Mining Incidents

LMS Lone Star Masonry and Stone: 106 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

LMS Lone Star Masonry and Stone · Surface
Controlled by Margarito Espinoza
Liberty Hall, Williamson County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103502

LMS Lone Star Masonry and Stone has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $36K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1990–2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
106
citations
33
significant & substantial
$52,545
proposed penalties
$16,975
paid to date
32% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $35,570 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
36
inspections on record
359
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: 359 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LMS Lone Star Masonry and Stone has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $36K 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.
$53K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$36K
outstanding
101 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-11-14.
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.
32.7%
significant & substantial
21.8%
high negligence or reckless
32.7%
reasonably likely or greater
41.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.9% low, 69.3% moderate, 21.8% 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: 2017-08-09, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2017-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2017-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-05-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 Utility Man
2011-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 1.91 0.26 Bulldozer Operator
2011-05-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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. Austin Cut Stone Inc 1987 to 2008
  2. Capitol Area Resources 2009 to 2017
  3. LMS Lone Star Masonry and Stone 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 5
2017 4
2016 13
2015 11
2014 8
2013 9
2012 9
2011 9
2010 11
2009 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LMS Lone Star Masonry and Stone sits in Williamson County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Williamson County, Texas · Population 643,889
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$108,309
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
2018 Q3 2,500 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,600 4 2 1111.1
2018 Q1 2,600 6 0 2307.7
2017 Q4 2,100 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,900 4 0 2105.3
2016 Q3 6,000 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,700 4 0 597.0
2016 Q1 2,100 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4 2,075 5 1 2409.6
2015 Q3 3,680 2 1 543.5
2015 Q2 2,720 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,625 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,100 3 2 1428.6
2014 Q3 2,380 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,855 9 4 3152.4
2014 Q1 2,300 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,425 2 1 824.7
2013 Q3 2,885 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,710 3 2 1107.0
2013 Q1 3,640 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,600 3 0 833.3
2012 Q3 4,368 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,904 8 2 2049.2
2012 Q1 4,160 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,032 7 4 1736.1
2011 Q3 4,752 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,096 4 3 976.6
2011 Q1 4,800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,840 6 0 1239.7
2010 Q3 4,711 4 0 849.1
2010 Q2 4,640 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,257 3 0 704.7
2009 Q4 3,840 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,880 5 3 1024.6
2009 Q2 7,352 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,632 12 5 7352.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2011 · 1 incident

June 23, 2011 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capitol Area Resources · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Sawyer/Park narrow belt saw;small roughback grazed back/left leg.Front roughback/slabs removed.Sawyer didn't follow procedure w/back roughback;thus his injury.Went to foreman/examined his leg w/him;back to work/no concern.Next day his ankle was hurting,taken to doctor & told to take off the day/stay off it over weekend.No breakage,only bruising.Off wk,w/pay,for 4days.Back:6/30/2011

1992 · 1 incident

October 20, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Austin Cut Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

GREEN CARBIDE WHEEL ON BENCH GRINDER SHATTERED WHEN OPERATOR TURNED BENCH GRINDER ON HE WAS GOING TO SHARPEN A CARBIDE TOOL FOR PLANER BENCH GRINDER HAD ALLGUARDS IN PLACE PIECES FROM GREEN WH EEL STRUCK OPERATOR IN LEFT FOREARM & LACERATED IT 2 STITCHES WERE TAKEN AT ROUND ROCK HOSPITAL

1991 · 7 incidents

December 9, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Austin Cut Stone Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS UNLOADING STONE BLOCK FROM SAW WHEN AN APPROX. WT. OF A PIECE OF THE BLOCK BROKE OFF FALLING ON LEFT FOOT.

September 10, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Austin Cut Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE TOOK HIS GLASSES OFF WHILE GRINDER WAS STILL RUNNING. WHEN HE SET IT DOWN A PIECE OF STEEL HIT HIS EYE.

September 10, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Austin Cut Stone Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE REPLACING THE FAN ON AN ENGINE. THE WRENCH SLIPPED ON A BOLT, RESULTING IN INJURY TO THUMB. ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING WHILE WORKING ON EQUIPMENT.

June 27, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Austin Cut Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

FOREIGN OBJECT REMOVED FROM EYE.

June 7, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Austin Cut Stone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TRYING TO LIFT A STONE APPROX WEIGHT 90 LBS RESULTING IN A STRAINED BACK MUSCLE.

April 9, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Austin Cut Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES HE WAS TRYING TO MOVE A ROCK AND IT SLIPPED AND LANDED ON THE SIDE OF HIS LEFT FOOT.

March 12, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Austin Cut Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROCKS WITH FORLIFT, ATTEMPTED TO UNLOAD THE ROCK AND IT SHIFTED, PINNING HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE FORKLIFT AND THE ROCK.

1990 · 2 incidents

September 24, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Austin Cut Stone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING PC OF STONE, STRAINED BACK

September 24, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Austin Cut Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING WITH SKILL SAW THE LUMBER STARTED TO FALL EMP PLACED HIS HAND UNDER THE SAW TRYING TO PREVENT IT