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CHAPMAN PIT: 187 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William Clay Coleman
Leakey, Uvalde County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104250

CHAPMAN PIT has $140K in proposed MSHA penalties and $71K outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2002–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
187
citations
44
significant & substantial
$139,653
proposed penalties
$65,440
paid to date
47% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $74,213 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See South Texas Aggregates, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
75
inspections on record
856
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: 856 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2013-02-28.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

CHAPMAN PIT has $140K in proposed MSHA penalties and $71K outstanding across 9 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.
$140K
proposed penalties
$137K
current assessed
$65K
paid to date
$71K
outstanding
182 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-01.
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.
24.2%
significant & substantial
14.8%
high negligence or reckless
24.2%
reasonably likely or greater
40.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.7% low, 82.4% moderate, 14.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
14 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Settled 13 · 93%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 7%
38%
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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
67%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K 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 2019-04-23.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2014-0606 Withdrawal Lesnick 2015 $3K → $0
CENT 2012-798M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $2K → $100
CENT 2019-0201 Settlement Bulluck 2019 $2K → $960
CENT 2013-507M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $764 → $764
CENT 2012-362M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $334 → $100
CENT 2017-0285 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $314 → $232
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2021-07-14, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-07-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-01-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 2.26 0.24 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-01-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-01-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.89 Utility Man
2009-01-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.8 2.71 0.30 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-04-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.8 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-05-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Front-end Loader 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.

CHAPMAN PIT recorded 18.30 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.
18.30
total case rate
9.15
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 * 18.30 9.15 0.000
2024 * 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. South Texas Aggregates, Inc. 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 8
2024 10
2023 11
2022 9
2021 10
2020 9
2019 9
2018 9
2017 9
2016 9
2015 8
2014 8
2013 12
2012 8
2011 8
2010 8
2009 8
2008 10
2007 8
2006 6
2005 8
2004 9
2003 8
2002 4
2001 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CHAPMAN PIT sits in Uvalde County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Uvalde County, Texas · Population 24,810
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$57,849
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 4,949 7 1 1414.4
2026 Q1 6,405 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,693 25 12 4391.4
2025 Q3 5,552 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,094 5 0 981.5
2025 Q1 5,514 7 2 1269.5
2024 Q4 5,122 1 0 195.2
2024 Q3 4,977 14 3 2812.9
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,577 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,345 13 3 1557.8
2023 Q4 7,957 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,997 6 1 750.3
2023 Q2 7,918 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8,077 6 4 742.9
2022 Q4 8,670 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,310 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,964 6 2 861.6
2022 Q1 7,107 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,190 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,825 1 0 171.7
2021 Q2 6,764 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,292 1 0 158.9
2020 Q4 7,058 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,330 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,216 4 2 554.3
2020 Q1 6,898 1 0 145.0
2019 Q4 6,594 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,985 1 0 167.1
2019 Q2 6,118 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,736 6 0 890.7
2018 Q4 6,033 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,100 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,936 3 0 505.4
2018 Q1 6,207 4 0 644.4
2017 Q4 6,481 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,528 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,655 7 0 1051.8
2017 Q1 7,041 6 1 852.2
2016 Q4 7,195 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,568 5 0 761.3
2016 Q2 6,220 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,911 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,072 2 1 329.4
2015 Q3 5,113 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,311 2 0 376.6
2015 Q1 5,010 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,416 3 1 553.9
2014 Q3 6,292 1 0 158.9
2014 Q2 6,554 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 6,482 2 0 308.5
2013 Q4 7,926 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,999 3 1 428.6
2013 Q2 11,422 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,422 9 1 1401.4
2012 Q4 6,061 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,892 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,977 3 2 602.8
2012 Q1 5,219 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,458 4 0 732.9
2011 Q3 5,052 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,259 1 0 190.2
2011 Q1 5,743 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,058 1 0 197.7
2010 Q3 5,484 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,501 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,115 1 0 195.5
2009 Q4 4,918 3 1 610.0
2009 Q3 5,234 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,609 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,460 4 2 896.9
2008 Q4 5,997 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 10,303 2 0 194.1
2008 Q2 5,067 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,231 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,505 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,360 1 0 229.4
2007 Q2 4,901 3 0 612.1
2007 Q1 4,577 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,308 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,538 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,620 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,845 2 1 520.2
2005 Q4 3,935 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,417 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,965 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,089 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,676 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,014 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,123 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,274 1 0 137.5
2003 Q4 6,955 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 9,101 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,752 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,969 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,855 2 1 411.9
2002 Q3 3,698 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,391 1 0 418.2
2002 Q1 1,343 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 670 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 1,467 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,919 6 2 2055.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

November 18, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
South Texas Aggregates, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was cutting an all-thread bolt with a handheld grinder. The grinder kicked back and cut them on the left leg above the knee. Employee was check by a medical professional and returned back to work that same day.

May 26, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Texas Aggregates, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Supervisor decided to help out EE's crew with shoveling under the crusher for about 20 minutes. EE felt some tension on EE's lower back but did not think much of it. The next morning on 05/27/2025 EE decided to rest it off because EE felt pain. EE refused medical attention stating that it would go away with rest.

2017 · 2 incidents

March 6, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Texas Aggregates, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE cut right hand, second finger from the thumb, underside of finger. EE was pulling a screen out of the back of a pickup. The screen got lodged in the bed of the truck while EE was pulling on it. There were no witness'. EE drove self to the Uvalde Memorial Hospital where EE received stitches and a Tetanus shot.

February 14, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
South Texas Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Worker had replaced dull utility knife blade with new one. Secured conveyor belt was being cut when towards the last portion of the conveyor belt the knife slipped and cut right thumb on right hand.

2015 · 1 incident

October 21, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor OTHER
South Texas Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A fight with 2 trk drvs,3 miners/Heated words exchanged/supervisor attempted to resolve situation/escalated when driver and another mine employee arrived/miners attacked with hammer & scraper/mine employees all refused medical treatment/One driver 5 stitches/other driver possible wrist fracture/both treated and released/Cops conducting an ongoing assult investg.

2013 · 1 incident

March 18, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
South Texas Aggregates, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

As per EE: He was assisting Plant Mgr. in scaling of the wall. EE moved from one position to another to get a better view of Plant Mgr. EE said that when he looked up, he became dizzy and fell.

2006 · 2 incidents

June 7, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Texas Aggregates, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee removing rock from screen and caught his finger between belt & rock

May 31, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
South Texas Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee operating loader too close to crusher, rock came out of crusher, went through loader side opening and hit employee in face.

2005 · 1 incident

January 8, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
South Texas Aggregates, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee put hand too close to crusher motor and cut finger.

2004 · 1 incident

October 25, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
South Texas Aggregates, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee on top of conveyor belt cleaning it, conveyor rolled backward and caught his left leg under belt, rubbing the leg.

2003 · 1 incident

February 20, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Texas Aggregates, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING LIFT A CRUSHER HAMMER, POSSIBLE ABDOMINAL STRAIN.

2002 · 2 incidents

January 4, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
South Texas Aggregates, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING DRILL BIT AND USED THE FORCE OF THE DRILL TO INSERT THE BIT, CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BY THE MOVING BIT. CAUSED HIS FINGER TO BE CRUSHED.