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Gibbs Quarry: 163 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Killeen, Bell County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4103983

Gibbs Quarry has $34K 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
8
Years on record
2006–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
163
citations
24
significant & substantial
$33,668
proposed penalties
$32,456
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,212 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Killeen Crushed Stone's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
71
inspections on record
1,301
inspection hours
12.5
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.
163 citations across 1,301 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gibbs Quarry has $34K 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
160 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $775 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-20.
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.
14.7%
significant & substantial
4.9%
high negligence or reckless
14.7%
reasonably likely or greater
31.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.6% low, 78.5% moderate, 4.9% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
57%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $775 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 2010-12-21.
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 2011-285M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $2K → $775
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-07-09
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz9
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 Cleanup Man
2025-07-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-10-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-04-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.38 Washer Operator
2018-04-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 Utility Man
2018-04-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-01-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.42 10 0.04 Utility Man
2013-01-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Utility Man
2013-01-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 10 0.03 Utility Man
2011-10-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2011-10-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.66 10 0.07 Cleanup Man
2011-10-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.68 10 0.07 Drill Operator, Rotary
2010-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2010-06-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Drill Operator, Rotary
2010-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2009-09-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 10 0.04 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-09-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-09-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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.

Gibbs Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.17 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
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
* 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.
Ownership history
  1. Killeen Crushed Stone 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 16
2025 19
2024 16
2023 17
2022 18
2021 18
2020 18
2019 17
2018 17
2017 18
2016 19
2015 20
2014 20
2013 19
2012 15
2011 16
2010 16
2009 16
2008 17
2007 16
2006 18
2005 19
2004 19
2003 17
2002 15
2001 14
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Gibbs Quarry sits in Bell County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Bell County, Texas · Population 379,811
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$66,051
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 9,598 1 0 104.2
2026 Q1 9,820 2 0 203.7
2025 Q4 12,477 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 12,781 3 0 234.7
2025 Q2 13,373 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 11,274 1 0 88.7
2024 Q4 10,467 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,854 3 0 276.4
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 10,391 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,750 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 9,729 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,453 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 10,896 10 5 917.8
2023 Q1 11,618 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,811 9 3 917.3
2022 Q3 10,622 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 11,988 2 0 166.8
2022 Q1 12,282 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 11,227 1 0 89.1
2021 Q3 12,641 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 12,280 2 0 162.9
2021 Q1 11,432 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 12,820 4 2 312.0
2020 Q3 13,152 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 12,147 7 0 576.3
2020 Q1 10,650 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 11,195 6 2 536.0
2019 Q3 11,195 4 0 357.3
2019 Q2 10,941 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 10,032 2 0 199.4
2018 Q4 9,206 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 10,540 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 11,618 6 1 516.4
2018 Q1 10,545 3 0 284.5
2017 Q4 10,613 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 11,455 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 12,953 4 1 308.8
2017 Q1 11,874 3 2 252.7
2016 Q4 11,365 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 11,416 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 13,075 5 0 382.4
2016 Q1 12,438 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 11,987 4 0 333.7
2015 Q3 14,656 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 13,686 2 0 146.1
2015 Q1 11,943 3 0 251.2
2014 Q4 13,499 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 13,765 2 0 145.3
2014 Q2 13,703 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 12,530 3 0 239.4
2013 Q4 12,847 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 13,623 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 13,088 2 0 152.8
2013 Q1 11,574 3 0 259.2
2012 Q4 10,213 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 11,178 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 9,803 3 0 306.0
2012 Q1 9,349 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8,924 4 0 448.2
2011 Q3 9,661 2 0 207.0
2011 Q2 10,394 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 10,105 3 0 296.9
2010 Q4 10,348 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10,890 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 11,207 2 1 178.5
2010 Q1 10,287 5 0 486.1
2009 Q4 9,065 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 10,985 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 10,472 3 1 286.5
2009 Q1 10,570 3 0 283.8
2008 Q4 10,528 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 12,073 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 12,203 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 10,282 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 11,083 2 0 180.5
2007 Q3 11,576 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 10,856 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 10,130 2 0 197.4
2006 Q4 12,217 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 13,000 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 12,355 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 11,655 2 0 171.6
2005 Q4 12,367 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 12,815 1 0 78.0
2005 Q2 12,630 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 11,618 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 12,694 3 0 236.3
2004 Q3 12,578 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 13,417 1 0 74.5
2004 Q1 12,258 5 2 407.9
2003 Q4 13,184 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 12,443 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 12,213 6 0 491.3
2003 Q1 8,873 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 8,068 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 10,290 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 11,031 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,651 5 1 3028.5
2001 Q4 9,317 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 10,532 2 1 189.9
2001 Q2 8,700 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,100 2 0 246.9
2000 Q4 7,659 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 11,701 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 19 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,335 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2026 · 1 incident

2014 · 1 incident

October 13, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Killeen Crushed Stone · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Scale house operator was returning to the Scale house from her personal vehicle when she slipped and fell at the base of the steps leading up to the office. She suffered a laceration to her forehead along with some other minor scrapes and bruises on her arm and knee.

2010 · 1 incident

October 7, 2010 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Killeen Crushed Stone · Struck by falling object

Employee was repairing something in the engine compartment and the door fell on his left hand thumb

2009 · 3 incidents

July 9, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Killeen Crushed Stone · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injury cut finger while using a grinder. He went to the doctors and had three stitches, no lost time.

July 2, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Killeen Crushed Stone · Contact with heat

The weather was very hot, employee suffered from heat exhaustion.

2007 · 1 incident

September 4, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Killeen Crushed Stone · Fall from ladders

The employee was climbing a ladder which broke. He fell and bruised his ribs, knee, and rear end.

2006 · 1 incident

November 8, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Killeen Crushed Stone · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking on unlevel ground and stepped in a hole tearing his achilles tendon.