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Clements Quarry: 155 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Randall D Smith
Roscoe, Mitchell County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4104398

Clements Quarry has $82K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Oct 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
155
citations
40
significant & substantial
$82,392
proposed penalties
$54,790
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $27,602 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See West Texas Rock Resources, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
58
inspections on record
696
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: 696 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: 2012-04-10.
On record since 2012.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Clements Quarry has $82K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 7 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.
$82K
proposed penalties
$55K
current assessed
$55K
paid to date
$453
outstanding
153 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $58K in penalties contested before the Commission, $30K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-10.
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.
26.1%
significant & substantial
7.8%
high negligence or reckless
26.1%
reasonably likely or greater
35.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 80.4% moderate, 7.8% 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.
62 citations taken to the federal commission · 40% of citations on record
  • Settled 60 · 97%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 2%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 2%
80%
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 20 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$58K proposed, $30K 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 2015-05-27.
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 2010-1315M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $23K → $8K
CENT 2013-127M Settlement Manning 2013 $17K → $10K
CENT 2009-406M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $11K → $7K
CENT 2015-0442 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $2K → $2K
CENT 2013-128M Settlement Manning 2013 $2K → $1K
CENT 2014-0576 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $1K → $1K
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: 2024-05-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Arsenic fumes3
  • Beryllium fumes3
Show the individual readings (55)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2024-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-14 Manganese fumes 0.18 5 0.04 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Iron oxide fumes 0.7 20 0.04 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Lead fumes 11.96 450 0.03 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.29 2.19 0.59 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2011-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.96 3.2 0.61 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Iron oxide fumes 1.13 20 0.06 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Lead fumes 23.92 450 0.05 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.05 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Manganese fumes 0.29 5 0.06 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Iron oxide fumes 0.27 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.06 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Manganese fumes 0.06 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-04-14 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 3.19 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2008-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 2.5 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 2.57 0.29 Backhoe 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.

Clements Quarry recorded 9.55 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.

Injury rate, 2014
ⓘ 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.
9.55
total case rate
9.55
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.81 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
2014 * 9.55 9.55 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 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. Nobles Road Construction, Inc. 2003 to 2007
  2. West Texas Rock Resources, LLC 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 0
2024 3
2023 2
2022 3
2021 6
2020 7
2019 6
2018 4
2017 6
2016 5
2015 6
2014 9
2013 11
2012 9
2011 8
2010 5
2009 8
2008 12
2007 8
2003 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Clements Quarry sits in Mitchell County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 9.1% 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.
Mitchell County, Texas · Population 8,989
9.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,033
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 1,342 3 0 2235.5
2026 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 663 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,029 0 0 0.0
Show 73 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,331 2 0 858.0
2024 Q1 1,878 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,954 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,108 2 1 1805.1
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 170 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,719 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,918 1 0 342.7
2021 Q4 3,553 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,614 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,130 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,881 1 1 347.1
2020 Q4 3,912 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,121 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,395 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,013 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,745 2 0 421.5
2019 Q3 3,882 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,138 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,117 5 3 1604.1
2018 Q4 1,281 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 3,027 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,307 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,551 4 2 1568.0
2017 Q3 4,000 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,752 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,709 1 1 369.1
2016 Q4 3,913 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,306 5 1 1512.4
2016 Q2 2,580 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,053 1 0 949.7
2015 Q4 2,513 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,199 3 1 714.5
2015 Q2 3,423 1 0 292.1
2015 Q1 3,759 3 2 798.1
2014 Q4 4,475 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,118 3 0 586.2
2014 Q2 6,471 11 4 1699.9
2014 Q1 4,876 6 1 1230.5
2013 Q4 5,310 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,800 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 8,693 7 4 805.2
2013 Q1 6,912 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,408 4 1 624.2
2012 Q3 6,030 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,904 3 1 611.7
2012 Q1 2,939 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,822 4 0 687.0
2011 Q3 4,337 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,255 1 0 307.2
2011 Q1 3,058 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,498 1 0 400.3
2010 Q3 1,688 5 1 2962.1
2010 Q2 2,011 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,381 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,721 8 5 2940.1
2009 Q3 3,396 2 2 588.9
2009 Q2 3,613 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,062 15 1 3692.8
2008 Q4 5,434 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,979 25 4 3133.2
2008 Q2 8,841 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,181 16 2 2228.1
2007 Q4 4,615 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,280 5 2 947.0
2007 Q2 4,119 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,713 5 0 1346.6
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 2,213 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

October 16, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Texas Rock Resources, LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was attempting to grease feeder bearings on Pioneer crusher and fell.