Mining Incidents

LSS10/L110: 55 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Laredo Paving Inc · Surface
Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Big Springs, Tx,, Glasscock County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104129

LSS10/L110 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $248 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Jan 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
55
citations
11
significant & substantial
$17,510
proposed penalties
$15,108
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,402 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
41
inspections on record
339
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: 339 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LSS10/L110 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $248 outstanding across 5 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$248
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-12-18.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
40.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.2%
reasonably likely or greater
52.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.5% low, 54.5% moderate, 40.0% 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.
17 citations taken to the federal commission · 31% of citations on record
  • Settled 16 · 94%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 6%
67%
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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
42%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $4K 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 2014-03-11.
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 2013-330M Settlement Miller 2013 $4K → $3K
CENT 2014-0268 Settlement Rae 2014 $3K → $541
CENT 2014-88M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $362 → $362
CENT 2009-851M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $117 → $100
CENT20000251M Settlement Melick 2000 $110 → $110
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: 2018-12-18, 7 years ago
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2016-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2016-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-09-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper 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. Laredo Paving Inc 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 3
2017 4
2016 4
2015 3
2014 4
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 2
2009 3
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 5
2004 2
2003 2
2002 3
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LSS10/L110 sits in Glasscock County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Glasscock County, Texas · Population 1,070
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$106,806
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 Q4 1,938 6 1 3096.0
2018 Q3 2,870 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 525 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,384 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 233 15 5 64377.7
2017 Q3 1,267 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,266 2 1 1579.8
2017 Q1 1,294 0 0 0.0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 1,364 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,039 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 120 1 0 8333.3
2016 Q1 236 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 190 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 234 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 368 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 0 1 0
2014 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 68 3 0 44117.6
2014 Q1 60 1 0 16666.7
2013 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 85 1 1 11764.7
2013 Q2 330 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 179 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 88 13 2 147727.3
2012 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 926 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 186 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 568 4 1 7042.3
2009 Q2 1,065 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 976 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 608 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 704 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 179 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 935 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 323 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 321 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 732 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,070 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 729 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,086 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,225 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,135 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 861 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,558 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,597 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 626 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 433 2 0 4618.9
2004 Q3 1,050 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,186 2 0 1686.3
2004 Q1 1,350 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 776 1 0 1288.7
2003 Q3 872 1 0 1146.8
2003 Q2 780 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 436 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 776 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,827 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,776 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,655 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,133 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,677 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,800 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,575 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 845 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,578 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

January 15, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Laredo Paving Inc · Flash burns (electric)

ELECTRICAL FLASHE FIRE RESULTING IN FLASH BURN.