Mining Incidents

Columbus Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ruben Salinas Sr
Columbus, Tx, Colorado County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4105233

Columbus Sand & Gravel has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
69
citations
19
significant & substantial
$34,570
proposed penalties
$30,225
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,345 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
25
inspections on record
315
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: 315 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Columbus Sand & Gravel has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-20.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 1,664 1 0 601.0
2024 Q4 8,262 1 0 121.0
2024 Q3 8,194 9 3 1098.4
2024 Q2 9,479 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,629 8 3 927.1
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 7,487 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,675 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,849 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8,475 1 0 118.0
2022 Q4 8,100 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,293 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,196 2 2 217.5
2022 Q1 8,927 4 2 448.1
2021 Q4 10,155 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 10,073 7 1 694.9
2021 Q2 9,146 3 1 328.0
2021 Q1 10,100 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 9,149 2 1 218.6
2020 Q3 5,344 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,865 2 1 411.1
2020 Q1 5,372 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,629 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,802 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,682 2 0 427.2
2019 Q1 3,762 3 0 797.4
2018 Q4 2,845 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,491 11 2 2449.3
2018 Q2 4,313 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,119 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,642 5 0 1372.9
2017 Q2 5,239 4 2 763.5

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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