Mining Incidents

Mile 4 Pit Metal/Non-Metal

La Joya, Hidalgo County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105215

Mile 4 Pit has $50K in proposed MSHA penalties and $838 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
102
citations
31
significant & substantial
$49,529
proposed penalties
$48,691
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $838 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
30
inspections on record
369
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: 369 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mile 4 Pit has $50K in proposed MSHA penalties and $838 outstanding across 2 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
$49K
paid to date
$838
outstanding
101 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 15,337 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 18,385 3 0 163.2
2025 Q2 15,452 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 15,044 5 1 332.4
2024 Q4 14,459 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 15,553 7 1 450.1
2024 Q2 13,068 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,873 0 0 0.0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 8,450 10 3 1183.4
2023 Q3 5,760 6 5 1041.7
2023 Q2 6,260 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,400 6 1 937.5
2022 Q4 4,800 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,400 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,600 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,040 4 2 793.7
2020 Q3 5,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,840 8 2 2083.3
2020 Q1 4,480 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,480 1 0 223.2
2019 Q3 3,920 2 0 510.2
2019 Q1 3,840 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,840 5 1 1302.1
2018 Q3 3,360 6 4 1785.7
2018 Q2 4,480 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,200 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,240 4 2 1785.7
2017 Q3 1,680 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,240 2 2 892.9
2017 Q1 3,200 2 0 625.0
2016 Q4 2,800 11 2 3928.6
2016 Q3 600 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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