Cedar Creek Stone Co Ltd has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2000–2026
Latest incident
Mar 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
125
citations
24
significant & substantial
$20,402
proposed penalties
$18,026
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,376 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.
125 citations across 1,144 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cedar Creek Stone Co Ltd has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
124 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-04.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 60%
Stood as issued
2 · 40%
67%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
41%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $3K 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 2024-07-17.
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: 2020-10-14, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (24)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2020-10-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2020-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2014-10-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2012-10-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2012-10-10
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.29
10
0.03
Utility Man
2012-10-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Oiler, Greaser
2010-03-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
1.65
0.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-03-03
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Bobcat Operator
2010-03-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.5
Hydrating Plant Operator
2008-09-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Jackhammer Operator
2008-09-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-11-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.87
0.12
Truck Driver
2001-11-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2001-11-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
2.62
0.21
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-11-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.51
0.11
Backhoe Operator
2000-08-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
2.84
0.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-23
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
10
0.03
Scraper Operator
2000-08-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
0.82
0.51
Truck Driver
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.
Cedar Creek Stone Co Ltd recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below 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 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
4.91
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
12
2025
15
2024
14
2023
16
2022
18
2021
23
2020
22
2019
25
2018
24
2017
17
2016
15
2015
13
2014
12
2013
13
2012
16
2011
18
2010
20
2009
18
2008
17
2007
18
2006
20
2005
19
2004
17
2003
16
2002
17
2001
13
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cedar Creek Stone Co Ltd sits in Limestone County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Limestone County, Texas · Population 22,185
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$58,109
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
8,488
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
7,350
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
8,891
3
0
337.4
2025 Q3
10,374
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
10,857
1
0
92.1
2025 Q1
10,131
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
9,747
1
0
102.6
2024 Q3
10,134
0
0
0.0
Show 97 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
9,935
3
0
302.0
2024 Q1
9,236
3
0
324.8
2023 Q4
9,785
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
9,997
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
10,724
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
10,238
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
10,487
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
11,340
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
11,194
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
10,432
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
12,598
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
12,864
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
13,961
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
11,590
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
12,241
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
13,711
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
13,986
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
12,406
1
1
80.6
2019 Q4
11,712
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
12,048
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
12,265
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
13,318
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
9,748
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
11,949
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
12,134
1
0
82.4
2018 Q1
13,098
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
12,973
2
0
154.2
2017 Q3
12,134
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
11,744
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
10,693
6
3
561.1
2016 Q4
10,760
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
11,279
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
10,173
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
3,579
3
0
838.2
2015 Q4
10,272
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
8,804
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
10,924
4
0
366.2
2015 Q1
10,015
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
11,528
3
1
260.2
2014 Q3
10,981
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
11,102
2
1
180.1
2014 Q1
9,758
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
9,178
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
9,973
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
10,865
4
1
368.2
2013 Q1
9,165
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
8,613
1
0
116.1
2012 Q3
11,562
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
12,708
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
8,301
2
1
240.9
2011 Q4
9,344
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
14,018
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
14,202
4
1
281.7
2011 Q1
11,916
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
12,689
5
2
394.0
2010 Q3
13,956
7
2
501.6
2010 Q2
12,265
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
16,212
6
1
370.1
2009 Q4
12,650
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
14,343
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
13,621
3
1
220.2
2009 Q1
14,424
1
0
69.3
2008 Q4
14,670
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
14,520
3
0
206.6
2008 Q2
14,826
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
13,843
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
13,414
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
13,004
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
14,414
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
13,439
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
13,061
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
15,379
2
0
130.0
2006 Q2
17,963
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
14,786
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
15,523
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
19,152
9
1
469.9
2005 Q2
15,306
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
13,041
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
11,886
2
0
168.3
2004 Q3
12,918
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
11,499
2
0
173.9
2004 Q1
10,998
1
0
90.9
2003 Q4
12,046
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
11,309
1
1
88.4
2003 Q2
10,847
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
11,704
3
0
256.3
2002 Q4
10,116
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
11,600
4
0
344.8
2002 Q2
7,869
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
11,082
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
10,997
10
2
909.3
2001 Q3
11,052
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
9,652
11
1
1139.7
2001 Q1
6,702
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,383
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
9,743
7
3
718.5
2000 Q2
5,249
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
15 on file
2026 · 1 incident
March 4, 2026TX · Metal/Non-Metalball/rod/pebble/hand/limestone/dry mill operator, roller operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was performing maintenance on sand screw when employee slipped; while attempting to catch himself put his hand between the sand screw and a skid steer rake causing his finger to be lacerated and crushed, and subsequently partially amputated.
2012 · 1 incident
February 6, 2012TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
When getting down from trackhoe after filling up the greaser, he slipped on some grease and landed on his right shoulder. Fall resulted in dislocation of right shoulder.
2010 · 1 incident
June 19, 2010TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Operator of skid steer loader had his foot sticking outside the cage and brought boom down onto his foot. Pinched his foot (no broken bones). He has been told to not work for 7 days.
2009 · 2 incidents
May 9, 2009TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
While replacing a blowbar on crusher, they were using a hammer to knock blowbar loose. A metal shard from blowbar hit employee in the leg and made penetrating wound. Metal was removed and wound sutures were required
March 16, 2009TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While climbing into Volvo 360 trackhoe, he indicates his foot slipped out from under him and pulled a muscle in his back. He did not fall or hit anything. Did not report the event until 6:30 p.m. that night and refused any medical treatment. On Monday (3-23-09) said back still hurting and wanted to go Dr. Dr. said it was strained muscle.
2007 · 2 incidents
September 6, 2007TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanELECTRICAL
EE gave conflicting story; however, I believe he tripped breaker with door open and was shocked. No evidence of electrical burns or damage. All tests at hospital showed not damage.
April 12, 2007TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was removing blow bar from crusher unit using a small hammer to dislodge blowbar. A small piece of the blow broke loose and lodged in his arm. We took the employee to clinic to remove fragment. Injury will required a few stitches. No loss of function of arm.
2005 · 1 incident
August 31, 2005TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
2 EMPLOYEES WERE REINSTALLING A PIN INTO RAIL ON DOZER TRACKS. ONE EE STRUCK THE PIN WITH HAMMER & IT FLEW OUT OF HOLE & HIT INJURED ON THE SAFETY GLASSES. GLASSES CUT EE ABOVE EYE.