Mining Incidents

LOPEZ READY MIX PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Lopez Ready Mix · Surface
Controlled by Erasmo Lopez Jr.
Rio Grande City, Starr County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4103156

LOPEZ READY MIX PIT has $80K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
168
citations
64
significant & substantial
$80,128
proposed penalties
$69,429
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,699 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
80
inspections on record
830
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: 830 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LOPEZ READY MIX PIT has $80K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K 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.
$80K
proposed penalties
$80K
current assessed
$69K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
165 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-08.
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
2025 Q4 1,623 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,395 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,330 8 4 6015.0
2025 Q1 1,774 3 2 1691.1
2024 Q4 1,769 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,001 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,074 7 5 3375.1
2024 Q1 2,195 0 0 0.0
Show 88 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,230 4 0 1793.7
2023 Q3 2,340 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,158 1 0 463.4
2023 Q1 1,929 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,228 3 3 1346.5
2022 Q3 1,933 2 0 1034.7
2022 Q2 2,176 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,228 4 0 1795.3
2021 Q4 2,450 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,829 1 0 546.7
2021 Q2 1,810 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,390 5 0 3597.1
2020 Q4 1,882 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,423 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,762 2 1 1135.1
2020 Q1 1,525 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,627 1 0 614.6
2019 Q3 1,352 3 1 2218.9
2019 Q2 1,460 1 0 684.9
2019 Q1 2,171 3 0 1381.9
2018 Q4 2,145 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,838 7 1 3808.5
2018 Q2 1,663 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,617 3 2 1855.3
2017 Q3 1,764 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,681 1 0 594.9
2017 Q1 1,736 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,415 2 1 1413.4
2016 Q3 1,868 2 0 1070.7
2016 Q2 1,820 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,622 2 1 1233.0
2015 Q4 2,111 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,413 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,219 2 1 901.3
2015 Q1 1,953 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,992 2 0 1004.0
2014 Q3 2,040 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,528 2 0 791.1
2014 Q1 2,066 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,771 4 1 2258.6
2013 Q3 2,151 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,987 3 1 1509.8
2013 Q1 1,784 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,564 5 3 3196.9
2012 Q3 2,250 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,227 7 3 2169.2
2012 Q1 2,540 3 1 1181.1
2011 Q4 2,354 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,750 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,769 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,700 5 3 1851.9
2010 Q3 2,880 1 0 347.2
2010 Q2 2,990 9 5 3010.0
2010 Q1 3,125 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,240 3 1 925.9
2009 Q3 4,000 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,200 6 3 1875.0
2009 Q1 3,600 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,200 9 3 2142.9
2008 Q3 2,520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,500 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,456 1 1 289.4
2007 Q4 3,100 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,800 9 5 3214.3
2007 Q1 2,990 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,900 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,900 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,300 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,600 7 1 1944.4
2005 Q2 3,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,990 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,950 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,360 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,400 4 1 1666.7
2003 Q3 2,480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,900 5 3 2631.6
2002 Q4 1,020 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 510 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 480 3 1 6250.0
2000 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 384 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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