Bowles Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal
Buffalo Concrete of Texas
· Surface
Controlled by
Augusto Huerta; Walter Huerta
Avalon,
Ellis County,
TX
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104824
Bowles Sand & Gravel has $71K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
144
citations
38
significant & substantial
$71,099
proposed penalties
$52,733
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,366 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
53
inspections on record
569
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 569 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bowles Sand & Gravel has $71K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$71K
proposed penalties
$60K
current assessed
$53K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
143 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 3,049 | 4 | 2 | 1311.9 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,741 | 5 | 0 | 1336.5 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,605 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 3,855 | 7 | 3 | 1815.8 |
| 2024 Q3 | 4,613 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 4,051 | 3 | 2 | 740.6 |
| 2024 Q1 | 4,370 | 1 | 0 | 228.8 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 3,722 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 4,415 | 2 | 0 | 453.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 5,333 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 4,559 | 3 | 0 | 658.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 4,578 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 4,896 | 6 | 1 | 1225.5 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,505 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,455 | 1 | 0 | 407.3 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,920 | 1 | 0 | 520.8 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 2,400 | 4 | 0 | 1666.7 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,880 | 5 | 1 | 1736.1 |
| 2020 Q2 | 2,400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,200 | 3 | 0 | 1363.6 |
| 2019 Q4 | 2,400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,400 | 5 | 0 | 2083.3 |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,610 | 1 | 0 | 383.1 |
| 2019 Q1 | 6,270 | 9 | 2 | 1435.4 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,880 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,664 | 8 | 3 | 3003.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 3,454 | 12 | 5 | 3474.2 |
| 2017 Q4 | 5,373 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 5,100 | 6 | 2 | 1176.5 |
| 2017 Q2 | 5,059 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 4,973 | 4 | 0 | 804.3 |
| 2016 Q4 | 6,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 7,064 | 6 | 1 | 849.4 |
| 2016 Q2 | 6,582 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 6,470 | 8 | 1 | 1236.5 |
| 2015 Q4 | 6,204 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 7,677 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 4,326 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 6,499 | 2 | 1 | 307.7 |
| 2014 Q4 | 6,778 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 5,746 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 4,057 | 7 | 3 | 1725.4 |
| 2014 Q1 | 3,360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 610 | 5 | 3 | 8196.7 |
| 2013 Q3 | 810 | 7 | 2 | 8642.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 680 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 700 | 6 | 2 | 8571.4 |
| 2012 Q4 | 734 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 650 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 289 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 192 | 3 | 1 | 15625.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 383 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 326 | 3 | 2 | 9202.5 |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,050 | 7 | 1 | 3414.6 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,090 | 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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