Del Rio Pit & Plant #87 has $36K 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
14
Years on record
1985–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
156
citations
31
significant & substantial
$35,863
proposed penalties
$33,075
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,788 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.
Rate withheld: 688 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: 2024-06-26.
On record since 2024.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Del Rio Pit & Plant #87 has $36K 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.
$36K
proposed penalties
$33K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
152 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $705 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-14.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
80%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $705 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 2010-07-13.
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: 2024-10-30
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-10-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Building Repair/Maint.
2024-10-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
Mechanic
2022-06-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-06-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Utility Man
2022-06-22
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2010-03-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dump Operator
2010-03-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dump Operator
2010-03-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2007-08-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.62
0.39
Truck Driver
2007-08-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2007-08-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Del Rio Pit & Plant #87 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.88 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
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
9.59
9.59
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
7
2025
7
2024
7
2023
7
2022
6
2021
6
2020
6
2019
6
2018
5
2017
4
2016
5
2015
4
2014
3
2013
5
2012
7
2011
5
2010
6
2009
6
2008
7
2007
8
2006
7
2005
8
2004
8
2003
8
2002
8
2001
8
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Del Rio Pit & Plant #87 sits in Val Verde County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Val Verde County, Texas · Population 47,647
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$59,673
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
installing parts on plant equipment. Crowbar slipped and hit right hand ring finger and caused laceration requiring 2 stitches and dermabond along fingernail.
July 24, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSTRIKING OR BUMPING
Employee was replacing a broken belt standing in a pile of sand. He swung around to cut the other side of the belt, his left foot was stuck in the sand. He sprained his left ankle.
EE was moving and replacing the impeller shoes. EE felt a pain in his lower back. EE was sent to doctor who restricted him for 7 days, but he has not return yet.
2004 · 1 incident
March 18, 2004TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
REPLACING A CHUTE GOING TO THE JAW CRUSHER, A PIECE OF STEEL PLATE WAS BEING LOWERED INTO THE CHUTE. THE PLATE SLIPPED AND EE TWISTED HIS BCK AVOIDING THE PLATE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A HOSE FROM A FITTING WHILE USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT THE HOSE UPON CUTTING THE HOSE THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER
1989 · 1 incident
January 13, 1989TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EMPL WAS INSPECTING REPAIRS THAT HAD BEEN DONE TO PTO CABLE ON ONE OF HAUL UNIT TRUCKS. WHILE MAKING INSPECTION HE MOVED GLOVED HAND TO CLOSE TO MOVING U JOINT & SET SCREW ON U JOINT CAUGH T GLOVE & PULLED HAND INTO MOVING JOINT.
1987 · 2 incidents
August 14, 1987TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING OFF OF A TRAILER LOADED WITH STEEL BEAMS, AS HE WAS DECENDING HIS GLOVE AND WEDDING RING CAUGHT ON A PIECE OF STEEL, CUTTING HIS FINGER.
1985 · 1 incident
June 10, 1985TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING PIECES OF PIPE TO ANOTHER WORKER ON A PLATFORM APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET HIGH.AS EMPLOYEE LIFTED SECOND PIECE OF PIPE HE COMPLAINED OF A SUDDEN SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
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