Mining Incidents

Miller #2: 85 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Ramirez Stone · Surface
Controlled by Mario B Ramirez
San Saba, San Saba County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104775

Miller #2 has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K outstanding across 0 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 2009
85
citations
25
significant & substantial
$32,068
proposed penalties
$14,924
paid to date
47% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,144 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
48
inspections on record
398
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: 398 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-01-17.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Miller #2 has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$17K
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
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.
29.8%
significant & substantial
13.1%
high negligence or reckless
29.8%
reasonably likely or greater
40.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.4% low, 84.5% moderate, 13.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2013-04-09, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2009-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Gathering Arm Operator
2009-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-11-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.64 1 0.64 Bobcat 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.
Ownership history
  1. Ramirez Stone 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 4
2021 4
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 4
2015 5
2014 6
2013 3
2012 4
2011 5
2010 3
2009 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Miller #2 sits in San Saba 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.
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
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 309 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 213 9 1 42253.5
2025 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 501 5 0 9980.0
2025 Q2 952 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 612 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 639 0 0 0.0
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,083 11 5 10157.0
2024 Q1 1,167 13 4 11139.7
2023 Q4 564 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 926 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 638 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,214 5 3 4118.6
2022 Q3 1,100 4 1 3636.4
2022 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 920 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,080 1 1 925.9
2021 Q3 720 1 0 1388.9
2021 Q2 810 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,080 4 2 3703.7
2020 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 640 1 0 1562.5
2020 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 940 3 1 3191.5
2019 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 700 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 640 1 1 1562.5
2019 Q1 710 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 610 1 1 1639.3
2018 Q3 790 5 0 6329.1
2018 Q2 750 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 600 2 0 3333.3
2017 Q4 750 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 960 1 0 1041.7
2017 Q1 980 4 1 4081.6
2016 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,400 1 0 714.3
2016 Q1 1,500 1 1 666.7
2015 Q4 1,300 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,400 2 0 1428.6
2014 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,050 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,080 2 1 1851.9
2012 Q3 940 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,200 1 1 833.3
2012 Q1 1,400 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,170 1 0 854.7
2011 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,160 1 0 463.0
2011 Q1 1,000 1 0 1000.0
2010 Q4 1,020 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,400 2 0 1428.6
2009 Q4 350 1 0 2857.1
2009 Q3 792 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,440 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.