Mining Incidents

Cantrell Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Uvalde, Uvalde County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4105703

Cantrell Quarry has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2024–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
20
citations
1
significant & substantial
$4,033
proposed penalties
$4,033
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
7
inspections on record
108
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: 108 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cantrell Quarry has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-15.
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 4,760 8 1 1680.7
2025 Q3 3,374 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,776 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,347 2 0 1484.8
2024 Q4 495 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 726 10 0 13774.1
2024 Q2 722 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 3 incidents

October 3, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Failure of installation contractor rigging equipment allowed rotating bucketwheel assembly to strike employee's leg.

June 25, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing electrical cable terminations. As EE was cutting and peeling back the cable sheathing, EE cut EE's left hand between the left thumb and index finger. Employee was taken to Urgent Care to have wound cleaned due to fear of contamination/infection. Treating physician cleaned wound and closed cut with 3 stitches.

2024 · 1 incident

October 28, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was using a T-post driver to drive 3/4" electric metal tubing (EMT) into the ground. As EE was raising the driver, EE went too far up and the tubing came out of the driver cylinder. On the downward motion, EE missed the EMT striking EE's right index finger on the EMT while holding the driver handle. This caused an open wound and broken bone in the tip of EE's finger.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.