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Blum Quarry: 232 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Cemex S A
Blum, Hill County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4103882

Blum Quarry has $94K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 13 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1996–2025
Latest incident
Jun 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
232
citations
84
significant & substantial
$93,661
proposed penalties
$74,463
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $19,198 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
78
inspections on record
1,264
inspection hours
18.4
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.
232 citations across 1,264 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blum Quarry has $94K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 13 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.
$94K
proposed penalties
$75K
current assessed
$74K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
224 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
Of $71K in penalties contested before the Commission, $58K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-24.
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.
37.0%
significant & substantial
20.7%
high negligence or reckless
39.2%
reasonably likely or greater
53.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.7% low, 73.6% moderate, 20.7% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 75%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 25%
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%
35%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $4K 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 2012-06-15.
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
CENT20030180M Default Barbour 2003 $20K → $20K
CENT20020189M Settlement Feldman 2003 $16K → $16K
CENT20020157M Settlement Feldman 2003 $13K → $13K
CENT20020240M Withdrawal 2003 $5K → $0
CENT20020190M Withdrawal Feldman 2003 $3K → $872
CENT20030092M Settlement Laurenson 2003 $3K → $970
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: 2023-08-08, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg16
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
Show the individual readings (23)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-08-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-08-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2023-08-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2021-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-11-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.62 10 0.06 Mechanic
2014-11-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Road Grader Operator
2009-04-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2006-05-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-05-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-05-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.74 10 0.07 Truck Driver
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.

Blum Quarry recorded 5.40 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.
5.40
total case rate
0.00
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 * 5.40 0.00 0.000
2024 * 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
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 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. Arnold Crushed Stone Inc 1996 to 2023
  2. CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 14
2025 15
2024 14
2023 10
2022 10
2021 10
2020 10
2019 10
2018 8
2017 11
2016 10
2015 7
2014 4
2013 4
2012 8
2011 10
2010 10
2009 11
2008 14
2007 13
2006 11
2005 10
2004 9
2003 11
2002 23
2001 26
2000 39
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Blum Quarry sits in Hill County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.1% 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.
Hill County, Texas · Population 36,664
2.1%
Mining share of county employment
$63,147
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 6,578 1 0 152.0
2026 Q1 7,531 2 0 265.6
2025 Q4 8,836 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,977 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,239 1 0 108.2
2025 Q1 8,014 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,587 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,470 4 0 422.4
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,514 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,758 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,940 2 1 288.2
2023 Q3 4,301 2 0 465.0
2023 Q2 6,661 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,172 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,617 5 0 1083.0
2022 Q2 4,981 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,335 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,627 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,260 1 0 190.1
2021 Q2 5,615 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,492 2 1 445.2
2020 Q4 4,926 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,726 2 0 423.2
2020 Q2 5,519 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,586 1 0 179.0
2019 Q4 4,864 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,595 3 0 536.2
2019 Q2 5,612 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,226 1 1 191.4
2018 Q4 4,008 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,731 1 0 268.0
2018 Q2 3,627 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,034 1 0 247.9
2017 Q4 4,457 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,450 12 1 2201.8
2017 Q2 6,963 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,011 3 1 427.9
2016 Q4 6,373 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,451 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,745 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,698 4 2 1081.7
2015 Q4 3,575 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,793 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,549 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 85 1 0 11764.7
2014 Q3 2,082 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,668 2 1 1199.0
2014 Q1 1,954 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,766 2 1 1132.5
2013 Q3 2,234 1 0 447.6
2013 Q2 2,128 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,117 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,587 4 3 1546.2
2012 Q3 2,901 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,598 4 4 1111.7
2012 Q1 4,313 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,967 3 1 756.2
2011 Q3 5,245 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,252 2 2 470.4
2011 Q1 6,919 3 1 433.6
2010 Q4 5,522 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,444 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,342 1 0 187.2
2010 Q1 6,644 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,086 2 0 393.2
2009 Q3 7,187 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,312 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,728 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,669 1 0 130.4
2008 Q3 9,116 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9,948 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 12,323 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 10,341 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,625 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,390 1 1 119.2
2007 Q1 8,064 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,810 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,621 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,125 6 0 738.5
2006 Q1 8,017 3 0 374.2
2005 Q4 6,478 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,519 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,833 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,173 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,317 5 0 1158.2
2004 Q3 5,626 9 1 1599.7
2004 Q2 5,603 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,460 6 1 1345.3
2003 Q4 4,653 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,887 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,739 7 3 1038.7
2003 Q1 6,586 1 1 151.8
2002 Q4 14,152 2 1 141.3
2002 Q3 14,480 23 12 1588.4
2002 Q2 14,929 30 14 2009.5
2002 Q1 14,509 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 13,285 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 14,853 1 0 67.3
2001 Q2 13,481 36 19 2670.4
2001 Q1 13,558 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 17,150 1 0 58.3
2000 Q3 17,140 24 11 1400.2
2000 Q2 20,567 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 23,983 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2025 · 1 incident

June 20, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee was shoveling material at the secondary screen when they felt pain on left forearm and noticed swelling. The initial injury occurred on 06/20/2025 but EE declined medical treatment. On 06/23/2025 asked to see a doctor and was taken to a minor emergency clinic for treatment. Diagnosed with strain of muscle left forearm and place on restrictions.

2024 · 1 incident

February 5, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Operator of a Caterpillar D6 Dozer was repositioning on a narrow strip and was looking behind them while travelling forward and ran the left track over a berm causing the dozer to fall off of a 15 foot tall highwall. The operator struck their head on something in the cab and was taken to Urgent Care. The physician asked that they be off work for two days.

2016 · 1 incident

June 15, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Arnold Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Ratliff Ready Mix was on site to pour a new pad for a screen. The truck was leaning slightly to one side. A chute started to swing toward an employee. EE did not see the chute moving in their direction. The driver said "Look Out" but it was too late. The employee was struck in the knee by the metal chute. EE's knee cap was dislocated to the side of leg. EE was taken to hospital.

2008 · 1 incident

April 11, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Arnold Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a cutting wheel on a hand held grinder to cut a piece of metal. When cutting the metal, the grinder jumped forward resulting in contact with the employee's hand. The employee was wearing all proper PPE for the task being done.

2005 · 1 incident

November 8, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arnold Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a belt. The pipe wrench slipped causing him to lose balance & footing. While attempting to regain footing he hit his head (the back of head) on a ladder. This forced his hard hat up & cut the rear of his head. The cut was about 2 inches in length requiring staples at the doctor's office.

2002 · 2 incidents

December 2, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Arnold Crushed Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WE HAD JUST REPAIRED THE LEGS ON A 50 PT CONVEYOR. REMOVED LOADER & COMEALONGS. WAS REMOVING WELD LEAD WHEN CONVEYOR COLLAPSED CRUSHING EE.

May 7, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Arnold Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by falling object

HOISTING BULK SAWED MATERIAL, A 40 LB PIECE SLUFFED OFF AND HIT HIS FOOT. WAS WEARING STEEL TOE BOOTS. HIT ABOVE ON CROWN OF FOOT.

2001 · 3 incidents

September 13, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Arnold Crushed Stone Inc · Fall onto or against objects

POURING CEMENT-EE PUSHING WHEELBARROW. TRIPPED ON WIRE MESH AND HIT HIS HEAD ON WHEELBARROW-RESULTING IN 6 STITCHES TO FOREHEAD NEAR LEFT EYE.

August 14, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arnold Crushed Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STAGING ROCK TO BE SPLIT. GOT HIS FINGER IN BETWEEN ANOTHER ROCK.

January 12, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arnold Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

REMOVING TIRES FROM CRUSHER.

1999 · 2 incidents

August 11, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arnold Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SMASHED FINGER IN SPLITTLER #I.

1996 · 1 incident

October 12, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Arnold Crushed Stone Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE SERVICING LOADER EE WAS BITTEN BY A SPIDER