Christmas Quarry has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2022–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
44
citations
14
significant & substantial
$16,844
proposed penalties
$16,838
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
20
inspections on record
330
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: 330 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Christmas Quarry has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$7
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
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
19,817
4
0
201.8
2025 Q3
24,922
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
19,995
1
1
50.0
2025 Q1
16,091
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
15,592
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
13,558
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
11,596
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
11,452
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
9,220
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
11,419
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
12,936
3
0
231.9
2023 Q1
12,190
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
13,006
1
0
76.9
2022 Q3
12,030
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
11,277
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
11,387
2
1
175.6
2021 Q4
10,503
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
9,177
3
1
326.9
2021 Q2
8,044
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
8,518
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
8,202
8
4
975.4
2020 Q3
9,649
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
8,377
1
1
119.4
2020 Q1
7,010
1
0
142.7
2019 Q4
7,073
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
8,284
14
4
1690.0
2019 Q2
6,275
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,194
4
2
770.1
2018 Q4
4,287
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,253
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1,639
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2026 · 1 incident
February 12, 2026TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was stemming holes from a skid steer bucket with a shovel. The operator of the skid steer asked the employee to hand them something and as the operator reached to take it EE's elbow bumped the controls causing the bucket to drop. The employee's foot was pinned underneath the bucket and the employee felt a lot of pain.
2022 · 1 incident
July 6, 2022TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was attempting to dislodge a large piece of limestone material that had hung up in a corner of the rock crusher using a large pry bar when the material/rock shifted and smashed the pry bar up against the steel with EE's left hand being caught in between crushing EE's left pinky which resulted in the amputation of approximately 50% of the left pinky finger
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