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Madden Materials Madden Pit: 156 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Madden Materials · Surface
Von Ormy, Bexar County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104443

Madden Materials Madden Pit has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $756 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2017–2019
Latest incident
Feb 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
156
citations
38
significant & substantial
$44,474
proposed penalties
$42,680
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,794 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Madden Materials's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
106
inspections on record
902
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: 902 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2022-03-17.
On record since 2022.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Madden Materials Madden Pit has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $756 outstanding across 7 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$43K
paid to date
$756
outstanding
146 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $17K in penalties contested before the Commission, $16K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
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.
25.2%
significant & substantial
13.2%
high negligence or reckless
25.2%
reasonably likely or greater
23.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.6% low, 78.1% moderate, 13.2% 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.
16 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 15 · 94%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 6%
100%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
7%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$17K proposed, $16K 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 2022-06-08.
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 2022-0169 Settlement Manning 2022 $12K → $12K
CENT 2011-268M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $3K → $3K
CENT 2019-0162 Settlement Bulluck 2019 $558 → $475
CENT 2019-0301 Settlement Bulluck 2019 $558 → $558
CENT 2018-0201 Settlement Lesnick 2018 $429 → $429
CENT 2010-145M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $400 → $400
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: 2021-10-07, 4 years ago
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-10-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-10-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2021-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
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.

Madden Materials Madden Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.17 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 2.20 2.20 0.000
2018 * 2.79 2.79 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Madden Material & Trucking 2003 to 2016
  2. Madden Materials 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 10
2024 10
2023 7
2022 7
2021 6
2020 8
2019 28
2018 15
2017 4
2016 4
2015 3
2014 3
2013 4
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 4
2008 4
2007 5
2006 5
2005 4
2004 3
2003 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Madden Materials Madden Pit sits in Bexar County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Bexar County, Texas · Population 2,037,344
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$70,571
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
2026 Q2 3,536 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,247 2 0 470.9
2025 Q4 4,456 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,864 4 2 822.4
2025 Q2 7,361 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,348 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,053 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,822 0 0 0.0
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,917 1 0 169.0
2024 Q1 4,957 3 0 605.2
2023 Q4 3,487 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,333 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,913 5 2 1277.8
2023 Q1 4,848 5 2 1031.4
2022 Q4 3,905 2 1 512.2
2022 Q3 5,952 6 2 1008.1
2022 Q2 2,880 1 1 347.2
2022 Q1 2,880 6 3 2083.3
2021 Q4 2,880 2 1 694.4
2021 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,880 5 0 1736.1
2021 Q1 7,242 1 0 138.1
2020 Q4 2,580 1 0 387.6
2020 Q3 2,580 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,580 2 1 775.2
2020 Q1 18,060 3 1 166.1
2019 Q4 18,060 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 18,060 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 26,941 1 0 37.1
2019 Q1 27,942 5 0 178.9
2018 Q4 20,310 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 24,310 5 1 205.7
2018 Q2 24,300 1 1 41.2
2018 Q1 2,880 2 0 694.4
2017 Q4 2,880 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,580 2 1 775.2
2017 Q2 2,640 3 0 1136.4
2017 Q1 2,782 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,685 5 3 1862.2
2016 Q3 2,640 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,260 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,300 1 0 769.2
2015 Q3 825 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 810 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,109 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,297 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,317 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,092 1 0 915.8
2013 Q4 1,607 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,953 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 770 2 1 2597.4
2012 Q4 1,580 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,649 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,546 1 0 646.8
2012 Q1 1,345 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,896 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,581 3 0 1897.5
2011 Q2 1,894 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,362 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,225 11 1 8979.6
2010 Q3 1,330 3 0 2255.6
2010 Q2 1,132 4 0 3533.6
2010 Q1 944 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 549 4 0 7286.0
2009 Q3 1,605 7 0 4361.4
2009 Q2 1,647 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,162 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,132 1 0 469.0
2008 Q3 2,266 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,151 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,084 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,289 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,938 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,376 6 2 2525.3
2007 Q1 2,560 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,943 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,660 1 0 375.9
2006 Q2 2,910 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,600 4 2 1538.5
2005 Q4 2,520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,630 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,660 3 0 1807.2
2005 Q1 1,755 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,560 2 1 1282.1
2004 Q3 1,730 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,355 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,214 2 0 1647.4
2003 Q4 1,443 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 165 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2019 · 1 incident

February 19, 2019 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Madden Materials · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Plant operator was removing a trash from a conveyor when pinky finger was captured by a moving screener box. Fracture of distal phalanx of little finger; laceration of little finger.

2018 · 1 incident

June 12, 2018 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madden Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

On 06/12/2018 Employee Stated employee was injured in a non work related incident to return to full duty on 06/14/2018. On 07/03/2018 the employee recanted and stated that the injury was work related and that the injury was from a pressurized hose that struck the employee causing the injury to shoulder and neck.

2017 · 1 incident

November 28, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madden Materials · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was inside a screener installing a screen on a QE-441, and stated that they pulled on the screen and felt a pull in the groin area. Employee was taken to the local Med-Clinic and diagnosed with a pulled groin.