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Avispa Canyon Quarry: 106 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Jobe Materials LP · Surface
Controlled by Jobeco Materials LLC
El Paso, Texas, El Paso County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104795

Avispa Canyon Quarry has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2025–2026
Latest incident
Jul 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
106
citations
27
significant & substantial
$20,293
proposed penalties
$17,045
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,248 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Jobe Materials LP's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
44
inspections on record
849
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: 849 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Avispa Canyon Quarry has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
105 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $661 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-04.
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.
25.5%
significant & substantial
3.8%
high negligence or reckless
25.5%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.7% low, 91.5% moderate, 3.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 80%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 20%
67%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
83%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $661 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 2022-05-26.
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
CENT 2011-954M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $3K → $176
CENT 2021-0032 Dismissal 2021 $523 → $0
CENT 2022-0163 Settlement 2022 $385 → $385
CENT 2015-0446 Settlement Rae 2015 $100 → $100
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: 2025-07-22
7%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
33
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz151 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (33)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-06-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 3.85 2.13 1.81 Bobcat Operator
2025-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 Bobcat Operator
2025-06-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.72 2.13 0.34 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-06-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-12-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2023-12-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2023-12-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2023-08-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-08-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Truck Driver
2021-02-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.83 1.21 0.69 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-02-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.23 2.01 0.61 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 Bobcat Operator
2018-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-07-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-07-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-07-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-07-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.23 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Truck Driver
2011-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.14 1.77 0.64 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2011-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 1.91 0.21 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-11-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 2.2 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-11-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.89 0.10 Utility Man
2009-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Avispa Canyon Quarry recorded 6.38 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.
6.38
total case rate
3.19
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 * 6.38 3.19 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* 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.
Ownership history
  1. Jobe Materials LP 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 40
2025 27
2024 26
2023 21
2022 17
2021 19
2020 18
2019 18
2018 18
2017 17
2016 16
2015 17
2014 23
2013 27
2012 18
2011 14
2010 16
2009 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Avispa Canyon 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 26,473 2 0 75.5
2026 Q1 23,203 6 2 258.6
2025 Q4 18,108 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 15,660 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 15,722 7 2 445.2
2025 Q1 13,251 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 15,992 2 1 125.1
2024 Q3 17,152 0 0 0.0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 16,448 3 1 182.4
2024 Q1 14,403 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 14,083 8 1 568.1
2023 Q3 12,910 2 0 154.9
2023 Q2 12,949 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 13,171 1 0 75.9
2022 Q4 10,913 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,697 1 0 103.1
2022 Q2 9,336 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 11,218 6 1 534.9
2021 Q4 10,994 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 10,421 1 0 96.0
2021 Q2 11,086 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 11,964 1 0 83.6
2020 Q4 11,578 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 11,396 3 1 263.3
2020 Q2 11,094 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 9,839 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9,888 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 10,212 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 9,399 2 0 212.8
2019 Q1 10,688 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 10,558 2 0 189.4
2018 Q3 11,253 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 11,064 1 0 90.4
2018 Q1 10,634 4 1 376.2
2017 Q4 9,828 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 10,293 1 0 97.2
2017 Q2 10,560 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 10,070 3 0 297.9
2016 Q4 10,326 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 10,302 1 0 97.1
2016 Q2 7,980 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 7,561 2 0 264.5
2015 Q4 8,231 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,485 7 1 825.0
2015 Q2 8,725 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 8,742 6 1 686.3
2014 Q4 9,868 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 12,101 3 0 247.9
2014 Q2 14,610 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 15,371 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 17,332 3 2 173.1
2013 Q3 16,753 3 1 179.1
2013 Q2 17,703 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 14,961 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 15,839 4 2 252.5
2012 Q3 12,963 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 9,756 4 1 410.0
2012 Q1 6,944 2 1 288.0
2011 Q4 6,314 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,282 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,895 2 1 290.1
2011 Q1 7,612 3 0 394.1
2010 Q4 9,833 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,780 3 1 341.7
2010 Q2 8,552 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 7,219 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7,952 6 5 754.5
2009 Q3 2,855 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2026 · 2 incidents

July 3, 2026 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jobe Materials LP · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was struck with metal screen and fell to the ground.

February 18, 2026 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Jobe Materials LP · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Working on machine when their hand was caught in the machine.

2025 · 2 incidents

January 29, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jobe Materials LP · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Crushed finger while on a harness.