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: 857 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: 2021-02-10.
On record since 2021.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
CR 239 Quarry has $80K in proposed MSHA penalties and $225 outstanding across 5 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.
$80K
proposed penalties
$57K
current assessed
$56K
paid to date
$225
outstanding
173 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $39K in penalties contested before the Commission, $16K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
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.
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.
9citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 67%
Stood as issued
3 · 33%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
60%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$39K proposed, $16K 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 2024-05-16.
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: 2025-06-05
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz8
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-06-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Cleanup Man
2025-06-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Building Repair/Maint.
2021-09-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2021-09-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2021-09-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-03-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2017-03-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Screen/Scalper Operator
2017-03-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Cleanup Man
2017-03-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-11-03
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.72
10
0.17
Scraper Operator
2011-11-03
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-11-03
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.45
10
0.15
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-04-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.51
10
0.05
Utility Man
2009-04-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.8
10
0.08
Utility Man
2009-04-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.24
10
0.12
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
CR 239 Quarry recorded 2.58 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.
2.58
total case rate
2.58
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 *
2.58
2.58
0.000
2024 *
3.44
3.44
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
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
41
2025
34
2024
25
2023
26
2022
26
2021
24
2020
23
2019
22
2018
16
2017
14
2016
13
2015
16
2014
16
2013
11
2012
9
2011
9
2010
7
2009
9
2008
13
2007
13
2006
16
2005
14
2004
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
CR 239 Quarry sits in Williamson County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Williamson County, Texas · Population 643,889
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$108,309
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
24,774
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
23,815
6
0
251.9
2025 Q4
21,278
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
21,080
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
17,531
4
0
228.2
2025 Q1
17,508
5
1
285.6
2024 Q4
15,943
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
15,608
4
0
256.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
13,984
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
12,614
16
4
1268.4
2023 Q4
15,015
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
14,953
2
0
133.8
2023 Q2
14,548
3
0
206.2
2023 Q1
13,777
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
13,510
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
13,316
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
15,512
3
1
193.4
2022 Q1
16,526
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
14,296
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
12,533
2
0
159.6
2021 Q2
10,998
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
10,503
6
1
571.3
2020 Q4
13,335
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
14,659
4
3
272.9
2020 Q2
13,427
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
14,197
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
13,342
3
1
224.9
2019 Q3
14,563
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
13,342
2
1
149.9
2019 Q1
11,091
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
7,505
3
0
399.7
2018 Q3
10,299
6
2
582.6
2018 Q2
9,702
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
9,406
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
9,788
3
1
306.5
2017 Q3
8,392
1
1
119.2
2017 Q2
8,761
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
7,639
2
1
261.8
2016 Q4
7,254
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
7,161
4
2
558.6
2016 Q2
6,218
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
6,029
4
0
663.5
2015 Q4
6,968
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
7,932
1
0
126.1
2015 Q2
8,556
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
10,224
1
0
97.8
2014 Q4
10,780
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
10,536
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
9,114
2
0
219.4
2014 Q1
7,893
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
5,884
2
0
339.9
2013 Q3
6,585
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
5,156
6
1
1163.7
2013 Q1
5,717
3
0
524.8
2012 Q3
5,216
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
4,723
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
4,859
14
2
2881.3
2011 Q3
4,254
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
5,512
1
0
181.4
2010 Q4
5,656
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
4,955
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2,107
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,044
3
1
2873.6
2009 Q4
1,727
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
7,181
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
6,788
5
2
736.6
2009 Q1
6,449
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
6,464
2
1
309.4
2008 Q3
9,880
3
0
303.6
2008 Q2
10,235
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
7,621
2
0
262.4
2007 Q4
9,865
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
9,005
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
7,902
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
10,784
3
1
278.2
2006 Q4
10,621
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
11,018
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
13,537
8
4
591.0
2006 Q1
13,416
6
2
447.2
2005 Q4
14,605
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
11,743
8
1
681.3
2005 Q2
9,181
6
2
653.5
2005 Q1
6,647
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,833
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,892
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,363
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2025 · 1 incident
November 18, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was using an 8-10 lbs. hammer to assist with the removal of a tooth off a loader bucket. A piece of the tooth broke off, roughly 2-3 mm in size, and struck the employee on the back lower side of EE's right leg.
2024 · 1 incident
October 31, 2024TX · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
On October 31, 2024, at approximately 2:25 PM miners were positioning a new conveyor on site, two welds on the conveyor snapped and the conveyor folded contacting a miner as EE was in position to put the locking pins in place.
2016 · 1 incident
June 15, 2016TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee guiding wires on a control panel suspended from a boom truck. The control panel tilted knocking the employee to the ground straining his back and shoulder.
September 20, 2005TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY