Mining Incidents

Bronte Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Basin Rock Products · Surface
Controlled by Jeffrey M Stratton
Midland, Glasscock County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4105715

Bronte Pit has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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 2024
22
citations
4
significant & substantial
$8,276
proposed penalties
$3,979
paid to date
48% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,297 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
5
inspections on record
41
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: 41 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bronte Pit has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 2,160 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,204 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,588 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,426 7 1 2043.2
2024 Q4 1,597 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,819 12 2 6597.0
2024 Q2 1,700 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,735 0 0 0.0
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,460 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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