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: 763 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
BASTROP PLANT has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $351 outstanding across 2 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$351
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $715 in penalties contested before the Commission, $698 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-22.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 100%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
2%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$715 proposed, $698 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2017-01-17.
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: 2025-10-28
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
28
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (28)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-10-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2025-10-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-06-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.32
0.56
Laborer, Bullgang
2024-06-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.41
0.34
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-09-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.66
0.20
Utility Man
2023-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2020-08-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2020-08-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
Lab Technician
2020-08-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2020-08-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-02-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-02-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Loader
2019-02-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-04-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2014-04-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2011-03-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2011-03-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2011-03-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-09-26
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Washer Operator
2007-09-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.58
0.33
Utility Man
2007-09-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
1.12
0.19
Utility Man
2005-07-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-07-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2005-07-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.21
0.95
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-27
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.
BASTROP PLANT recorded 7.08 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.
7.08
total case rate
7.08
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 *
7.08
7.08
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
2.95
0.00
0.000
2022 *
11.77
5.88
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
2.77
2.77
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
2
2025
10
2024
27
2023
24
2022
22
2021
21
2020
24
2019
25
2018
26
2017
26
2016
27
2015
27
2014
25
2013
22
2012
22
2011
20
2010
20
2009
21
2008
23
2007
24
2006
20
2005
21
2004
18
2003
18
2002
20
2001
17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
BASTROP PLANT sits in Bastrop County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Bastrop County, Texas · Population 102,370
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$82,730
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
1,406
1
0
711.2
2026 Q1
1,453
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
2,798
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
3,259
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
10,069
2
0
198.6
2025 Q1
12,122
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
16,067
3
0
186.7
2024 Q3
22,270
0
0
0.0
Show 93 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
22,583
8
1
354.2
2024 Q1
17,346
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
20,320
2
0
98.4
2023 Q3
16,368
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
14,050
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
17,040
3
0
176.1
2022 Q4
17,656
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
18,488
3
0
162.3
2022 Q2
16,590
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
15,252
2
0
131.1
2021 Q4
18,177
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
16,440
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
15,197
3
1
197.4
2021 Q1
14,566
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
24,812
1
0
40.3
2020 Q3
18,156
3
1
165.2
2020 Q2
18,384
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
17,486
1
0
57.2
2019 Q4
18,797
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
17,121
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
18,097
1
0
55.3
2019 Q1
20,394
2
0
98.1
2018 Q4
17,059
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
20,415
1
0
49.0
2018 Q2
17,334
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
17,457
1
0
57.3
2017 Q4
22,233
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
20,831
2
0
96.0
2017 Q2
20,979
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
21,085
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
18,890
2
1
105.9
2016 Q3
23,258
1
0
43.0
2016 Q2
18,902
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
17,411
3
2
172.3
2015 Q4
21,482
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
20,978
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
18,580
2
1
107.6
2015 Q1
18,630
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
19,974
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
19,445
2
0
102.9
2014 Q2
19,819
1
1
50.5
2014 Q1
16,278
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
19,786
1
1
50.5
2013 Q3
16,997
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
15,788
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
14,852
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
14,658
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
16,105
1
0
62.1
2012 Q2
17,454
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
16,351
1
0
61.2
2011 Q4
13,828
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
13,764
1
0
72.7
2011 Q2
12,325
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
13,699
1
0
73.0
2010 Q4
13,394
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
15,188
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
14,522
1
0
68.9
2010 Q1
10,111
1
0
98.9
2009 Q4
10,582
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
13,549
1
0
73.8
2009 Q2
14,122
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
13,923
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
12,833
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
18,916
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
15,414
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
16,293
1
0
61.4
2007 Q4
17,930
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
17,302
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
17,636
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
14,407
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
14,334
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
16,766
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
13,967
1
0
71.6
2006 Q1
16,137
2
2
123.9
2005 Q4
15,518
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
16,455
2
0
121.5
2005 Q2
13,289
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
12,732
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
15,240
2
1
131.2
2004 Q3
14,310
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
11,478
4
0
348.5
2004 Q1
11,550
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
12,343
1
1
81.0
2003 Q3
12,251
4
2
326.5
2003 Q2
11,492
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
11,668
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
12,701
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
7,443
1
1
134.4
2002 Q2
10,881
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
9,969
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
9,578
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
9,365
6
1
640.7
2001 Q2
2,671
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file
2025 · 1 incident
August 7, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metaldry screening plant operator, screen house operatorMACHINERY
Employee was moving a mobile crusher when, after hearing a pop from the tracks, a sliver of metal struck them in left cheek causing them to bleed. Witness quickly applied a nearby rag and drove them to the hospital where the metal was removed, the wound was cleaned, and stitches were applied.
2023 · 1 incident
August 24, 2023TX · Metal/Non-Metalmechanic helperDISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Employee was helping mechanic when EE began cramping. After attempting to cool employee down, employee was brought to urgent care. IV was administered by medical professionals. Diagnosis was de-hydration and over-heating.
A driver rear ended the haul unit which the injured employee was in. The driver & IE were taken to the doctor for drug screening and evaluation. IE received an anti inflammatory shot and prescribed muscle relaxers and pain killers. IE was released back to work same day with restrictions.
October 26, 2022TX · Metal/Non-Metaldry screening plant operator, screen house operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was cleaning out the crusher and attempting to free a stone with a hammer and a pry bar. A metal chip dislodged and entered in their right hip. EE was taken to the doctor who numbed them and attempted to remove the metal with a small incision of the skin and a pair of tweezers. The attempt was unsuccessful. EE later removed the metal flake on their own that night.
September 19, 2022TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was attempting to lift a clutch assembly onto the back of an engine and felt a "pop" in left shoulder. Employee was placed on restrictive duty after a doctor visit on 9/23/2022. Diagnostic testing was preformed and "articular surface partial tear" was diagnosed on 10/12/2022.
Employee was cleaning off scale. With hands full, employee slipped and fell, hearing an audible pop of the ankle. The injury began to swell and was later confirmed to be broken.
2018 · 1 incident
September 10, 2018TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Employee was clearing a blocked feeder gate with a pry bar, and as the gate was freed, his left hand fell on to the conveyor belt and a large rock dropped onto it. Employee was wearing gloves, but the impact caused pain, so he was taken to the doctor for injury determination.
2007 · 1 incident
August 7, 2007TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was using a cheater pipe and wrench to tighten bolts on dozer tracks. The pipe slipped & employee began experiencing pain in his neck the next day. He was sent to the doctor for examination when the pain he was experiencing was made known to the plant manager. Just was diagnosed as needing surgery, thus the delay in reporting.