Mining Incidents

Gordon Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105669

Gordon Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
26
citations
6
significant & substantial
$5,315
proposed penalties
$5,315
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
7
inspections on record
73
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: 73 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gordon Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-15.
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 9,200 10 4 1087.0
2025 Q3 9,665 6 0 620.8
2025 Q2 10,205 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 11,035 3 0 271.9
2024 Q4 11,552 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,919 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 12,800 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 12,255 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 12,371 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,806 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,761 7 2 1035.3
2023 Q1 2,229 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 18, 2026 TX · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Southwest LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was helping with a repair of a broken gearbox. A sledgehammer was brought up to strike the gearbox to facilitate its removal. During this process the hammer head stuck a cap extension on the gearbox. A piece of metal was ejected and struck the employee in the mouth cutting their upper lip and breaking/chipping 2 of their front teeth.

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