Mining Incidents

Cooper Quarry-East Metal/Non-Metal

Cooper Stone · Surface
Controlled by Micah Flippen
Jarrell, Williamson County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105051

Cooper Quarry-East has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 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 2014
100
citations
24
significant & substantial
$39,802
proposed penalties
$35,994
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,808 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
41
inspections on record
419
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: 419 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cooper Quarry-East has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 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.
$40K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
97 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-25.
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 7,480 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,540 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,280 1 0 159.2
2025 Q1 4,550 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,000 2 0 400.0
2024 Q3 4,980 1 1 200.8
2024 Q2 3,917 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,554 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,796 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,399 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,686 2 0 351.7
2023 Q1 5,484 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,379 8 0 1254.1
2022 Q3 7,894 7 0 886.7
2022 Q2 7,376 1 0 135.6
2022 Q1 6,742 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,910 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,479 6 2 802.2
2021 Q1 11,700 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,765 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 12,170 1 0 82.2
2017 Q3 13,860 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 13,170 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 17,127 10 3 583.9
2016 Q4 18,493 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 19,840 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 20,640 13 3 629.8
2016 Q1 21,390 22 3 1028.5
2015 Q4 13,251 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 18,461 6 3 325.0
2015 Q2 17,420 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 16,980 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 19,532 7 3 358.4
2014 Q3 22,405 1 0 44.6
2014 Q2 14,330 5 4 348.9
2014 Q1 9,750 2 1 205.1

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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