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Chico Quarry: 65 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Bridgeport, Wise County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104646

Chico Quarry has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2009–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
65
citations
12
significant & substantial
$9,952
proposed penalties
$9,952
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
46
inspections on record
840
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: 840 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Chico Quarry has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-02.
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.
18.5%
significant & substantial
1.5%
high negligence or reckless
18.5%
reasonably likely or greater
43.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.3% low, 66.2% moderate, 1.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-02-12
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (19)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2020-09-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Utility Man
2018-06-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Truck Driver
2018-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Utility Man
2014-04-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2014-04-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.91 0.30 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-04-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.74 0.09 Truck Driver
2011-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2011-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.42 0.10 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 0.94 0.46 Truck Driver
2009-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.69 0.11 Truck Driver
2009-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

Chico 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 * 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 * 3.50 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. Chico Limestone Inc 2007 to 2016
  2. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 27
2025 27
2024 28
2023 25
2022 22
2021 21
2020 21
2019 23
2018 21
2017 22
2016 28
2015 28
2014 28
2013 28
2012 26
2011 25
2010 26
2009 27
2008 26
2007 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Chico 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 17,825 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 14,671 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 14,981 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 16,240 1 0 61.6
2025 Q2 14,037 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 13,356 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 16,114 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 16,403 1 0 61.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 17,487 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 19,015 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 16,166 1 0 61.9
2023 Q3 17,499 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 17,366 2 0 115.2
2023 Q1 15,940 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 13,085 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 14,329 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 13,975 1 0 71.6
2022 Q1 12,624 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 13,009 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 14,202 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 12,771 1 0 78.3
2021 Q1 12,638 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 12,948 4 1 308.9
2020 Q3 12,237 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 11,975 1 0 83.5
2020 Q1 14,505 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 15,090 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 14,367 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 13,791 1 0 72.5
2019 Q1 13,926 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 11,806 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 12,636 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 12,485 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 13,213 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 14,645 2 0 136.6
2017 Q3 14,506 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 12,861 1 0 77.8
2017 Q1 12,521 3 2 239.6
2016 Q4 5,541 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 17,812 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 19,142 2 0 104.5
2016 Q1 19,320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 18,119 2 1 110.4
2015 Q3 20,195 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 16,976 1 0 58.9
2015 Q1 21,429 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 18,609 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 16,992 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 17,586 2 0 113.7
2014 Q1 14,836 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 15,651 1 1 63.9
2013 Q3 14,236 8 2 562.0
2013 Q2 16,439 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 16,680 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 14,840 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 15,492 6 2 387.3
2012 Q2 15,566 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 14,511 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 13,628 1 0 73.4
2011 Q3 13,790 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 14,585 1 0 68.6
2011 Q1 14,233 7 2 491.8
2010 Q4 14,507 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 14,448 2 1 138.4
2010 Q2 15,677 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 15,649 5 0 319.5
2009 Q4 16,638 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 16,932 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 15,953 2 0 125.4
2009 Q1 14,488 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 16,662 1 0 60.0
2008 Q3 15,119 1 0 66.1
2008 Q2 16,618 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 9,792 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 10,381 1 0 96.3
2007 Q3 5,142 1 0 194.5
2007 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,928 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

May 21, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Air conditioner had a major failure and leaked freon fumes into cab of drill for four hours before driller started noticing symptoms. ER was decided upon. Return to work given after 2 days rest. Air conditioner was completely gone over and rebuilt.

2019 · 1 incident

October 15, 2019 TX · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was putting samples into the shaker machine and felt pop in lower back. EE was placed on restricted duty.

2013 · 1 incident

2009 · 1 incident

June 23, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Chico Limestone Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Owner/Operator Customer weighed loaded truck at office scales & parked truck off scales. He came in office, signed weigh ticket, walked back to truck. After tarping trailer, apparently dies of a heart attack. Continuous conversations with MSHA about the death.