Gravel N More: 80 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Gravel N More has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Total incidents
- 0
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
80
citations
14
significant & substantial
$15,866
proposed penalties
$15,187
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $679 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
21
inspections on record
237
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 237 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Gravel N More has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.21.9%
significant & substantial
34.4%
high negligence or reckless
21.9%
reasonably likely or greater
26.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.1% low, 62.5% moderate, 34.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
22
citations taken to the federal commission · 28% of citations on record
- Settled 1 · 5%
- Stood as issued 21 · 95%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
6%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$11K proposed, $10K 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 2016-11-15.
Contested penalties
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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 2016-0523 | Default | Lesnick | 2016 | $7K → $7K |
| CENT 2016-0524 | Default | Lesnick | 2016 | $2K → $2K |
| CENT 2017-0070 | Settlement | Miller | 2017 | $2K → $1K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Gomez Backhoe Services 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Gravel N More sits in Hidalgo County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
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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 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q4 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 72 | 7 | 0 | 97222.2 |
| 2025 Q1 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 17857.1 |
| 2023 Q3 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 218750.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 19230.8 |
| 2022 Q2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 35714.3 |
| 2021 Q2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 33333.3 |
| 2019 Q1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 53 | 8 | 2 | 150943.4 |
| 2018 Q2 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 272727.3 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 46 | 16 | 0 | 347826.1 |
| 2016 Q2 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 687500.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q1 | 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.