Espey Pit and Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1992–2009
Latest incident
Apr 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
38
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,751
proposed penalties
$3,751
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 576 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Espey Pit and Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-03.
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: 2020-02-25, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2020-02-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-02-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2020-02-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-02-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.02
0.14
Truck Driver
2008-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
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.
Espey Pit and Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2021.
Injury rate, 2021
ⓘ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 1.87 and the all-US-mining average was 2.19 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.57 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
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
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
9.71
9.71
0.000
2008 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
13
2025
13
2024
12
2023
12
2022
12
2021
12
2020
12
2019
12
2018
12
2017
11
2016
11
2015
11
2014
11
2013
10
2012
9
2011
10
2010
11
2009
12
2008
12
2007
11
2006
11
2005
11
2004
11
2003
11
2002
11
2001
11
2000
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Espey Pit and Plant sits in Atascosa County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 7.1% 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.
Atascosa County, Texas · Population 50,058
7.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,413
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
4,707
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
4,125
1
0
242.4
2025 Q4
3,768
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
5,387
1
0
185.6
2025 Q2
4,483
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
4,811
1
0
207.9
2024 Q4
4,545
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
5,130
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
5,090
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
4,697
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
4,247
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
4,436
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
4,529
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
4,721
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
4,044
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
4,592
2
0
435.5
2022 Q2
4,745
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
4,778
1
0
209.3
2021 Q4
4,767
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
5,678
1
0
176.1
2021 Q2
4,998
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
4,685
1
0
213.4
2020 Q4
4,798
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,435
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
5,007
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
5,050
1
0
198.0
2019 Q4
4,725
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
5,232
1
0
191.1
2019 Q2
5,140
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,136
1
0
194.7
2018 Q4
4,819
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
5,634
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
5,704
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
4,714
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
4,821
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
5,094
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
5,220
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
5,106
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
4,724
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
5,318
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
5,258
1
1
190.2
2016 Q1
5,178
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
4,640
1
0
215.5
2015 Q3
4,802
2
0
416.5
2015 Q2
4,554
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
4,693
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
4,456
1
0
224.4
2014 Q3
4,631
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,687
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
4,663
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,269
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
4,711
1
0
212.3
2013 Q2
4,746
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
4,164
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
3,953
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,225
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
4,427
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
4,504
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,710
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
4,568
2
1
437.8
2011 Q2
4,505
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
4,733
1
0
211.3
2010 Q4
4,156
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
5,098
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
5,281
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
5,052
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
5,005
1
0
199.8
2009 Q3
5,216
1
0
191.7
2009 Q2
5,167
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,202
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,218
2
0
383.3
2008 Q3
6,167
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,099
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
5,177
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
5,791
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
5,815
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
5,770
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,368
7
0
1304.0
2006 Q4
4,965
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
5,625
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
5,760
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,568
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
5,193
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
5,660
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
5,709
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
5,131
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
5,197
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
5,410
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,586
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
5,632
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,951
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
5,883
2
0
340.0
2003 Q2
5,738
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
5,414
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,391
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,741
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
6,085
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
5,652
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,308
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,498
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,559
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,847
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,764
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
6,746
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
7,019
5
3
712.4
2000 Q1
6,373
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2009 · 1 incident
April 23, 2009TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While standing on the ground, employee was straddling the bucket lift arm while greasing the loader. While trying to lift his leg over the bucket lift arm, he lost his balance and fell, trapping his leg between the bucket lift arm and the bucket tilt arm.
1992 · 2 incidents
August 24, 1992TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
MEN WERE BAGGING SAND.INJURED HAD TO MOVE 3 OR 4 BAGS OFF OF TABLE TO FLOOR.MEN STOPPED TO PUT NEW ROLL OF THREAD ON SEWING MACHINE. INJURED TOLD SUPERVISOR THAT HIS BACK HURT. SUPERVISOR TOLD INJURED TO SEE A DOCTOR.INJURED SAID HE JUST WANTED TO GO HOME.SUPERVISOR RELEASED HIM FROM BAFGGING DUTY.HE WENT TO OPERATE LOADER UNTIL 12:00 NOON.