Mining Incidents

HENDERSON BRICK PLT & PITS: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Henderson, Rusk County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4100276

HENDERSON BRICK PLT & PITS 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
2
Years on record
1985–2000
Latest incident
Dec 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
34
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,747
proposed penalties
$4,747
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
37
inspections on record
382
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: 382 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HENDERSON BRICK PLT & PITS 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
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-07-08.
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.
17.6%
significant & substantial
14.7%
high negligence or reckless
17.6%
reasonably likely or greater
20.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 73.5% moderate, 14.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2021-09-22, 4 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2010-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2010-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer 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.
Ownership history
  1. Henderson Clay Products Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. Boral Bricks Inc 1985 to 2017
  3. Meridian Brick LLC 2017 to 2023
  4. General Shale Brick, Inc. 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 2
2023 2
2022 1
2021 3
2020 2
2019 7
2018 5
2017 12
2016 12
2015 3
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 1
2008 2
2007 3
2006 3
2005 2
2004 3
2003 5
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

HENDERSON BRICK PLT & PITS sits in Rusk County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Rusk County, Texas · Population 52,613
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$67,506
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 10 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 347 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 85 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 85 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 124 1 0 8064.5
2020 Q3 145 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,364 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,065 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 65 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,605 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,816 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,574 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,995 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,157 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 388 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,079 4 0 980.6
2016 Q4 5,932 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,669 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,752 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,771 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 66 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 161 2 0 12422.4
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 91 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 75 2 0 26666.7
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 125 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 163 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 221 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 221 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 221 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 221 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 235 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 245 2 0 8163.3
2007 Q1 221 1 0 4524.9
2006 Q4 221 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 229 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 221 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 221 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 221 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 221 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 221 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 303 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 221 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 459 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 663 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 663 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 221 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 221 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 858 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 221 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 221 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 221 1 0 4524.9
2001 Q3 221 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 671 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 871 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 871 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 871 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 871 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2000 · 1 incident

December 4, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Bricks Inc · Accident type, without injuries

DUMP TRUCK OVERTURNED WHILE DUMPING LOAD. NO INJURY (DRIVER WAS WEARING SEATBELT). COSMETIC DAMAGE TO TRUCK (LEFT MIRROR, FENDER, STEPS, CRACK IN HOOD).

1985 · 1 incident

September 5, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boral Bricks Inc · Fall from machine

LOST BALANCE WHILE CLIMBING INTO EXCAVATOR. EMPOLOYEE FELL TO GROUND SPRAINING ANKLE