Mining Incidents

Continental Quarries Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert B Teel
Florence, Shackelford County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104128

Continental Quarries Inc has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $621 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2001–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
201
citations
63
significant & substantial
$51,772
proposed penalties
$50,193
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,579 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
81
inspections on record
1,277
inspection hours
15.7
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.
201 citations across 1,277 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Continental Quarries Inc has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $621 outstanding across 4 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.
$52K
proposed penalties
$51K
current assessed
$50K
paid to date
$621
outstanding
200 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-03.
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 6,522 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,528 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8,015 4 1 499.1
2025 Q1 5,769 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,755 2 0 257.9
2024 Q3 6,624 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 8,137 1 0 122.9
2024 Q1 7,283 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 9,471 3 1 316.8
2023 Q3 9,589 2 1 208.6
2023 Q2 11,469 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,810 3 3 440.5
2022 Q4 7,981 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,432 1 0 134.6
2022 Q2 10,121 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 7,246 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,584 2 1 233.0
2021 Q3 7,633 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9,042 3 1 331.8
2021 Q1 7,374 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 9,275 6 0 646.9
2020 Q3 7,724 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,014 3 1 374.3
2020 Q1 5,711 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7,479 2 0 267.4
2019 Q3 7,970 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,128 2 2 280.6
2019 Q1 7,391 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,261 2 1 380.2
2018 Q3 8,749 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,270 4 1 483.7
2018 Q1 8,826 3 3 339.9
2017 Q4 8,384 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,952 1 1 111.7
2017 Q2 8,694 4 1 460.1
2017 Q1 9,771 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8,019 5 3 623.5
2016 Q3 8,833 2 1 226.4
2016 Q2 8,363 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 10,939 3 0 274.2
2015 Q4 8,799 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10,213 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 8,876 3 0 338.0
2015 Q1 8,519 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 8,586 2 1 232.9
2014 Q3 9,491 2 1 210.7
2014 Q2 9,340 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 6,662 1 0 150.1
2013 Q4 8,289 1 0 120.6
2013 Q3 7,776 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 9,029 5 1 553.8
2013 Q1 9,146 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 8,573 4 3 466.6
2012 Q3 8,046 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 9,095 7 1 769.7
2012 Q1 8,548 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,205 4 1 555.2
2011 Q3 7,163 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,860 5 0 728.9
2011 Q1 6,525 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,991 11 4 1573.5
2010 Q3 7,330 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,007 4 1 570.9
2010 Q1 7,105 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 8,514 11 2 1292.0
2009 Q3 2,127 1 0 470.1
2009 Q2 2,833 9 5 3176.8
2009 Q1 2,812 6 1 2133.7
2008 Q4 13,604 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 14,188 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 14,647 2 1 136.5
2008 Q1 13,894 18 4 1295.5
2007 Q4 13,850 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 15,198 3 1 197.4
2007 Q2 11,988 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 10,734 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 11,597 5 2 431.1
2006 Q3 11,125 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,807 3 1 305.9
2006 Q1 9,659 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,444 11 4 1164.8
2005 Q3 3,487 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,714 4 1 595.8
2005 Q1 5,122 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,699 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,513 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,655 2 1 1208.5
2004 Q1 4,692 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,126 2 0 390.2
2003 Q3 4,573 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,905 2 0 512.2
2003 Q1 4,956 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,101 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,303 3 2 697.2
2002 Q2 2,990 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,860 1 1 349.7
2001 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,680 1 0 595.2
2001 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,638 6 1 3663.0
2000 Q4 1,430 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,680 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,278 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2025 · 1 incident

August 5, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Continental Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was operating skid steer to dump trash bucket full of stone, bucket hit hard when coming down, piece of stone fell out and landed in employee's lap across right knee cap. Knee is swollen and has limited mobility due to swelling.

2021 · 1 incident

March 30, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was in the process of measuring stone to be chopped. Second employee moved the roller on the conveyor table of the Hydrasplit which moved the stone forward. Injured employee's left index finger was smashed between the roller and stone. The finger was busted open from the middle knuckle to the end of the finger.

2015 · 1 incident

June 3, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Chopping and stacking rock. Started having back pain and eventually pain went down leg. Could hardly walk.

2010 · 1 incident

April 26, 2010 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stacking stone on a pallet someone pushed a stone middle finger was caught between two rocks. End of finger bone was broken and nail damaged.

2009 · 1 incident

September 25, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer STRIKING OR BUMPING
Continental Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

Person was cleaning his area, stood up and bumped his head pm am overhead saw travel.

2007 · 1 incident

March 15, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Continental Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Went to step off of the concrete slab to the ground (2 inch drop) and twisted his ankle. The doctor stated that he was such a big guy that it didn't have to take much to break his foot. We finally got the M.R.I. results and they stated that it was broken.

2003 · 1 incident

2001 · 1 incident

January 17, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Continental Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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