Mining Incidents

Black Rock Ranch Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

BC Materials, LLC · Surface
Controlled by John Miller; Wade Miller
Lometa, Lampasas County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105514

Black Rock Ranch Quarry has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 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 2021
39
citations
9
significant & substantial
$10,822
proposed penalties
$6,742
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,080 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
17
inspections on record
247
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: 247 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Black Rock Ranch Quarry has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 10,875 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 11,927 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 10,724 3 0 279.7
2025 Q1 9,673 3 0 310.1
2024 Q4 10,136 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 11,829 7 3 591.8
2024 Q2 9,429 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,430 0 0 0.0
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 9,437 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,806 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 11,104 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 9,858 4 0 405.8
2022 Q4 9,893 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,127 2 1 280.6
2022 Q2 7,661 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,627 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,593 2 1 232.7
2021 Q3 10,364 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 8,453 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,752 5 1 869.3
2020 Q4 3,452 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 685 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.

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