Mining Incidents

Espinoza Stone Inc. Quarry #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Espinoza Stone Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Jose Jesus Espinoza
Jarrell, Williamson County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105133

Espinoza Stone Inc. Quarry #3 has $98K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
128
citations
44
significant & substantial
$97,755
proposed penalties
$97,411
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $344 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
29
inspections on record
430
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: 430 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 Stone Inc. Quarry #3 has $98K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$98K
proposed penalties
$97K
current assessed
$97K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
124 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-23.
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 10,200 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 12,912 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 11,972 3 0 250.6
2025 Q1 13,858 3 0 216.5
2024 Q4 13,451 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 13,992 4 0 285.9
2024 Q2 1,655 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 16,191 2 0 123.5
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 15,445 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 16,606 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 16,110 1 0 62.1
2023 Q1 15,138 15 6 990.9
2022 Q4 17,755 8 2 450.6
2022 Q3 17,018 10 1 587.6
2022 Q2 14,890 5 2 335.8
2022 Q1 15,944 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 22,511 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 11,704 2 1 170.9
2021 Q2 16,350 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 19,718 3 0 152.1
2020 Q4 20,869 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 16,763 2 1 119.3
2020 Q2 15,021 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 13,224 5 1 378.1
2019 Q4 15,223 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 11,922 7 4 587.1
2019 Q2 18,245 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 17,341 4 4 230.7
2018 Q4 18,245 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 20,769 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 19,243 4 2 207.9
2018 Q1 8,427 6 1 712.0
2017 Q4 3,859 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,715 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 9,215 19 12 2061.9
2017 Q1 2,307 4 1 1733.9
2016 Q4 114 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 324 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,982 3 0 1513.6
2016 Q1 10,043 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 10,759 4 2 371.8
2015 Q3 14,040 5 2 356.1
2015 Q2 2,205 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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