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Espinoza Quarry # 1: 293 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Espinoza Stone Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Jose Jesus Espinoza
Georgetown, Williamson County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4103933

Espinoza Quarry # 1 has $333K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Apr 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
293
citations
97
significant & substantial
$333,055
proposed penalties
$246,329
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $86,726 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
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Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
90
inspections on record
917
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: 917 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 Quarry # 1 has $333K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 8 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.
$333K
proposed penalties
$246K
current assessed
$246K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
284 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $154K in penalties contested before the Commission, $68K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
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.
34.0%
significant & substantial
20.4%
high negligence or reckless
34.0%
reasonably likely or greater
43.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.7% low, 73.0% moderate, 20.4% 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.
36 citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
  • Settled 26 · 72%
  • Stood as issued 10 · 28%
71%
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 17 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
56%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$154K proposed, $68K 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 2016-06-26.
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 2016-0216 Settlement Rae 2016 $58K → $40K
CENT 2010-693M Settlement Miller 2012 $30K → $5K
CENT 2012-771M Settlement Miller 2013 $27K → $5K
CENT 2010-694M Dismissal Lesnick 2011 $14K → $5K
CENT 2016-0444 Settlement Rae 2017 $9K → $3K
CENT 2014-0536 Settlement Manning 2015 $8K → $8K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

Espinoza Quarry # 1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.

Injury rate, 2014
ⓘ 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 2.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.81 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2014 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 1.31 1.31 0.000
2007 0.00 0.00 0.000
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.
Ownership history
  1. Espinoza Stone Inc. 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 2
2023 3
2022 5
2021 10
2020 5
2019 7
2018 6
2017 9
2016 8
2015 139
2014 97
2013 77
2012 64
2011 72
2010 79
2009 59
2008 80
2007 83
2006 72
2005 89
2004 87
2003 63
2002 58
2001 46
2000 37
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Espinoza Quarry # 1 sits in Williamson County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Williamson County, Texas · Population 643,889
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$108,309
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 425 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 630 5 2 7936.5
2025 Q4 1,709 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,604 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,963 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,060 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 864 2 0 2314.8
2024 Q3 980 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,705 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,305 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,291 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,326 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,069 2 0 966.7
2023 Q1 3,121 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 256 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,235 1 0 236.1
2022 Q2 5,372 6 2 1116.9
2022 Q1 4,500 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,366 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,683 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,926 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,392 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,360 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,360 1 0 297.6
2020 Q1 3,255 1 0 307.2
2019 Q4 3,058 4 0 1308.0
2019 Q3 4,307 1 1 232.2
2019 Q2 5,231 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,230 16 8 7174.9
2018 Q4 5,065 1 0 197.4
2018 Q3 3,245 5 2 1540.8
2018 Q2 4,446 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,267 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,998 12 7 4002.7
2017 Q3 4,850 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,142 5 2 972.4
2017 Q1 5,774 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,254 5 1 951.7
2016 Q3 6,147 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,720 3 0 1102.9
2016 Q1 3,416 1 0 292.7
2015 Q3 84,699 7 2 82.6
2015 Q2 94,868 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 90,906 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 88,853 15 5 168.8
2014 Q3 77,767 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 63,530 12 10 188.9
2014 Q1 53,750 5 2 93.0
2013 Q4 47,259 2 0 42.3
2013 Q3 50,267 4 0 79.6
2013 Q2 61,279 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 44,301 2 1 45.1
2012 Q4 40,938 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 45,446 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 42,187 4 1 94.8
2012 Q1 35,550 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 41,481 3 0 72.3
2011 Q3 52,696 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 53,000 8 1 150.9
2011 Q1 33,374 6 2 179.8
2010 Q4 54,732 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 47,845 2 0 41.8
2010 Q2 50,888 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 35,885 15 2 418.0
2009 Q4 25,831 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 20,584 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 22,454 15 8 668.0
2009 Q1 38,440 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 22,097 3 1 135.8
2008 Q3 49,837 7 2 140.5
2008 Q2 38,275 1 0 26.1
2008 Q1 42,102 3 1 71.3
2007 Q4 63,032 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 56,660 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 31,770 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 32,922 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 37,661 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 33,587 6 2 178.6
2006 Q2 44,874 13 5 289.7
2006 Q1 35,880 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 26,033 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 56,402 5 1 88.6
2005 Q2 52,294 12 3 229.5
2005 Q1 40,462 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 47,913 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 35,003 12 5 342.8
2004 Q2 27,640 9 5 325.6
2004 Q1 23,064 4 3 173.4
2003 Q4 24,022 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 23,033 5 1 217.1
2003 Q2 19,437 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 13,371 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 15,503 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 19,064 10 2 524.5
2002 Q2 18,896 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 15,971 17 2 1064.4
2001 Q4 15,394 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 18,951 10 4 527.7
2001 Q2 13,257 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 7,092 1 0 141.0
2000 Q4 10,103 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,145 4 1 559.8
2000 Q2 6,367 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,402 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

April 18, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Espinoza Stone Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee started his shift working at one of our Hydrasplit choppers, which consists of cutting/ splitting stone pieces. His right hand was caught by the cutting machine and caused an injury.