Mining Incidents

BLANKENBURG PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gary Anders
LaGrange, Fayette County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4103937

BLANKENBURG PIT has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2000
59
citations
8
significant & substantial
$8,663
proposed penalties
$8,663
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
67
inspections on record
605
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: 605 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BLANKENBURG PIT has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-09.
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 1,123 1 0 890.5
2025 Q3 1,676 1 0 596.7
2025 Q2 1,676 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,546 3 1 1940.5
2024 Q4 1,630 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,583 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,935 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,807 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,368 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,680 1 0 373.1
2023 Q2 2,477 1 0 403.7
2023 Q1 2,552 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,297 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,593 1 1 385.7
2022 Q2 2,667 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,635 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,690 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,972 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,775 1 0 360.4
2021 Q1 2,606 1 1 383.7
2020 Q4 2,649 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,563 1 0 390.2
2020 Q2 2,669 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,680 1 0 373.1
2019 Q4 2,679 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,786 4 0 1435.8
2019 Q2 2,850 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,911 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,839 1 0 352.2
2018 Q3 3,370 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,112 1 0 321.3
2018 Q1 2,792 1 0 358.2
2017 Q4 3,203 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,867 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,696 1 1 370.9
2017 Q1 3,248 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,036 1 0 329.4
2016 Q3 3,144 1 0 318.1
2016 Q2 3,024 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,924 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,033 1 0 329.7
2015 Q3 3,110 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,732 1 0 366.0
2015 Q1 2,697 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,806 2 0 712.8
2014 Q3 2,705 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,615 1 0 382.4
2014 Q1 2,497 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,603 1 0 384.2
2013 Q3 2,804 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,792 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,621 1 0 381.5
2012 Q4 2,421 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,925 1 0 341.9
2012 Q2 2,835 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,721 1 0 367.5
2011 Q4 2,729 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,752 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,928 1 1 341.5
2011 Q1 2,801 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,925 2 1 683.8
2010 Q3 2,843 5 0 1758.7
2010 Q2 2,583 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,754 4 0 1452.4
2009 Q4 2,598 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,529 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,037 1 0 329.3
2009 Q1 2,987 2 0 669.6
2008 Q4 2,879 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,944 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,029 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,061 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,586 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,637 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,419 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,145 1 1 466.2
2006 Q4 2,252 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,366 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,333 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,365 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,422 4 0 1651.5
2005 Q3 2,438 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,392 4 1 1672.2
2005 Q1 2,355 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,325 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,325 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,295 1 0 435.7
2004 Q1 2,256 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,160 1 0 463.0
2003 Q3 2,184 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,810 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,158 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,028 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,586 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,602 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,328 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,601 1 0 624.6
2001 Q3 1,621 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,705 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,560 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,660 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,619 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,654 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,594 1 0 627.4

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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