Mining Incidents

Maverick Aggregates Inc: 112 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jose Ruiz
Eagle Pass, Maverick County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4104673

Maverick Aggregates Inc has $102K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2010–2015
Latest incident
Feb 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
112
citations
31
significant & substantial
$101,691
proposed penalties
$98,359
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,332 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
46
inspections on record
509
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: 509 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Maverick Aggregates Inc has $102K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 3 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.
$102K
proposed penalties
$99K
current assessed
$98K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
112 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-22.
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.
27.7%
significant & substantial
41.1%
high negligence or reckless
27.7%
reasonably likely or greater
46.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.2% low, 52.7% moderate, 41.1% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 100%
75%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
32%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $7K 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 2019-10-22.
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 2020-0019 Settlement Miller 2020 $3K → $3K
CENT 2011-1074M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $3K → $270
CENT 2013-528M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $3K → $3K
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: 2025-09-04
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-08-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Supervisor, Co. Official
2014-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.25 0.22 Utility Man
2014-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.84 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-02-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-02-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2010-02-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.46 3.23 0.45 Truck Driver
2007-08-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2007-08-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-08-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
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.

Maverick Aggregates Inc recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.

Injury rate, 2014
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 2.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.81 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
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 9.99 9.99 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. King Construction 2007 to 2008
  2. Genesis Quality Aggregates 2008 to 2011
  3. Maverick Aggregates Inc 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 4
2019 6
2018 7
2016 3
2015 4
2014 19
2013 21
2012 34
2011 13
2010 9
2009 8
2008 9
2007 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Maverick Aggregates Inc sits in Maverick County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Maverick County, Texas · Population 57,770
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,270
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 4,416 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,593 2 0 771.3
2025 Q4 1,470 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,710 2 0 1169.6
2019 Q4 470 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,057 2 2 1892.1
2019 Q2 2,720 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,362 0 0 0.0
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 2,922 5 2 1711.2
2018 Q3 2,425 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 437 10 2 22883.3
2016 Q2 232 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,012 16 6 15810.3
2015 Q4 1,327 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,711 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,628 4 1 1102.5
2015 Q1 3,611 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,991 10 6 2505.6
2014 Q3 9,030 5 0 553.7
2014 Q2 13,638 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 11,116 5 1 449.8
2013 Q4 7,886 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,366 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 10,148 4 1 394.2
2013 Q1 10,144 7 4 690.1
2012 Q4 12,185 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 24,052 6 1 249.5
2012 Q2 23,214 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 14,918 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,512 8 2 1451.4
2011 Q3 5,240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,998 9 2 1500.5
2011 Q1 6,600 1 0 151.5
2010 Q4 5,400 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,856 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,298 1 0 188.8
2010 Q1 4,460 3 1 672.6
2009 Q4 4,320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,394 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,245 2 0 616.3
2009 Q1 2,993 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,775 1 0 264.9
2008 Q3 3,097 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,011 2 0 498.6
2008 Q1 6,102 4 0 655.5
2007 Q4 3,164 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,977 3 0 1007.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2015 · 1 incident

February 19, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Maverick Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was hitting the pat with the hammer and a piece of steel hit his left arm, steel went inside of the arm and it started to swell.

2010 · 1 incident

April 12, 2010 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Genesis Quality Aggregates · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was performing housekeeping duties, he then slipped and fell striking his right leg.