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Brazil Pit: 27 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Campbellton, Atascosa County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4104961

Brazil Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
Sep 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
27
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,334
proposed penalties
$3,881
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $453 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Far South Mining LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
29
inspections on record
266
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: 266 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Brazil Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$453
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-26.
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.
22.2%
significant & substantial
3.7%
high negligence or reckless
22.2%
reasonably likely or greater
29.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.7% low, 92.6% moderate, 3.7% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 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 2016-06-02.
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 2016-0387 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $200 → $200
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: 2016-10-05, 9 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Far South Mining LLC 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 2
2024 4
2023 6
2022 5
2021 5
2020 6
2019 5
2018 3
2017 5
2016 5
2015 7
2014 8
2013 11
2012 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Brazil Pit sits in Atascosa County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 7.1% 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.
Atascosa County, Texas · Population 50,058
7.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,413
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 1,156 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 811 2 0 2466.1
2025 Q4 1,328 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 825 1 0 1212.1
2025 Q2 175 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 615 2 0 3252.0
2024 Q4 1,007 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,353 1 0 739.1
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,287 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,996 3 1 1001.3
2023 Q4 2,206 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,572 2 1 777.6
2023 Q2 1,478 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,612 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,029 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,370 1 1 296.7
2022 Q2 2,078 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,179 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,170 2 1 921.7
2021 Q3 4,119 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,179 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,487 1 0 672.5
2020 Q4 2,290 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,939 2 1 680.5
2020 Q2 2,985 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,929 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,054 2 1 654.9
2019 Q3 3,189 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,743 1 0 364.6
2019 Q1 2,414 1 0 414.3
2018 Q4 1,219 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,564 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,405 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,556 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,627 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,250 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,133 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,150 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,613 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,533 1 0 652.3
2016 Q2 1,825 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,854 3 0 1618.1
2015 Q4 2,770 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,211 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,472 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,069 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,307 2 0 604.8
2014 Q3 4,465 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,205 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,987 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,198 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,774 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,957 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,100 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,091 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,436 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2021 · 1 incident

September 20, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Far South Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was dislodging a rock on a discharge conveyor with a 4' crowbar. When rock was freed crowbar slipped and employee cut right ring finger on the metal guard. Machine was off, locked & tagged at time of incident. Employee was wearing gloves.