Mining Incidents

Champion Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jesus Espinoza
Florence, Williamson County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104314

Champion Pit has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 0 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 2001
174
citations
48
significant & substantial
$45,117
proposed penalties
$31,882
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,235 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
71
inspections on record
705
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: 705 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Champion Pit has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 0 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.
$45K
proposed penalties
$45K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$13K
outstanding
170 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-25.
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 2,150 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,332 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,199 1 0 454.8
2025 Q1 2,194 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,059 2 0 971.3
2024 Q3 2,177 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,179 3 1 1376.8
2024 Q1 2,125 0 0 0.0
Show 88 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,121 10 0 4714.8
2023 Q3 2,256 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,980 1 0 505.1
2023 Q1 2,000 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,996 6 2 3006.0
2022 Q3 1,500 4 1 2666.7
2022 Q2 1,500 4 2 2666.7
2022 Q1 1,500 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,500 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,500 1 0 666.7
2021 Q1 1,500 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 540 1 1 1851.9
2020 Q3 1,680 1 0 595.2
2020 Q2 1,536 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,500 4 0 2666.7
2019 Q4 1,680 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,680 3 3 1785.7
2019 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,980 2 0 1010.1
2018 Q4 1,980 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,980 2 0 1010.1
2018 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,980 2 1 1010.1
2017 Q4 1,980 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,980 3 1 1515.2
2017 Q2 1,980 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,448 2 1 817.0
2016 Q4 1,392 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,392 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,880 5 1 1736.1
2016 Q1 3,832 2 1 521.9
2015 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,300 3 0 697.7
2015 Q2 3,780 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,780 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,120 3 1 961.5
2014 Q3 3,390 3 3 885.0
2014 Q2 4,680 6 6 1282.1
2014 Q1 4,260 3 0 704.2
2013 Q4 3,360 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,940 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,440 3 1 675.7
2013 Q1 3,450 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,750 3 2 1090.9
2012 Q3 3,612 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,780 3 1 793.7
2012 Q1 2,700 4 1 1481.5
2011 Q4 4,080 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,920 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,940 5 3 1700.7
2011 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,470 9 1 3643.7
2010 Q3 5,580 3 0 537.6
2010 Q2 3,180 6 1 1886.8
2010 Q1 4,185 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,660 5 2 1366.1
2009 Q3 3,660 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,102 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,685 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,863 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,496 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,581 1 0 179.2
2008 Q1 3,360 2 0 595.2
2007 Q4 3,360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,880 1 0 347.2
2006 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,400 1 0 416.7
2005 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 450 1 1 2222.2
2004 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,880 1 0 347.2
2004 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 672 5 0 7440.5
2003 Q4 1,920 1 0 520.8
2003 Q3 1,920 2 0 1041.7
2003 Q2 1,920 4 0 2083.3
2003 Q1 1,920 4 0 2083.3
2002 Q4 1,820 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,920 9 2 4687.5
2002 Q2 1,920 1 1 520.8
2002 Q1 1,920 8 0 4166.7
2001 Q4 720 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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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.