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Elgin Plant: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Elgin, Bastrop County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4100293

Elgin Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $116 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1991–2004
Latest incident
Sep 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
16
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,226
proposed penalties
$2,110
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $116 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See General Shale Brick, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
30
inspections on record
224
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: 224 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Elgin Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $116 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$116
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $151 in penalties contested before the Commission, $151 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-02.
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.
18.8%
significant & substantial
31.2%
high negligence or reckless
18.8%
reasonably likely or greater
31.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.5% low, 56.2% moderate, 31.2% 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 · 6% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 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%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$151 proposed, $151 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 2025-06-24.
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 2025-0304 Default 2025 $151 → $151
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Payne Brick Company Ltd 1950 to 1987
  2. Forterra Brick, LLC 1987 to 2017
  3. Meridian Brick LLC 2017 to 2023
  4. General Shale Brick, Inc. 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2011 3
2010 2
2009 0
2008 2
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 5
2003 4
2002 1
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Elgin Plant sits in Bastrop County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Bastrop County, Texas · Population 102,370
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$82,730
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 24 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 96 1 1 10416.7
2025 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4 1 0 250000.0
2016 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 10 2 0 200000.0
2015 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3 1 0 333333.3
2014 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 9 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 17 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 113 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 738 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,594 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,984 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,414 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,325 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,524 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,360 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 287 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 644 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,546 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,592 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,499 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 749 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,664 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,738 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 611 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 839 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2004 · 1 incident

September 22, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Forterra Brick, LLC · Struck against stationary object

The employee climbed up on the loader to wash the windshield. The surface was wet with the early morming dew. He slipped and grabbed at the loader to avoid falling. He lacerated the palm of his left hand.

1991 · 1 incident

August 7, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Forterra Brick, LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS