El Pinto Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Upper Valley Materials, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Ramiro J Flores; Rufino Garza
Sullivan City,
Hidalgo County,
TX
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105608
El Pinto Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
19
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,159
proposed penalties
$3,008
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
10
inspections on record
133
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 133 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
El Pinto Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 6,538 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 5,057 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 6,595 | 3 | 0 | 454.9 |
| 2025 Q1 | 6,274 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 7,029 | 5 | 2 | 711.3 |
| 2024 Q3 | 9,119 | 3 | 0 | 329.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 8,699 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 9,180 | 1 | 0 | 108.9 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 8,273 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 7,491 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 6,270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 8,812 | 2 | 1 | 227.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 7,880 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 8,917 | 4 | 0 | 448.6 |
| 2022 Q2 | 5,890 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 3,497 | 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.
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