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Eastland Quarry: 59 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Eastland, Eastland County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4101923

Eastland Quarry has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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
1986–2020
Latest incident
Sep 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
59
citations
6
significant & substantial
$9,559
proposed penalties
$8,651
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $908 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
1,179
inspection hours
5.0
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.
59 citations across 1,179 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Eastland Quarry has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-20.
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.
10.3%
significant & substantial
8.6%
high negligence or reckless
10.3%
reasonably likely or greater
39.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.9% low, 65.5% moderate, 8.6% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% 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%
29%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2015-05-10.
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 2015-0394 Settlement Paez 2016 $2K → $2K
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: 2018-08-29, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
32
samples
14
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg16
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz11
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (32)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-08-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Truck Driver
2018-08-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 Utility Man
2018-08-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 2.42 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Utility Man
2012-10-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.77 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-10-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2010-02-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-02-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 10 0.03 Mechanic
2010-02-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-09-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-09-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.43 10 0.04 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2008-09-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-08-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-12-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-12-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.59 0.11 Drill Operator, Rotary
2003-12-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-12-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2002-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-08 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.

Eastland Quarry 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
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 * 3.14 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 3.31 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. B C Company 1950 to 1989
  2. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 31
2025 26
2024 26
2023 27
2022 25
2021 25
2020 24
2019 25
2018 21
2017 21
2016 20
2015 11
2014 9
2013 11
2012 9
2011 8
2010 12
2009 12
2008 11
2007 11
2006 11
2005 10
2004 11
2003 11
2002 11
2001 10
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Eastland Quarry sits in Eastland County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 4.1% 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.
Eastland County, Texas · Population 17,846
4.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,741
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 21,590 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 17,444 1 0 57.3
2025 Q4 17,358 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 18,375 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 18,219 2 0 109.8
2025 Q1 16,884 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 15,663 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 17,136 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 18,201 3 0 164.8
2024 Q1 18,571 2 0 107.7
2023 Q4 18,182 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 19,563 1 0 51.1
2023 Q2 19,300 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 17,905 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 16,059 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 16,390 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 15,938 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 14,884 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 15,481 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 16,451 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 17,224 1 0 58.1
2021 Q1 14,555 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 14,371 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 15,319 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 15,213 2 0 131.5
2020 Q1 18,770 1 0 53.3
2019 Q4 18,262 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 16,580 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 15,237 1 0 65.6
2019 Q1 16,627 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 15,531 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 15,157 2 0 132.0
2018 Q2 15,347 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 14,477 2 0 138.2
2017 Q4 11,793 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 15,177 2 0 131.8
2017 Q2 14,353 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 14,082 3 0 213.0
2016 Q4 14,893 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 16,895 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 13,845 2 0 144.5
2016 Q1 10,174 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 7,455 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,335 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,222 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,569 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,930 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,748 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,734 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,706 1 0 175.3
2013 Q4 4,503 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,520 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,800 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,996 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,979 1 0 200.8
2012 Q3 4,527 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,712 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,867 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,038 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,367 2 1 594.0
2011 Q2 5,455 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,250 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,792 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,551 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,789 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 6,717 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,665 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,469 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,698 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,272 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,928 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,504 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,411 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,454 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,999 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,381 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,557 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,903 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,541 3 1 351.2
2006 Q2 8,393 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,141 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,257 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,202 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,158 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,936 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,757 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,577 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,658 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,728 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,662 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 9,243 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,464 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,479 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,583 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,369 1 0 119.5
2002 Q2 8,038 2 0 248.8
2002 Q1 7,599 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,255 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,934 10 3 1260.4
2001 Q2 7,306 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,679 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,376 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,731 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,146 4 0 650.8
2000 Q1 6,061 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2020 · 1 incident

September 25, 2020 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was trying to remove an impact bed when it got hung up on the conveyor frame. While using a rock bar to gain leverage and free the impact bed, the rock bar slipped and struck the employee on the right shoulder causing a contusion.

2018 · 1 incident

2016 · 1 incident

August 10, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was washing out underneath truck scale when experienced a rash on lower arms. It was not determined to be work related until 9-2-16.

2006 · 1 incident

November 9, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing a bucket pin on a loader when the arm that the pin goes into slipped, catching employee's left middle finger tip. The finger tip was amputated.

2002 · 1 incident

June 29, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STRIKING OR BUMPING
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE HAD BEEN WASHING OUT FROM UNDER THE CRUSHER & STEPPED ACROSS MUD HOLE TO SHUT THE WATER OFF & WAS LOOKING DOWN TO AVOID STEPPING IN A MUD HOLE & STRUCK HIS FOREHEAD ON THE I-BEAM SUPPORT TO WER.

2001 · 1 incident

September 25, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING IN AN ELECTRICAL PANEL-BOX WITH A VOLT/AMP METER PROBE. THE PROBEMAY HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH A HOT WIRE AND GROUND WIRE AT THE SAME TIME, CAUSING SPARKS AND FLASHES.

1995 · 2 incidents

August 3, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING A DOZER. WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE DOZER ONTO A TRUCK HE FELL. AS THE EMPLOYEE FELL HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE DOZER TRACKS.

July 18, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AND SLICK SURFACE GROUND THE EE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING TO PICK UP EE INJURED HAND WHILE TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF.

1989 · 2 incidents

November 1, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE AFTER CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT.HE WAS REPAIRING SET HIS KNIFE ON THE CONVEYOR FRAME.THE KNIFE FELL OFF THE CONVEYOR STABBING THE EMPLOYEE WITH THE FOOT JUST BEHIND THE STEEL T OE PROTECTED.

June 1, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B C Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAMMERING ON METAL, FRAGMENTS CAME OFF STRIKING INJURED IN LEG CAUSING CUTS.

1988 · 2 incidents

July 8, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B C Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON FRONT END LOADER WITH WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND E HIT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD.

February 9, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
B C Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PE9SONAL PICKUP DRIVING TO SHOP WHRE HE WORKED WHEN HE HAD A MASSIVE HEARTATTACK.

1986 · 2 incidents

December 31, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B C Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THREE EMPLOYEES3WERE MOVING A SHAKER SHAFT BY HAND. ONE EMPLOYEE CLAIMED INJURY.

June 13, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B C Company · Fall onto or against objects

GREASING PULLEY3HEADS O BELT AND FELL.