Continental Quarries Inc has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
206
citations
63
significant & substantial
$51,772
proposed penalties
$50,814
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $958 gap.
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.
206 citations across 1,289 inspection hours.
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: 2013-06-11.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Continental Quarries Inc has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
$51K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
200 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-03.
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.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 86%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 14%
75%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $5K 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 2017-08-23.
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.
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: 2020-09-22, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
34
samples
27
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (34)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2020-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2020-09-22
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-10-18
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-10-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
1.72
0.28
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-10-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1
1.97
0.51
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-09-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.9
1.85
0.49
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-09-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.88
0.12
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-09-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.85
1.55
0.55
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-08-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-08-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
10
0.02
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-08-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.38
10
0.04
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2014-12-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cutting Mach Operator
2014-12-17
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.38
10
0.04
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-12-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.67
0.11
Bobcat Operator
2014-12-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
1.1
0.25
Forklift Operator
2012-05-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
1.04
0.43
Forklift Operator
2012-05-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.72
1.92
0.38
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-05-16
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.5
10
0.05
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-10-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.53
0.12
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-10-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.73
1.21
0.60
Bobcat Operator
2010-10-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.97
0.10
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-04-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
1.63
0.14
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-04-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
1.49
0.23
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-07-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.51
2.56
0.20
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-07-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
10
0.02
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-07-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.59
2.9
0.20
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-07-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2007-07-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.56
0.14
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2007-07-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-10-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
1.23
0.24
Cutting Mach Operator
2003-10-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.88
0.20
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.05
0.30
Cutting Mach Helper
2003-10-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.9
1.35
0.67
Cutting Mach Helper
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.
Continental Quarries Inc recorded 7.19 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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.
7.19
total case rate
7.19
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.17 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
2025 *
7.19
7.19
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
6.13
6.13
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
14
2025
16
2024
17
2023
21
2022
21
2021
20
2020
17
2019
16
2018
17
2017
20
2016
21
2015
23
2014
22
2013
22
2012
21
2011
18
2010
16
2009
9
2008
28
2007
35
2006
26
2005
15
2004
12
2003
9
2002
9
2001
3
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Continental Quarries Inc sits in Shackelford County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 11.5% 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.
Shackelford County, Texas · Population 3,169
11.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,659
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
6,296
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
6,576
4
1
608.3
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
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
8,137
1
0
122.9
2024 Q1
7,283
0
0
0.0
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, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
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.
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.
Person was cleaning his area, stood up and bumped his head pm am overhead saw travel.
2007 · 1 incident
March 15, 2007TX · Metal/Non-Metalstone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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
May 1, 2003TX · Metal/Non-Metalbackhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS