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Garcia Materials: 32 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Garcia Materials · Surface
Controlled by Manuel H Garcia
Penitas, Hidalgo County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104930

Garcia Materials has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 0 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
32
citations
5
significant & substantial
$16,231
proposed penalties
$5,566
paid to date
34% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,665 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
17
inspections on record
139
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: 139 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Garcia Materials has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-06-09.
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.
16.7%
significant & substantial
30.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
43.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 30.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2012-03-06, 14 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
  • Cadmium oxide fumes1
Show the individual readings (16)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-03-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-03-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2012-03-06 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2012-03-06 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2012-03-06 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2012-03-06 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2012-03-06 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2012-03-06 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2012-03-06 Iron oxide fumes 0.19 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2012-03-06 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2012-03-06 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2012-03-06 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2012-03-06 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2012-03-06 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2012-03-06 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2012-03-06 Zinc oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
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.
Ownership history
  1. Garcia Materials 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Garcia Materials sits in Hidalgo County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Hidalgo County, Texas · Population 880,921
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$52,281
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
2015 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 540 1 0 1851.9
2015 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 550 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 220 3 0 13636.4
2014 Q1 220 2 1 9090.9
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4 440 5 0 11363.6
2013 Q3 440 6 2 13636.4
2013 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 440 4 1 9090.9
2012 Q3 660 1 0 1515.2
2012 Q2 660 1 0 1515.2
2012 Q1 660 7 1 10606.1

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.