Martinez Stone: 1 recorded fatality
Metal/Non-Metal
Martinez Stone
· Surface
MSHA Mine ID: 4104848
Martinez Stone has $115K in proposed MSHA penalties and $115K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2010
- Latest incident
- Dec 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
10
significant & substantial
$114,925
proposed penalties
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $114,717 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 204 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Martinez Stone has $115K in proposed MSHA penalties and $115K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
23 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $105K in penalties contested before the Commission, $105K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
43.5%
significant & substantial
43.5%
high negligence or reckless
47.8%
reasonably likely or greater
56.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 56.5% moderate, 43.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
2
citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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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%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$105K proposed, $105K 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 2011-07-28.
Contested penalties
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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 2011-1055M |
Default |
Lesnick |
2012 |
$105K → $105K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
-
Martinez Stone
2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2011 |
9 |
| 2010 |
1 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Martinez Stone sits in San Saba County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 6.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
San Saba County, Texas · Population 5,802
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$54,855
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 Q3 |
627 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 |
573 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 |
423 |
24 |
10 |
56737.6 |
| 2010 Q4 |
80 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
December 29, 2010
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Unknown operator · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was changing right lift cylinder on the Gehl skid steer loader. Employee is believed to have been entering the cab when the fork dropped to the ground. The employee had his head caught between the frame of the skid steer and the arm to raise the forks.