Mining Incidents

Groesbeck Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Groesbeck, Limestone County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104385

Groesbeck Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $300 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2004–2012
Latest incident
Jul 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
32
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,735
proposed penalties
$2,303
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $432 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
28
inspections on record
485
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: 485 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Groesbeck Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $300 outstanding across 3 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$300
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-06-03.
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
2017 Q2 993 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 786 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,505 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,231 1 0 448.2
2015 Q1 132 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 143 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 816 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 238 0 0 0.0
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1 1,716 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,592 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 558 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,234 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,873 1 0 258.2
2012 Q3 2,333 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,313 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,435 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,128 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,387 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,111 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,776 4 0 1059.3
2010 Q4 3,133 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,164 2 0 480.3
2010 Q2 6,572 1 0 152.2
2010 Q1 4,332 5 1 1154.2
2009 Q4 3,364 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,975 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,365 3 1 407.3
2009 Q1 5,641 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 8,733 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,814 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,904 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 8,264 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,957 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,591 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,229 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,746 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,774 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,371 1 0 119.5
2006 Q2 8,817 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8,425 2 0 237.4
2005 Q4 8,470 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,727 1 0 102.8
2005 Q2 9,336 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 9,363 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 11,184 2 0 178.8
2004 Q3 9,059 3 0 331.2
2004 Q2 6,829 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,496 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,076 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 11,044 3 0 271.6
2003 Q2 7,929 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,616 3 1 534.2
2002 Q4 4,177 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2012 · 1 incident

July 23, 2012 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

Removing a cutting edge on a Cat 980G Front End Loader bucket. When the last bolt was removed the metal came loose from the bucket and struck the victim on top of the left foot causing a fracture to a metatarsal bone.

2008 · 1 incident

May 3, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing the oil on the John Deere 400 haul truck. When he was closing the belly pan he strained his back. This was not originally an MSHA reportable, but became one later when the employee went to the doctor and was put on restricted duty.

2006 · 1 incident

June 13, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was welding on a guard that was lying on the ground. He knelt down on a piece of hot metal and burned his left knee.

2004 · 2 incidents

October 25, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

Frature to Coccyx & futher back injury (type to be determined.)** Employee was under the hood of loader. The mechanism holding up the hood failed knocking Employee 4 ft to the ground. Narrative paraphrased from work activity.**

August 11, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was assisting the explosive contractor with loading the drilled holes when the he experienced a burning and stinging sensation in his left buttock. He was standing & bending over at time - did not see or hear anything that bit or stung him; area was red with somes swelling -went to doctor and received a prescription.

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The full compliance file on Groesbeck Quarry

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.