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LU140: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Laredo Paving Inc · Surface
Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Laredo, Webb County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104246

LU140 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Dec 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
18
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,190
proposed penalties
$1,918
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $272 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Laredo Paving Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
16
inspections on record
143
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: 143 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LU140 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-11-06.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
33.3%
high negligence or reckless
38.9%
reasonably likely or greater
61.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 66.7% moderate, 33.3% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
50%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
16%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $950 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 2008-04-01.
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 2007-84M Settlement Hodgdon 2007 $1K → $850
CENT20010297M Settlement Hodgdon 2002 $292 → $197
CENT 2008-451M Settlement Hodgdon 2008 $127 → $100
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: 2009-03-31, 17 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.74 0.41 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.77 0.75 Cleanup Man
2009-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 0.72 0.74 Front-end Loader 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
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 1
2004 3
2003 6
2002 3
2001 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LU140 sits in Webb County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Webb County, Texas · Population 267,731
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$62,506
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
2011 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 59 1 0 16949.2
2008 Q3 245 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 115 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,960 1 0 510.2
2007 Q4 2,705 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,734 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 681 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,821 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,881 6 2 2082.6
2006 Q2 3,841 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 2,249 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,520 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 731 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,828 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 178 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,408 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 53 1 0 18867.9
2003 Q2 3,380 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,748 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 263 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,536 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,374 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,457 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

December 18, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laredo Paving Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Customer's driver was inside belly dump cleaning when the doors closed on his legs. This driver works for Guerrero & Sons Trucking company. He is not an employee of this company. One leg was broken and the other fractured. He did not place safety pins in place to insure doors would stay open.