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MARTIN QUARRY: 159 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

J R Thompson Inc · Surface
Controlled by John R Thompson
St. Jo, Montague County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4103014

MARTIN QUARRY has $50K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1987–2016
Latest incident
Jun 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
159
citations
46
significant & substantial
$49,864
proposed penalties
$49,713
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See J R Thompson Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
75
inspections on record
939
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: 939 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MARTIN QUARRY has $50K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$50K
proposed penalties
$50K
current assessed
$50K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
156 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-07.
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.
29.3%
significant & substantial
10.8%
high negligence or reckless
29.9%
reasonably likely or greater
52.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 80.9% moderate, 10.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-09-23
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
29
samples
17
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz12
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (29)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2025-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2021-04-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2021-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-08-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2017-08-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.53 10 0.05 Drill Operator, Rotary
2017-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2017-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-11-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-11-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-04-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2012-04-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2012-04-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.52 10 0.05 Truck Driver
2010-09-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.46 10 0.05 Backhoe Operator
2009-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 3.27 0.18 Truck Driver
2009-06-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2009-06-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.62 10 0.06 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.7 10 0.07 Truck Driver
2003-07-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.71 2.82 0.25 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.

MARTIN QUARRY recorded 8.40 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2016.

Injury rate, 2016
ⓘ 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.
8.40
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.59 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.82 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
2016 * 8.40 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 8.10 8.10 0.000
2010 * 7.85 7.85 0.000
2008 * 5.33 5.33 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 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. Jagoe-Public Company 1980 to 1987
  2. J R Thompson Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 6
2024 7
2023 6
2022 5
2021 6
2020 5
2019 6
2018 8
2017 10
2016 12
2015 10
2014 11
2013 13
2012 12
2011 11
2010 11
2009 9
2008 15
2007 13
2006 10
2005 9
2004 11
2003 9
2002 10
2001 10
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MARTIN QUARRY sits in Montague County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 6.7% 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.
Montague County, Texas · Population 20,599
6.7%
Mining share of county employment
$62,818
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 3,628 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,508 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,753 7 2 2542.7
2025 Q3 2,619 1 0 381.8
2025 Q2 2,814 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,534 1 1 394.6
2024 Q4 2,753 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,035 2 0 659.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,870 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,636 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,308 1 0 433.3
2023 Q3 2,454 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,866 2 0 697.8
2023 Q1 2,369 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,395 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,795 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,429 2 1 583.3
2022 Q1 2,640 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,245 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,629 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,005 1 0 332.8
2021 Q1 2,534 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,664 1 0 375.4
2020 Q3 2,887 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,937 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,664 1 0 375.4
2019 Q4 2,978 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,881 1 0 257.7
2019 Q2 4,331 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,190 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,465 2 0 811.4
2018 Q3 3,247 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,777 2 0 529.5
2018 Q1 4,295 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,086 3 2 589.9
2017 Q3 4,411 3 1 680.1
2017 Q2 4,049 1 0 247.0
2017 Q1 5,042 3 2 595.0
2016 Q4 4,548 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,455 2 2 366.6
2016 Q2 7,226 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,590 2 0 303.5
2015 Q4 4,365 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,275 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,781 5 3 1045.8
2015 Q1 4,914 1 1 203.5
2014 Q4 5,231 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,778 1 0 173.1
2014 Q2 5,710 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 6,399 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,994 7 0 1401.7
2013 Q3 6,520 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,350 3 1 472.4
2013 Q1 7,142 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,632 2 0 301.6
2012 Q3 7,075 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,465 3 2 464.0
2012 Q1 5,142 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,793 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,308 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,804 1 0 147.0
2011 Q1 7,786 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 7,032 3 2 426.6
2010 Q3 7,688 5 2 650.4
2010 Q2 5,417 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,341 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,444 9 3 1653.2
2009 Q3 4,104 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,309 11 5 2552.8
2009 Q1 4,515 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,461 7 5 1083.4
2008 Q3 8,678 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 11,266 3 0 266.3
2008 Q1 11,133 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 9,760 5 0 512.3
2007 Q3 11,314 2 0 176.8
2007 Q2 8,254 3 1 363.5
2007 Q1 6,902 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,515 1 0 153.5
2006 Q3 6,477 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,084 7 1 1376.9
2006 Q1 5,867 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,420 1 0 184.5
2005 Q3 5,752 3 0 521.6
2005 Q2 6,930 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,296 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,318 2 0 376.1
2004 Q3 7,538 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,049 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,120 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,908 6 0 1222.5
2003 Q3 5,656 5 0 884.0
2003 Q2 5,510 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,047 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,156 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,979 5 4 836.3
2002 Q2 5,771 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,592 3 0 653.3
2001 Q4 6,218 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,784 7 1 1031.8
2001 Q2 5,794 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,619 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,409 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,872 8 4 2066.1
2000 Q2 3,608 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,982 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2016 · 1 incident

June 30, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
J R Thompson Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Had truck running, raised hood to check oil not paying attention put hand in, fan belt caught left middle finger tip.

2011 · 1 incident

December 2, 2011 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J R Thompson Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Not paying attention slammed right thumb in door while closing it.

2010 · 1 incident

February 23, 2010 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J R Thompson Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee twisted his back while helping load a shot at the quarry. The impairment is unknown.

2008 · 1 incident

January 22, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
J R Thompson Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employees were standing on a loader bucket trying to free a conveyor head pully. The loader operator in error dumped the men off pinning one between the bucket and the conveyor. The injured employee was transported to the hospital and found to have no broken bones or internal injuries. Contributing factors were the cold wet weather and disregard of company policy.

2006 · 1 incident

December 6, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
J R Thompson Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSPECTING A GEAR REPAIR JOB DONE AM 12-06-06 ON A ROLL CRUSHER AN UNKNOWN OBJECT CAUGHT AND CRUSHED EMPLOYEES MIDDLE FINGER.

2003 · 2 incidents

December 8, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J R Thompson Inc · Struck by flying object

WORKING AT THE SHOP WITH COWORKERS AND THE HEAD CAME OFF OF A SLEDGE HAMMER AND HIT HIM IN HIS HEAD.

January 30, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
J R Thompson Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BELT, AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTLY HIT WRONG BUTTON AND TURNED THE ENGINE ON. THE BELT STARTED TURNING AND IT BROKE THE SKIN AND THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.

1999 · 1 incident

April 24, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J R Thompson Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS HOLDING STEADY A GEAR THAT WAS SETTING ON A LEDGE PRIOR TO INSTALLATION. THE GEAR SLIPPED OFF OF LEDGE TURNING OVER AND LANDING ON EE'S FOOT. NO BONES WERE BROKEN BUT UNSURE ABOUT OTHER INJURY TO HIS FOOT.

1988 · 1 incident

April 22, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
J R Thompson Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TRACOTR TO CLEAN SPILLAGE AROUND THE CRUSHER. HE BACKED UP TO THE PLANT TO LOWERED THE BOX BLADE ON THE BACK TO DRAG OFF THE MATERIAL. INSTEAD OF CHANGING GEARS ON THETR ACTOR TO GO FORWARD, HE PUT IT IN ANOTHER REVERSE GEAR. UPON LETTING OU THE CLUTCH, THETRACOTR BACKED UNDER THE CRUSHER PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE CRUSHER FRAME AND THE STEERING WHEEL ON THE TRA

1987 · 1 incident

August 7, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
J R Thompson Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 WORKING ON A CHUTE ON A SIZING SCREEN WHEN THE CONVEYOR HE WAS SITTING ON WAS TURNED ON. THE CONVEYOR CARRIED HIM BACKWARD HITTING HIS BACK ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE CHUTE.