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Grandfalls: 218 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize South Central
Monahans, Ward County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4101916

Grandfalls has $122K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2012–2020
Latest incident
Jan 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
218
citations
50
significant & substantial
$122,427
proposed penalties
$102,082
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,345 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Permian Basin Materials Aggregate's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
93
inspections on record
1,288
inspection hours
16.9
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.
218 citations across 1,288 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
3
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2020-03-17.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Grandfalls has $122K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 4 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.
$122K
proposed penalties
$102K
current assessed
$102K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
210 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $47K in penalties contested before the Commission, $27K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-05.
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.
23.6%
significant & substantial
5.7%
high negligence or reckless
23.6%
reasonably likely or greater
52.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 82.5% moderate, 5.7% 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.
13 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 13 · 100%
89%
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 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$47K proposed, $27K 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 2022-01-18.
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 2010-949M Settlement Tureck 2012 $22K → $10K
CENT 2012-884M Settlement Simonton 2013 $20K → $13K
CENT 2010-950M Settlement Tureck 2012 $5K → $3K
CENT 2022-0071 Settlement 2022 $375 → $375
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: 2011-10-12, 14 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
22
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (22)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2011-10-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.11 0.25 Sand Filler (Wet)
2011-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2010-04-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.19 0.13 Truck Driver
2009-04-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Truck Driver
2009-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.85 0.32 Truck Driver
2009-04-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 1.37 0.23 Truck Driver
2006-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.85 0.14 Dragline Operator
2006-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2005-07-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 2.67 0.21 Truck Driver
2005-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.87 2.02 0.43 Cleanup Man
2005-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 2.97 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.07 0.12 Truck Driver
2004-08-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-08-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2004-08-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.14 0.11 Truck Driver
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.

Grandfalls 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
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
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 4.37 4.37 0.000
2019 * 6.83 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 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. Porter Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to 2005
  2. Crockett County Mining 2005 to 2015
  3. Permian Basin Materials, LLC 2015 to 2026
  4. Permian Basin Materials Aggregate 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 24
2025 22
2024 17
2023 21
2022 11
2021 24
2020 21
2019 24
2018 21
2017 14
2016 10
2015 9
2014 13
2013 19
2012 17
2011 15
2010 12
2009 14
2008 16
2007 11
2006 10
2005 9
2004 10
2003 10
2002 10
2001 10
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Grandfalls sits in Ward County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 14.5% 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.
Ward County, Texas · Population 11,255
14.5%
Mining share of county employment
$71,719
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 11,595 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 9,506 5 0 526.0
2025 Q4 2,407 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,995 7 0 700.4
2025 Q2 10,379 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,680 2 0 543.5
2024 Q4 8,040 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,069 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,030 3 0 426.7
2024 Q1 9,012 4 0 443.9
2023 Q4 10,851 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 11,574 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 10,744 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8,914 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,276 4 0 637.3
2022 Q3 4,829 2 0 414.2
2022 Q2 2,941 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,701 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 11,766 3 0 255.0
2021 Q3 20,551 1 0 48.7
2021 Q2 14,086 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 8,900 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 9,710 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,692 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 12,707 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 13,686 9 5 657.6
2019 Q4 17,714 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 15,432 5 1 324.0
2019 Q2 13,454 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 11,986 5 1 417.2
2018 Q4 10,811 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 13,031 8 1 613.9
2018 Q2 12,652 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 11,503 4 0 347.7
2017 Q4 10,978 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,725 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,525 2 1 234.6
2017 Q1 10,977 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 7,020 6 3 854.7
2016 Q3 5,775 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,481 2 0 308.6
2016 Q1 6,481 7 1 1080.1
2015 Q4 5,308 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,807 10 3 1469.1
2015 Q2 5,652 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,258 2 1 319.6
2014 Q4 6,561 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,866 2 1 340.9
2014 Q2 12,482 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 10,511 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 9,979 2 1 200.4
2013 Q3 13,907 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 11,752 1 0 85.1
2013 Q1 17,800 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 15,102 1 0 66.2
2012 Q3 17,319 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 12,652 8 3 632.3
2012 Q1 11,490 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 10,258 6 3 584.9
2011 Q3 13,070 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 15,162 9 4 593.6
2011 Q1 10,843 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 7,756 3 0 386.8
2010 Q3 8,540 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,506 9 7 1199.0
2010 Q1 6,849 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 10,285 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,183 6 2 733.2
2009 Q2 12,006 7 1 583.0
2009 Q1 7,747 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,425 8 0 1807.9
2008 Q3 2,925 6 2 2051.3
2008 Q2 10,877 10 1 919.4
2008 Q1 9,371 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 10,738 3 0 279.4
2007 Q3 5,462 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 10,134 1 1 98.7
2007 Q1 6,584 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,717 1 0 114.7
2006 Q3 6,907 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,365 3 0 358.6
2006 Q1 6,912 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,839 3 2 382.7
2005 Q3 6,411 13 3 2027.8
2005 Q2 7,788 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,396 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,095 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,693 2 0 351.3
2004 Q2 6,166 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,855 3 0 512.4
2003 Q4 6,010 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,923 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,742 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,921 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,550 3 0 540.5
2002 Q3 5,780 1 1 173.0
2002 Q2 5,892 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,223 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,482 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,992 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,662 9 0 1589.5
2001 Q1 5,036 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,850 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,100 1 0 196.1
2000 Q2 5,219 3 1 574.8
2000 Q1 4,673 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2020 · 1 incident

January 2, 2020 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Permian Basin Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

An employee was attempting to feed the hopper with a loader and the bucket was low to the ground. When EE turned EE's bucket the top side of the bucket scraped the ground which caused the loader to come to an abrupt stop. (The employee admitted to not wearing seat belt during time of incident.) The impact caused the employee to strike the windshield with EE's head and shoulder.

2019 · 2 incidents

August 8, 2019 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Permian Basin Materials, LLC · Contact with heat

An employee was working outside handing coworkers tools to fix a problem on the crusher and started to feel the effects of the heat.

June 17, 2019 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Permian Basin Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

An employee was pushing on a pipe wrench and felt a pop in EE's arm.

2013 · 1 incident

March 7, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Crockett County Mining · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working with a wrench on a loader, wrench slipped striking employee on his left hand. Expenses and pay was handled by employer, Report Only to Texas Mutual.

2012 · 1 incident

June 1, 2012 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crockett County Mining · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on a repair on the plant when the return roller slipped and mashed left middle finger. He was taken to the ER. Finger was broken but returned to full duty on 6/11/12.