At about 5pm on Monday the 17th of June 2024 the operator arrived at the parking area. The operator parked the articulated dump truck, engaged the parking brake & exited the truck & entered the restroom. As soon as the operator entered & closed the door another operator started yelling fire. Upon exiting the restroom in a matter of minutes the cab of the truck was fully engulfed.
Lion Cave Materials Briggs Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Lion Cave Materials
· Surface
Controlled by
Anchor International Inc; Irene S Galo
Garden Ridge,
Comal County,
TX
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105243
Lion Cave Materials Briggs Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $121 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2024
- Latest incident
- Jun 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
33
citations
7
significant & substantial
$7,261
proposed penalties
$7,140
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $121 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
16
inspections on record
147
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: 147 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lion Cave Materials Briggs Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $121 outstanding across 0 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.$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$121
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 5,701 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 6,965 | 2 | 0 | 287.2 |
| 2025 Q2 | 6,735 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 6,165 | 1 | 0 | 162.2 |
| 2024 Q4 | 5,493 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 7,531 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5,050 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 6,478 | 3 | 0 | 463.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 6,916 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 9,473 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 7,978 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 7,948 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 7,769 | 1 | 0 | 128.7 |
| 2022 Q3 | 3,750 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 7,384 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 6,016 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 3,238 | 8 | 2 | 2470.7 |
| 2021 Q3 | 4,689 | 6 | 0 | 1279.6 |
| 2021 Q2 | 5,980 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 5,951 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 5,582 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 4,576 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,505 | 4 | 3 | 2657.8 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,889 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,915 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 5,682 | 2 | 0 | 352.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 5,778 | 2 | 2 | 346.1 |
| 2017 Q4 | 6,797 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 5,364 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 4,483 | 3 | 0 | 669.2 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2024 · 1 incident
Lion Cave Materials · Accident type, without injuries
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