Mining Incidents

Espinoza-Lueders Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Espinoza Stone Inc · Surface
Controlled by Jose Jesus Espinoza
Abilene,Texas, Shackelford County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104914

Espinoza-Lueders Quarry has $183K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
156
citations
46
significant & substantial
$183,091
proposed penalties
$166,200
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,891 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
42
inspections on record
618
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: 618 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Espinoza-Lueders Quarry has $183K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 4 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.
$183K
proposed penalties
$182K
current assessed
$166K
paid to date
$16K
outstanding
156 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 14,200 5 0 352.1
2025 Q3 14,794 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 13,521 2 0 147.9
2025 Q1 1,556 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 11,573 8 3 691.3
2024 Q3 15,584 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 16,840 2 0 118.8
2024 Q1 14,100 0 0 0.0
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 13,240 4 1 302.1
2023 Q3 18,652 13 5 697.0
2023 Q2 20,296 5 1 246.4
2023 Q1 24,548 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 23,024 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 25,059 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 23,034 8 0 347.3
2022 Q1 21,478 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 21,066 9 4 427.2
2021 Q3 22,689 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 17,339 8 4 461.4
2021 Q1 15,470 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 18,241 4 1 219.3
2020 Q3 13,950 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 10,327 4 2 387.3
2020 Q1 9,870 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 10,980 5 2 455.4
2019 Q3 11,844 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 11,480 6 1 522.6
2019 Q1 7,062 10 6 1416.0
2018 Q4 3,700 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,416 8 3 3311.3
2018 Q2 1,485 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,883 5 2 2655.3
2017 Q4 2,721 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,510 4 0 1139.6
2017 Q2 3,420 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,782 6 0 3367.0
2016 Q4 1,502 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,231 2 0 1624.7
2016 Q2 1,674 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,400 2 0 1428.6
2015 Q4 1,994 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,683 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,746 3 1 1718.2
2015 Q1 1,562 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,250 6 1 2666.7
2014 Q3 2,002 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,189 8 3 6728.3
2014 Q1 1,521 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 668 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,332 6 2 2572.9
2013 Q2 1,886 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,521 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 417 1 0 2398.1
2012 Q3 1,760 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,494 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,846 12 4 6500.5

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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