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Eagle Sorters LLC: 175 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

EAGLE SORTERS LLC · Surface
Controlled by Adrian Lizalde
Kingwood, Montgomery County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104529

Eagle Sorters LLC has $67K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Jun 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
175
citations
46
significant & substantial
$66,714
proposed penalties
$42,318
paid to date
63% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $24,396 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See EAGLE SORTERS LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
57
inspections on record
850
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: 850 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 Sorters LLC has $67K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K 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.
$67K
proposed penalties
$61K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$19K
outstanding
167 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-16.
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.
26.3%
significant & substantial
16.6%
high negligence or reckless
26.9%
reasonably likely or greater
43.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.7% low, 77.7% moderate, 16.6% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
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%
55%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $4K 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 2008-05-14.
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 2008-555M Settlement Melick 2010 $10K → $4K
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: 2025-12-17
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
22
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Arsenic fumes3
  • Beryllium fumes3
  • Cadmium oxide fumes3
Show the individual readings (58)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-12-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-12-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2023-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2023-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2022-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2019-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2019-01-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2011-12-01 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.21 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Manganese fumes 0.42 5 0.08 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Iron oxide fumes 1.97 20 0.10 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Lead fumes 3.29 450 0.01 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.07 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Manganese fumes 0.37 5 0.07 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Zinc oxide fumes 0.04 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Iron oxide fumes 0.17 10 0.02 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Manganese fumes 0.03 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.58 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.42 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Iron oxide fumes 2.24 20 0.11 Welder, etc.
2011-12-01 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2008-02-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.26 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-02-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2008-02-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.58 0.11 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.

Eagle Sorters LLC recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below 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 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. West Point Sand & Gravel 2005 to 2010
  2. EAGLE SORTERS LLC 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 9
2024 9
2023 9
2022 11
2021 11
2020 11
2019 11
2018 11
2017 11
2016 11
2015 12
2014 19
2013 13
2012 10
2011 8
2010 9
2009 8
2008 14
2007 24
2006 13
2005 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Eagle Sorters LLC sits in Montgomery County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.8% 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.
Montgomery County, Texas · Population 654,722
3.8%
Mining share of county employment
$97,266
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 8,556 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 6,471 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 9,440 1 0 105.9
2025 Q3 8,109 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,970 2 0 250.9
2025 Q1 8,268 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 9,135 9 1 985.2
2024 Q3 8,533 0 0 0.0
Show 73 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,555 3 0 397.1
2024 Q1 7,995 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 8,348 2 0 239.6
2023 Q3 3,578 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,251 3 1 413.7
2023 Q1 6,925 3 0 433.2
2022 Q4 7,463 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,366 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,003 2 0 285.6
2022 Q1 8,197 5 2 610.0
2021 Q4 9,406 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,776 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,849 1 0 127.4
2021 Q1 6,974 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,801 1 0 128.2
2020 Q3 7,257 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,900 1 0 144.9
2020 Q1 7,239 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 10,170 4 1 393.3
2019 Q3 8,925 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 9,414 3 0 318.7
2019 Q1 8,738 2 0 228.9
2018 Q4 7,629 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 8,271 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 9,282 1 0 107.7
2018 Q1 8,349 2 0 239.5
2017 Q4 8,316 6 1 721.5
2017 Q3 7,994 5 1 625.5
2017 Q2 9,863 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 8,035 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8,114 2 0 246.5
2016 Q3 8,430 2 0 237.2
2016 Q2 8,759 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 9,529 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 10,967 1 0 91.2
2015 Q3 10,835 1 0 92.3
2015 Q2 9,615 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 7,910 4 2 505.7
2014 Q4 10,881 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 16,756 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 13,175 2 2 151.8
2014 Q1 11,807 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 12,851 3 1 233.4
2013 Q3 8,612 2 1 232.2
2013 Q2 8,720 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,989 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 8,140 3 1 368.6
2012 Q3 7,128 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,125 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,247 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,230 9 3 1720.8
2011 Q3 3,511 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,004 2 1 499.5
2011 Q1 2,341 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,030 4 0 1320.1
2009 Q4 1,690 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,095 10 3 9132.4
2009 Q2 3,945 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,336 7 2 839.7
2008 Q4 9,715 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,590 2 0 303.5
2008 Q2 11,726 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 8,140 2 1 245.7
2007 Q4 10,497 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 13,252 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 17,402 3 0 172.4
2007 Q1 11,869 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,544 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,184 34 13 6558.6
2006 Q1 4,202 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 3,729 11 5 2949.9
2005 Q2 2,433 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

June 16, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler POWERED HAULAGE
West Point Sand & Gravel · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was standing on conveyor when it was accidentally turned on. He then fell between two braces (metal), causing fractures to his right ankle and contusions to both legs.