Medina Rock & Rail has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $458 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2016–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
97
citations
7
significant & substantial
$21,241
proposed penalties
$20,783
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $458 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.
97 citations across 1,139 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Medina Rock & Rail has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $458 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$458
outstanding
95 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $482 in penalties contested before the Commission, $482 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-24.
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 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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 80%
Still open
1 · 20%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$482 proposed, $482 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 2025-09-15.
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.
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: 2026-02-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (12)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-02-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Cleanup Man
2026-02-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
1.92
0.28
Cleanup Man
2022-02-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-02-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2022-02-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2019-11-06
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Cleanup Man
2019-11-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2019-11-06
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Cleanup Man
2019-11-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
Cleanup Man
2016-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
2.77
0.16
Cleanup Man
2016-05-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
10
0.02
Cleanup Man
2016-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
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.
Medina Rock & Rail 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019
4.58
0.00
0.000
2018 *
2.03
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
57
2025
51
2024
51
2023
51
2022
51
2021
51
2020
55
2019
44
2018
33
2017
49
2016
39
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Medina Rock & Rail sits in Medina County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Medina County, Texas · Population 52,419
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$73,462
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
36,384
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
39,271
2
0
50.9
2025 Q4
30,222
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
22,826
1
0
43.8
2025 Q2
31,502
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
27,929
2
0
71.6
2024 Q4
29,485
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
29,542
2
0
67.7
Show 34 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
34,848
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
31,555
2
0
63.4
2023 Q4
37,701
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
34,836
2
0
57.4
2023 Q2
25,734
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
33,523
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
33,815
3
0
88.7
2022 Q3
40,061
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
35,897
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
30,929
3
0
97.0
2021 Q4
35,133
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
34,340
1
0
29.1
2021 Q2
32,925
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
28,834
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
32,123
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
30,981
2
1
64.6
2020 Q2
35,307
1
0
28.3
2020 Q1
40,723
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
40,974
3
1
73.2
2019 Q3
35,129
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
29,122
8
0
274.7
2019 Q1
25,650
11
1
428.8
2018 Q4
25,886
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
24,976
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
25,081
2
0
79.7
2018 Q1
22,505
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
29,280
3
0
102.5
2017 Q3
35,544
12
1
337.6
2017 Q2
34,814
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
37,237
7
0
188.0
2016 Q4
39,251
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
35,809
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
29,561
10
1
338.3
2016 Q1
27,643
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2025 · 1 incident
July 8, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantOTHER
The Medical Technician with Professional Health Services was onsite, working in their mobile unit, conducting medical surveillance when they suffered a personal medical episode. The Technician was transported to the hospital via ambulance. The Technician was diagnosed with a vitamin deficiency and was released without restrictions.
The employee fainted while working in a confined space and suffered a cut above the eyebrow. The plant called for an ambulance and the employee was taken to the hospital.
2023 · 1 incident
May 9, 2023TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanDISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
EE was working on mobile camera. While cranking up the camera mast, the trailer jack stand failed causing the front of the trailer to fall to the ground. When the front of the trailer collapsed, the camera mast dropped striking EE's right ring finger cutting the tip of the finger. Stitches were required to close the cut.
2019 · 3 incidents
December 16, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was wearing rubber boots while carrying a shovel from the 2nd deck of the TK portable crusher. As employee stepped on 3rd to the last step, EE stepped on side of rubber boot causing ankle to twist and EE fell to the 1st level down the three stairs.
November 22, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was going to check a screen to make sure it was clear for plant shutdown, maintenance contractor had taken floor cover off of platform. EE stepped through the hole with left knee and cut knee.
November 9, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE#1 was carrying two 2x12 (10ft long) wood boards down the TK stairs. As the employee stepped down onto the ground, EE rolled EE's left ankle. EE#2, who was on the ground nearby, assisted EE#1 in getting up and seated on the walking pad of the TK. EE#3 then brought EE#1 to the employee lunchroom and they applied ice to the ankle.
2018 · 1 incident
March 8, 2018TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE's were in the process of splicing a belt. On the last movement of putting tension in the conveyor belt, a chain link stretched and broke. The chain stuck the EE's arm near the wrist. EE was seen by doctor and released to light duty with a diagnosis of contusion.
2016 · 1 incident
October 31, 2016TX · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
Employee was torch cutting a roller free and the roller end dropped onto employees fingertip. This resulted in a fracture to tuft of finger and a laceration.
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