Bristol Sand & Gravel has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $20K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2011–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
114
citations
18
significant & substantial
$38,779
proposed penalties
$18,306
paid to date
47% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,473 gap.
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: 870 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bristol Sand & Gravel has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $20K 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.
$39K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$20K
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $475 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-06.
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.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
79%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$475 proposed, $100 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 2011-06-27.
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.
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: 2024-11-19
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (24)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-11-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-11-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-11-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-11-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2023-08-23
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2023-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2021-11-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2021-11-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2021-11-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lampman
2018-08-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2018-08-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2018-08-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2014-06-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2014-06-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Oiler, Greaser
2014-06-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2009-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2009-11-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Washer Operator
2009-11-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2009-04-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
Truck Driver
2009-04-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline 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.
Bristol Sand & Gravel recorded 2.39 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.
2.39
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 *
2.39
0.00
0.000
2024 *
2.65
0.00
0.000
2023 *
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
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
29
2025
28
2024
31
2023
34
2022
28
2021
28
2020
32
2019
29
2018
30
2017
30
2016
28
2015
30
2014
22
2013
19
2012
22
2011
19
2010
17
2009
17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Bristol Sand & Gravel sits in Ellis County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Ellis County, Texas · Population 203,927
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$95,898
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
22,229
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
21,430
1
0
46.7
2025 Q4
22,858
2
0
87.5
2025 Q3
22,786
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
20,916
8
1
382.5
2025 Q1
17,251
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
20,000
2
0
100.0
2024 Q3
20,400
1
0
49.0
Show 62 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
17,660
2
0
113.3
2024 Q1
17,381
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
22,612
13
3
574.9
2023 Q3
21,244
2
0
94.1
2023 Q2
18,330
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
21,857
2
0
91.5
2022 Q4
16,677
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
22,612
1
0
44.2
2022 Q2
17,166
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
17,006
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
17,636
2
0
113.4
2021 Q3
16,972
1
1
58.9
2021 Q2
14,929
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
17,225
3
0
174.2
2020 Q4
16,673
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
18,693
2
0
107.0
2020 Q2
17,082
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
19,604
3
1
153.0
2019 Q4
20,716
2
0
96.5
2019 Q3
20,176
3
0
148.7
2019 Q2
19,980
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
20,142
4
0
198.6
2018 Q4
19,776
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
26,464
2
1
75.6
2018 Q2
23,032
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
19,418
3
1
154.5
2017 Q4
21,226
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
20,640
2
1
96.9
2017 Q2
19,426
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
18,904
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
16,243
3
1
184.7
2016 Q3
18,193
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
17,429
2
0
114.8
2016 Q1
19,693
1
0
50.8
2015 Q4
18,020
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
19,932
3
1
150.5
2015 Q2
17,387
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
20,783
1
0
48.1
2014 Q4
16,915
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
16,993
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
15,321
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
15,322
1
0
65.3
2013 Q4
10,873
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
9,584
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
9,619
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
9,039
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
14,753
2
2
135.6
2012 Q3
14,578
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
14,341
2
1
139.5
2012 Q1
11,139
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
9,455
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
10,354
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
9,976
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
8,589
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
9,716
8
0
823.4
2010 Q3
12,427
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
11,284
3
1
265.9
2010 Q1
8,395
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
8,259
1
0
121.1
2009 Q3
9,007
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
9,280
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
3,938
3
0
761.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2025 · 1 incident
October 9, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was rolling a pulley, and it fell off the pallet and when EE went to pick it up, EE's right pinkie finger got caught between the boom and the shaft. Causing a laceration needing stiches.
2024 · 1 incident
June 4, 2024TX · Metal/Non-Metalclerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of salesSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
There are four steps with handrails to enter/exit the office. When walking down the steps exiting the plant office the employee slipped on the first step losing their balance and fell backward on the steps and slid to the bottom straining their lower back. A contributing factor to the incident was the steps are wood and it had recently rained making the steps slick.
2017 · 1 incident
February 16, 2017TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was changing a take-up pulley bearing. Employee attempted to remove the sleeve and rear race by sliding it off the shaft. The sleeve got caught on the burrs at the end of the shaft. Employee's finger got caught between the race and the wing pulley bushing. This resulted in the finger tip being broken and a laceration.
2013 · 1 incident
June 14, 2013TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While attempting to clear a blockage in a discharge line the employee fell to the same level injuring his right shoulder. Employee did not request medical attention until 7/30/13. Employee was schedule for MRI on 8/28/13 and had surgery on 9/10/13. Employee performed normal work duties until 9/10/13. Lost time began on 9/11/13. Torn rotator cup.
CUSTOMER TRUCK DRIVER DROVE INTO POND AFTER DYING OF NATURAL CAUSES.
2011 · 1 incident
April 8, 2011TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Mechanic was getting gear from underneath dozer. Gear flipped causing gear to catch his finger between gear and concrete floor, causing cut to finger requiring stitches.
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