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Bocanegra Stone: 28 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bocanegra Stone · Surface
Controlled by Juan Carlos Bocanegra
Goldthwaite, San Saba County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4105269

Bocanegra Stone has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $532 outstanding across 1 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 2017
28
citations
11
significant & substantial
$6,630
proposed penalties
$6,098
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $532 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
9
inspections on record
61
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: 61 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bocanegra Stone has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $532 outstanding across 1 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$532
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $977 in penalties contested before the Commission, $977 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-05-26.
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.
39.3%
significant & substantial
50.0%
high negligence or reckless
39.3%
reasonably likely or greater
32.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 50.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$977 proposed, $977 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 2019-04-23.
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
CENT 2019-0203 Settlement Bulluck 2019 $977 → $977
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Dailey Trucking & Landscape Rock 2017 to 2020
  2. Bocanegra Stone 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 2
2021 1
2020 2
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bocanegra Stone sits in San Saba County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
San Saba County, Texas · Population 5,802
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$54,855
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
2022 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 540 4 0 7407.4
2021 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 180 4 1 22222.2
2021 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2 305 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 470 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 825 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,150 1 1 869.6
2018 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 440 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 700 3 1 4285.7
2017 Q4 800 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,400 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.