Mining Incidents

Eagle Portable #1: 43 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Gipson Construction · Surface
Mountain Home, Kerr County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4104721

Eagle Portable #1 has $9K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
43
citations
7
significant & substantial
$8,608
proposed penalties
$8,608
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
35
inspections on record
334
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: 334 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Eagle Portable #1 has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-09.
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.
17.9%
significant & substantial
41.0%
high negligence or reckless
17.9%
reasonably likely or greater
17.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.6% low, 56.4% moderate, 41.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 29%
  • Stood as issued 3 · 43%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 29%
67%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $3K 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 2015-05-17.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2015-0421 Dismissal Rae 2015 $2K → $2K
CENT 2013-518M Withdrawal Lesnick 2014 $997 → $0
CENT 2010-1333M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $907 → $907
CENT 2012-86M Dismissal Lesnick 2012 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2010-12-15, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-12-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-12-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 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.
Ownership history
  1. Gipson Construction 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 3
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Eagle Portable #1 sits in Kerr County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Kerr County, Texas · Population 53,166
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$67,927
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 486 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 178 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 136 1 0 7352.9
2025 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 67 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 176 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 286 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
Show 65 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 282 3 0 10638.3
2024 Q1 186 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 386 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 512 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 160 2 0 12500.0
2022 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 876 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 486 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 146 7 0 47945.2
2021 Q4 286 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 196 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 216 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 726 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 386 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 426 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 185 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 120 3 0 25000.0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 636 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 168 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 580 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 186 1 0 5376.3
2018 Q1 183 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 434 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 462 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 420 2 0 4761.9
2017 Q1 210 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 563 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 682 2 0 2932.6
2016 Q2 463 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 153 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 121 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 173 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 158 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 278 2 1 7194.2
2014 Q4 282 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 530 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 4 0
2014 Q1 275 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 441 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 443 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 451 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 502 2 1 3984.1
2012 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 301 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 109 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 620 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 458 1 0 2183.4
2011 Q3 571 2 0 3502.6
2011 Q2 243 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 324 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 298 1 0 3355.7
2010 Q3 250 2 1 8000.0
2010 Q2 335 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 115 4 2 34782.6
2009 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 292 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 297 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 269 0 0 0.0

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.