Mining Incidents

M 3: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Mezger Ent. LTD. · Surface
Controlled by Bill Mezger; Ben Goodwin
Lueders, Jones County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104261

M 3 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $500 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 2001
15
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,437
proposed penalties
$937
paid to date
65% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
8
inspections on record
77
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: 77 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

M 3 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $500 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$937
paid to date
$500
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-09-16.
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
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 46.7% moderate, 33.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Alkusari Texas Limestone Corp 2000 to 2002
  2. Mezger Ent. LTD. 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2002 0
2001 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

M 3 sits in Jones County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.7% 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.
Jones County, Texas · Population 19,968
3.7%
Mining share of county employment
$63,472
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
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 600 6 2 10000.0

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.