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Bandera Pit: 106 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bandera, Bandera County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4103068

Bandera Pit has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Nov 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
106
citations
19
significant & substantial
$17,062
proposed penalties
$16,760
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Far South Mining LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
567
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: 567 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bandera Pit has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
105 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
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
7.5%
high negligence or reckless
17.9%
reasonably likely or greater
28.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.6% low, 85.8% moderate, 7.5% 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: 2015-04-22, 11 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2015-04-22 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. Dean Word Company 1981 to 1988
  2. Roger D Stevens Contractor Inc 1988 to 1999
  3. Roger D Stevens Contractor Inc 1999 to 2022
  4. Far South Mining LLC 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 9
2024 7
2023 5
2022 4
2021 5
2020 6
2019 5
2018 8
2017 6
2016 7
2015 6
2014 3
2013 4
2012 4
2011 7
2010 4
2009 4
2008 6
2007 6
2006 7
2005 5
2004 5
2003 7
2002 6
2001 7
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bandera Pit sits in Bandera County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.4% 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.
Bandera County, Texas · Population 21,589
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$69,703
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 3,920 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,031 2 1 496.2
2025 Q4 4,082 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,224 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,879 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,605 3 0 651.5
2024 Q4 3,790 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,793 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,008 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,886 2 0 693.0
2023 Q4 2,139 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,125 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,416 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,670 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,889 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,727 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,437 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 968 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 864 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 819 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 686 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 817 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 708 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 870 10 2 11494.3
2020 Q2 793 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 734 3 0 4087.2
2019 Q4 1,266 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,209 2 0 1654.3
2019 Q2 979 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,092 8 2 7326.0
2018 Q4 1,344 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 874 5 0 5720.8
2018 Q2 225 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 366 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 512 1 0 1953.1
2017 Q3 784 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 181 1 0 5524.9
2017 Q1 1,316 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,031 1 0 969.9
2016 Q3 1,560 1 0 641.0
2016 Q2 2,054 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,586 2 0 1261.0
2015 Q4 1,661 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,274 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,657 5 0 3017.5
2015 Q1 1,464 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 967 4 1 4136.5
2014 Q3 759 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 811 2 1 2466.1
2014 Q1 601 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 703 1 0 1422.5
2013 Q3 1,299 2 1 1539.6
2013 Q2 1,211 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,013 5 1 4935.8
2012 Q4 1,308 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,601 1 0 624.6
2012 Q2 2,023 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,685 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,324 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,469 1 0 223.8
2011 Q2 2,969 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,896 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,244 6 2 2673.8
2010 Q3 1,690 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,783 1 0 560.9
2010 Q1 1,727 1 0 579.0
2009 Q4 2,083 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,172 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,718 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,752 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,434 1 1 291.2
2008 Q3 4,392 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,447 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,483 13 5 5235.6
2007 Q4 2,963 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,861 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,579 5 0 1938.7
2007 Q1 1,337 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,966 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,735 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,616 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,873 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,731 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,997 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,414 7 1 2899.8
2005 Q1 1,623 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,319 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,524 4 1 1584.8
2004 Q2 1,787 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,838 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,352 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,776 4 0 2252.3
2003 Q2 4,885 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,544 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,554 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,317 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,428 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,873 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,783 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,639 1 0 610.1
2001 Q2 2,592 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,573 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,735 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,150 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,374 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,006 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

November 18, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Roger D Stevens Contractor Inc · Fall from ladders

Employee was on a ladder 3 1/2 ft off the ground, when he lost his balance and slid off of the ladder. He was taken to the medical center right away, and it was determined that he had broken hi ankle.