Industries recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.17 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
6.42
3.21
0.000
2022 *
3.63
3.63
0.000
2021 *
4.79
0.00
0.000
2020 *
5.41
5.41
5.412
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
22
2025
22
2024
36
2023
37
2022
39
2021
26
2020
24
2019
42
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Arepet Industries sits in Bexar County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Bexar County, Texas · Population 2,037,344
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$70,571
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
9,780
1
0
102.2
2026 Q1
11,415
3
2
262.8
2025 Q4
8,759
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
11,973
1
0
83.5
2025 Q2
13,375
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
10,751
3
0
279.0
2024 Q4
11,961
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
16,942
3
0
177.1
Show 19 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
14,757
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
17,557
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
14,595
12
3
822.2
2023 Q3
15,922
21
6
1318.9
2023 Q2
13,996
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
17,797
11
1
618.1
2022 Q4
15,061
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
15,472
3
0
193.9
2022 Q2
13,661
19
3
1390.8
2022 Q1
10,846
32
6
2950.4
2021 Q4
10,129
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
10,245
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
11,200
12
4
1071.4
2021 Q1
10,192
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
8,433
17
5
2015.9
2020 Q3
2,599
4
0
1539.1
2020 Q2
7,594
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
18,330
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
20,160
19
6
942.5
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
September 1, 2020TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorFatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was closing the hatches on a pneumatic truck. While attempting to get back onto the catwalk employee fell off the truck. Employee was wearing EE's harness but EE did not tie off properly. Emergency responders attempted to render first aid but were unsuccessful. At this moment I do not have a detailed description of all the contributing factors that led to the fall.
Reportable incidents
6 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2026 · 1 incident
March 23, 2026TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arepet Industries, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Employee was performing routine cleaning of clogged screens in the dry plant due to wet sand buildup. While inspecting for a blockage, the employee opened the diverter access door. Accumulated hot sand was released from the chute area and contacted the employee, resulting in burns requiring medical treatment.
2023 · 2 incidents
August 21, 2023TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
The EE was cleaning the #1 Baghouse and placed EE's right hand into the rotary airlock. This resulted in lacerations to EE's right fingers and a fractured right pinky.
The contract plumber was attempting to install a section of pipe. The plumber was on their company provided ladder, when it appeared to collapse causing the plumber to fall and fracture their left leg.
2022 · 1 incident
October 28, 2022TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While on break a plant helper went to car to rest. A few minutes later while adjusting the car seat the employee accidentally discharged their firearm. This resulted in a hand injury due to a gun shot wound. Employee was terminated due to violation of Arepet gun policy which is mentioned in the employee safety handbook.
2019 · 1 incident
November 10, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metalminer, prospector, necOTHER
Employee was on the cat walk while attempting to guide a customer truck into position. The miner squatted down to make visual contact and felt pain in lower back as they stood up.