MARX BUILDING STONE INC. has $557 in proposed MSHA penalties and $160 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1998–1999
Latest incident
Nov 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
8
citations
1
significant & substantial
$557
proposed penalties
$397
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $160 gap.
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: 84 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
MARX BUILDING STONE INC. has $557 in proposed MSHA penalties and $160 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.
$557
proposed penalties
$557
current assessed
$397
paid to date
$160
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-12-01.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2004
0
2003
2
2002
6
2001
10
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
MARX BUILDING STONE INC. sits in Williamson County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Williamson County, Texas · Population 643,889
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$108,309
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
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
128
2
0
15625.0
2003 Q3
293
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
91
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
387
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,078
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,864
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2
2,751
3
1
1090.5
2002 Q1
2,820
1
0
354.6
2001 Q4
3,280
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
3,845
1
0
260.1
2001 Q2
6,774
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,652
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,466
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,123
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,638
1
0
215.6
2000 Q1
4,973
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
1999 · 5 incidents
November 3, 1999TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WAS CATCHING ROCK BESIDE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THE 2 EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING ROCK FROM ONE PILE TO ANOTHER WHEN THEY COLLIDED WITH TWO STONES. EMPLOYEE'S FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO ROCKS. FINGER WAS BROKEN AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE.
September 24, 1999TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WORKER WAS HELPING PUSH ROCK THROUGH CHOPPER. WORKER WAS HELPING SPIN STONE TO CUT IN CHOPPER WHEN WORKER CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN STONE AND FRAME OF MACHINE.
April 30, 1999TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY