Chico 2 Quarry has $126K in proposed MSHA penalties and $299 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
19
Years on record
2010–2024
Latest incident
Jul 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
237
citations
77
significant & substantial
$125,916
proposed penalties
$102,490
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $23,426 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.
237 citations across 1,034 inspection hours.
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: 2013-08-12.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Chico 2 Quarry has $126K in proposed MSHA penalties and $299 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.
$126K
proposed penalties
$103K
current assessed
$102K
paid to date
$299
outstanding
224 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $50K in penalties contested before the Commission, $16K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-03.
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.
11citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
9 · 82%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 9%
Still open
1 · 9%
86%
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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
69%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$50K proposed, $16K 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 2026-03-17.
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: 2021-05-06, 5 years ago
13%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz21 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2011-10-05
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
41.46
10
4.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-05-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2021-05-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2014-05-21
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Utility Man
2014-05-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2014-05-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2014-05-21
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-12-13
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
6.82
10
0.68
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-10-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.19
0.27
Utility Man
2011-10-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
1.17
0.35
Utility Man
2010-09-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.03
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-09-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2010-09-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.08
0.12
Utility Man
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.
Chico 2 Quarry 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 *
2.39
2.39
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
3.04
0.00
0.000
2019 *
7.73
2.58
0.000
2018 *
5.70
2.85
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
44
2025
36
2024
40
2023
24
2022
24
2021
25
2020
26
2019
26
2018
24
2017
38
2016
40
2015
33
2014
30
2013
15
2012
17
2011
43
2010
25
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Chico 2 Quarry sits in Wise County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 4.7% 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.
Wise County, Texas · Population 72,359
4.7%
Mining share of county employment
$89,897
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
17,579
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
19,893
6
0
301.6
2025 Q4
19,495
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
18,073
4
0
221.3
2025 Q2
15,996
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
20,730
1
0
48.2
2024 Q4
20,173
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
17,390
3
0
172.5
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
22,793
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
23,499
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
13,213
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
16,373
4
1
244.3
2023 Q2
12,600
1
0
79.4
2023 Q1
2,647
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
11,965
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
16,048
3
1
186.9
2022 Q2
18,323
3
0
163.7
2022 Q1
19,095
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
18,086
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
15,400
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
16,599
7
5
421.7
2021 Q1
18,764
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
18,073
1
1
55.3
2020 Q3
17,177
12
2
698.6
2020 Q2
17,417
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
13,179
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
21,680
2
0
92.3
2019 Q3
21,105
3
0
142.1
2019 Q2
17,927
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
16,955
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
12,947
3
1
231.7
2018 Q3
1,789
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
26,672
3
0
112.5
2018 Q1
28,758
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
33,409
6
0
179.6
2017 Q3
37,943
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
40,976
9
3
219.6
2017 Q1
33,357
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
32,913
10
4
303.8
2016 Q3
31,924
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
28,384
7
2
246.6
2016 Q1
25,537
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
29,822
6
1
201.2
2015 Q3
33,714
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
29,680
11
5
370.6
2015 Q1
27,987
7
3
250.1
2014 Q4
23,215
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
19,447
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
22,928
2
0
87.2
2014 Q1
24,444
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
16,010
8
4
499.7
2013 Q2
10,849
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
7,007
1
1
142.7
2012 Q4
7,069
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
6,832
5
1
731.9
2012 Q2
6,404
8
3
1249.2
2012 Q1
24,013
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
25,509
10
1
392.0
2011 Q3
30,075
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
20,690
15
8
725.0
2011 Q1
20,537
18
13
876.5
2010 Q4
20,624
2
1
97.0
2010 Q3
14,379
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
11,335
9
6
794.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
December 9, 2010TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanFatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee had a 2" high pressure water line blow out. Pressure of the water pushed him over handrail, causing him to fall 34 feet. Employee landed on an electrical tray, then rolled off, falling to the ground. **EE was hospitalized multiple times due to his injuries and he died on July 26, 2012**
Reportable incidents
18 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2024 · 2 incidents
July 26, 2024TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
P&K Stone LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
While servicing a tire on the left front of a WA600, the technician placed a hydraulic ram between the axle suspension assembly of the WA600 and the inside flange of the wheel. When the bead of the tire came loose from the force of the ram pushing on the flange, the ram slipped and hit the technician in the face.
March 2, 2024TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverFALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
EE was operating a haul truck, hauling clay to the dump. EE dismounted the cab of the haul truck and walked toward the excavator's work area unannounced. At this point a chunk of clay came off the face and struck the EE in question on the outer right thigh. EE was seen by company clinic and was issued work restrictions.
2020 · 1 incident
September 26, 2020TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE was changing a screen on the top west tertiary screen. EE was using a pry bar and put left foot for pressure on the pry bar to loosen the screen, while the right foot was used for balance and support behind EE. EE felt a pop in the left ankle and it began to swell up.
2019 · 3 incidents
December 17, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metalminer, prospector, necPOWERED HAULAGE
IE was helping the operator of a skid loader change the bucket. The operator blocked the bucket but the release lever jammed and they could not release the bucket. Another EE had the operator raise the bucket so EE could hit the lever with a wooden block. The lever released the bucket, then falling onto both feet of IE causing a contusion.
August 24, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
3 employees and 1 contractor were working on the freshwater pump. They uncoupled the pump from the pipe to turn the valve around when the barge started to sink on one side. The employees/contractor climbed off the barge and swam to shore. The injured employee cut L middle finger while climbing off, requiring 2 stitches.
2018 · 3 incidents
October 7, 2018TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee working under a conveyor when the electrician's pulling cable and knocked a rock off the cable tray and struck employee's hard hat. Rock punctured the hard hat and cut the back of employee's head. Employee received 4 staples in head.
June 2, 2018TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The screen bearing locked up employee was grabbing the v-belts to unlock the bearing when it came unlocked rolling their fingers in between the sheave and v-belts then employee pulled their finger out
March 16, 2018TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE was cleaning under the sand belt that feeds the tertiary and a rock fell from the belt that feeds the double screen hit ee on lower back.
2016 · 1 incident
March 16, 2016TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was cleaning a chute on the primary and a large rock fell on right foot. Employee went to the doctor on 04/06/2016 and was put on restricted duty.
February 6, 2012TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE suffered an acute internal derangement and or degernerative joint disease by twisting his knee while working on the west twin screens.
2011 · 2 incidents
October 18, 2011TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Employee was dismounting the loader at the end of his shift when stepping off last step to the ground his foot was placed on a loose rock. He twisted his ankle.
June 29, 2011TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was working on a pump. The employee was pulling on a discharge hose when he lost his footing and tripped. Employee stated he was fine and returned to work.
November 20, 2010TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was dismounting his loader and his foot missed the bottom step. He fell approximately 30 feet to the ground landing on his feet and jarring his back. The attending physician diagnosed the injury as a simple sprain and prescribed pain medication and rest. Employee was told he could return to his normal duties on his next scheduled work day.