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Kyle Plant: 146 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Nursery, Victoria County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4103912

Kyle Plant has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $143 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1996–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
146
citations
33
significant & substantial
$36,573
proposed penalties
$35,718
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $855 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
1,039
inspection hours
14.0
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.
146 citations across 1,039 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kyle Plant has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $143 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$143
outstanding
146 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $581 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-01.
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.
22.6%
significant & substantial
9.6%
high negligence or reckless
21.9%
reasonably likely or greater
45.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.7% none, 16.4% low, 73.3% moderate, 9.6% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 80%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 20%
100%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
58%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $581 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 2015-10-14.
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 2007-193M Settlement Hodgdon 2007 $723 → $101
CENT 2009-786M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $570 → $480
CENT 2016-0040 Withdrawal Paez 2016 $100 → $0
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: 2025-12-02
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
30
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg17
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (30)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2025-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2025-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2025-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-12-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-12-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2018-08-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Utility Man
2018-08-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-08-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2012-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2012-06-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2012-06-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-06-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Washer Operator
2007-08-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.68 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-08-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Cleanup Man
2007-08-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Cleanup Man
2002-01-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.46 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.84 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-01-15 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.53 Road Grader Operator
2002-01-15 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 1.36 Mechanic
2002-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.8 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2000-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-07-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.88 2.57 0.73 Backhoe Operator
2000-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2000-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Road Grader 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.

Kyle Plant recorded 3.57 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.
3.57
total case rate
3.57
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 * 3.57 3.57 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 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. Fordyce Holdings Inc 1996 to 2022
  2. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 24
2025 23
2024 21
2023 22
2022 20
2021 22
2020 17
2019 8
2018 27
2017 35
2016 36
2015 35
2014 32
2013 31
2012 29
2011 28
2010 28
2009 33
2008 31
2007 27
2006 28
2005 27
2004 22
2003 23
2002 21
2001 19
2000 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kyle Plant sits in Victoria County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Victoria County, Texas · Population 91,281
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,101
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 12,545 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 12,264 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 11,924 1 0 83.9
2025 Q3 15,218 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 15,032 1 0 66.5
2025 Q1 13,802 1 0 72.5
2024 Q4 13,949 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 15,130 2 0 132.2
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 15,072 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 14,259 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 13,649 2 0 146.5
2023 Q3 14,534 2 0 137.6
2023 Q2 15,183 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 14,471 3 1 207.3
2022 Q4 12,221 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 13,148 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 12,937 2 0 154.6
2022 Q1 4,984 1 0 200.6
2021 Q4 15,356 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 16,153 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 15,170 2 0 131.8
2021 Q1 13,205 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 14,467 3 1 207.4
2020 Q3 13,664 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 11,652 2 1 171.6
2020 Q1 10,383 3 1 288.9
2019 Q4 3,675 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,955 2 0 403.6
2019 Q2 5,465 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,687 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 8,962 1 0 111.6
2018 Q3 17,286 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 28,145 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 26,298 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 31,508 14 3 444.3
2017 Q3 30,872 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 32,197 1 0 31.1
2017 Q1 25,754 1 0 38.8
2016 Q4 23,611 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 27,008 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 29,693 5 1 168.4
2016 Q1 26,466 3 2 113.4
2015 Q4 31,108 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 27,121 2 0 73.7
2015 Q2 28,205 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 23,031 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 24,990 3 0 120.0
2014 Q3 20,575 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 20,124 3 2 149.1
2014 Q1 19,579 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 17,503 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 14,673 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 20,639 3 1 145.4
2013 Q1 19,558 3 1 153.4
2012 Q4 17,756 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 17,334 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 16,682 2 1 119.9
2012 Q1 19,230 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 17,553 2 0 113.9
2011 Q3 17,618 2 0 113.5
2011 Q2 18,976 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 16,326 1 0 61.3
2010 Q4 13,102 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 17,168 1 0 58.2
2010 Q2 16,216 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 14,650 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 15,178 1 0 65.9
2009 Q3 23,551 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 21,370 5 3 234.0
2009 Q1 22,651 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 20,094 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 17,134 4 0 233.5
2008 Q2 20,660 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 21,011 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 20,679 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 16,451 2 0 121.6
2007 Q2 15,522 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 15,786 3 1 190.0
2006 Q4 14,915 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 19,055 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 22,913 15 4 654.7
2006 Q1 18,417 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 18,939 11 3 580.8
2005 Q3 23,941 3 0 125.3
2005 Q2 23,306 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 17,848 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 19,271 9 5 467.0
2004 Q3 16,787 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 15,065 1 0 66.4
2004 Q1 14,326 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 16,491 3 1 181.9
2003 Q3 12,743 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 18,712 2 0 106.9
2003 Q1 15,098 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 16,877 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 15,948 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 13,953 3 1 215.0
2002 Q1 12,977 2 0 154.1
2001 Q4 13,008 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 11,643 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 12,818 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 12,610 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 12,757 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 13,934 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10,899 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 17,098 2 0 117.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2025 · 1 incident

September 12, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

Removing an umbrella stand from the back of the service truck. Set stand down on uneven ground, Stand fell striking EE's gloved Right inner thumb and palm. Suspected fracture confirmed by Ortho on 9-24-2025.

2015 · 1 incident

November 18, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fordyce Holdings Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Injured employee was cleaning plant floor with shovel when he slipped as he was pushing shovel with left foot. Injured fell and landed on buttock with right leg underneath him. Injured did not report until next day. Injured suffered groin pull and is on light duty.

2012 · 1 incident

September 20, 2012 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Fordyce Holdings Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was helping startup 6" waterline from Ground Well. After repairs to hose connection, plugged line burst open and rubber water line struck injured in Left leg below his knee. Injured was diagnosed with contusion to leg with no fractures. Injured was sent home for two days. Back to work on Monday.

2010 · 1 incident

February 9, 2010 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fordyce Holdings Inc · Struck against stationary object

While using a steel pry bar to dislodge rock from jaw crusher, Injured employee slammed his right hand into side of crusher wall, causing fracture to tip of right index finger. Crusher and conveyors were locked out and Injured was wearing gloves.

2008 · 1 incident

December 16, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fordyce Holdings Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was exiting Cat 345 Excavator when he slammed door on his right ring finger causing a laceration that needed stitches.

2006 · 1 incident

November 7, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fordyce Holdings Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE states that he stood on a bucket to reach grease nipple. He stated that he suffered an umbilical hernia from falling on his rear. The report is late due to injured not reporting injury timely, and also due to the litigation between dr and insur. on compensability and past medical surguries in same abdomen area.

2005 · 1 incident

February 14, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fordyce Holdings Inc · Fall from machine

EE STEPPED BACK OFF OF EXCAVATOR TRACKS WHILE SERVICING UNIT. EE LANDED ON HIS FEET, BUT STATES HE HEARD POP IN RIGHT KNEE. EE DID NOT REPORT INJURY TO OFFICE UNTIL 3/29/05. EE WORKED REGULAR HOURS UNTIL 5/20/05, THE DAY HE HAD ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY TO RIGHT KNEE.

1996 · 1 incident

September 25, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fordyce Holdings Inc · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS CHANGING OUT SHAKER SCREEN ON SHAKER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON CORSS BEAM SUPPORTING SHAKERINJURED FELL APPROX. 8' DOWN GRAVEL CHUTE. CHUTE WAS EXPSED BY ROLLING BACK OF ROLL-AWAY DOOR IN ORDER TO GET SCREEN OUT OF SHAKER DECK. INJUREDSUFFERED MILD FRACTURE THAT REQUIRED AN AIR CAST. INJURED WILL NOT LOSE ANY TIME WITH WILL RETURN TO WORK AS A SCLAE HOUSE ATTENDENT.