Chocolate Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Estrada Stone
· Surface
Controlled by
Carlos Estrada Sr
San Saba,
San Saba County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104883
Chocolate Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
18
citations
1
significant & substantial
$4,119
proposed penalties
$2,141
paid to date
52% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,978 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
13
inspections on record
106
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 106 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Chocolate Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$4K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-06-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q4 | 435 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 410 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 520 | 2 | 0 | 3846.2 |
| 2015 Q1 | 470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 490 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 620 | 2 | 1 | 3225.8 |
| 2014 Q2 | 698 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 642 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q4 | 620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 642 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 681 | 1 | 0 | 1468.4 |
| 2013 Q1 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 692 | 3 | 0 | 4335.3 |
| 2012 Q3 | 509 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 950 | 2 | 0 | 2105.3 |
| 2012 Q1 | 900 | 1 | 0 | 1111.1 |
| 2011 Q4 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 860 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 720 | 7 | 0 | 9722.2 |
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.