Ecleto Creek Mine has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $180 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2020–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
55
citations
9
significant & substantial
$10,449
proposed penalties
$10,269
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $180 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: 370 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ecleto Creek Mine has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $180 outstanding across 0 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
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$180
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-15.
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.
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: 2025-10-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (12)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-10-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-09-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-09-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.78
0.17
Laborer, Bullgang
2024-02-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2024-02-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.53
0.28
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-03-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2023-03-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.59
0.31
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2021-06-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-06-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Scraper Operator
2021-06-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Building Repair/Maint.
2020-10-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Welder, etc.
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.
Ecleto Creek Mine recorded 2.29 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.
2.29
total case rate
2.29
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 *
2.29
2.29
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
2.15
2.15
0.000
2022 *
2.06
0.00
0.000
2021
1.97
1.97
0.000
2020 *
6.25
6.25
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
56
2025
48
2024
50
2023
46
2022
50
2021
58
2020
51
2019
27
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Ecleto Creek Mine sits in Wilson County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Wilson County, Texas · Population 51,501
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$92,461
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
23,314
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
21,419
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
25,021
3
0
119.9
2025 Q3
22,327
5
0
223.9
2025 Q2
25,952
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
14,012
4
0
285.5
2024 Q4
22,460
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
21,408
3
0
140.1
Show 20 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
23,587
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
21,035
12
0
570.5
2023 Q4
27,357
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
18,863
1
1
53.0
2023 Q2
22,660
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
24,328
1
0
41.1
2022 Q4
27,316
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
26,145
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
22,440
1
0
44.6
2022 Q1
21,414
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
26,981
3
1
111.2
2021 Q3
25,193
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
26,874
3
0
111.6
2021 Q1
22,612
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
25,507
2
0
78.4
2020 Q3
23,473
1
0
42.6
2020 Q2
21,696
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
25,335
2
2
78.9
2019 Q4
18,085
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
4,212
1
0
237.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2025 · 1 incident
April 7, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE accessed elevator platform using a manlift in order to perform task. Ladder access point door was left open to accommodate ladder access to platform. EE did not close ladder access door before proceeding. EE stepped into the open ladder access door, falling to below platform.
2023 · 1 incident
February 22, 2023TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EE failed to follow company Lock Out Tag Out procedure/policy. EE attempted to place a chain back on a sprocket while the motor side sprocket was energized and in motion, EE caught the right index finger tip in between chain and sprocket.
2022 · 1 incident
June 10, 2022TX · Metal/Non-Metalsilo operator, bin puller, truck loaderOTHER
EE was found unresponsive in portable lavatory; County EMS was activated. Paramedics treated EE. EE regained consciousness and refused further treatment. EE was driven home by a non-EE friend. EE has been terminated.
2021 · 1 incident
March 22, 2021TX · Metal/Non-Metalutility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was helping another EE clean a material screen on a chute. The EE's did not have harnesses on when at a height of approx. 5 feet. The EE stuck EE's feet between the ladder and the structure, when EE went to replace EE's feet back on the ladder, EE lost balance. EE then fell approx. 4 feet and cushioned EE's blow with EE's right wrist, causing a fracture in hand.
2020 · 3 incidents
December 17, 2020TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miner was removing tail pulley guard on a locked out/de-energized conveyor. Miner leaned guard (20 lbs.) on frame of the conveyors tail instead of removing and placing the guard 2' down on the ground. Guard slid cutting miner's right index finger. Wound was treated but the miner was later taken to the hospital to better treat the wound.
May 15, 2020TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was attempting to take off a 3" rubber expansion joint. While doing so the employee decided to kick down on the pipe to remove it. The joint fell off and the employee bumped their knee. The employee did not report discomfort until half way through the next shift before leaving early.
March 12, 2020TX · Metal/Non-Metalvacuum filter operator, flotation mill/concentrator operator, flotation plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE carried a bag of flocculent over to mixing tank to fill storage container. EE had a rip in the bag, causing flocculent to fall and react to condensation and water on the ground. EE proceeded to turn around and walk back making it 50 feet before slipping on flocculent that had been dropped. EE felt it was best to go to the hospital due to pain in the arm and get it checked out.