Mining Incidents

Mineral Wells North Mineral Wells South: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Mineral Wells, Parker County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4100291

Mineral Wells North Mineral Wells South has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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 2000
10
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,222
proposed penalties
$1,222
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
148
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: 148 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mineral Wells North Mineral Wells South has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-26.
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.
50.0%
significant & substantial
10.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.0% low, 80.0% moderate, 10.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Mineral Wells Clay Products Inc 1950 to 1994
  2. Txi (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) 1994 to 2004
  3. Forterra Brick, LLC 2004 to 2017
  4. Meridian Brick LLC 2017 to 2023
  5. General Shale Brick, Inc. 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1
2023 1
2022 0
2021 1
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 3
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
2006 3
2005 2
2004 0
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mineral Wells North Mineral Wells South sits in Parker County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Parker County, Texas · Population 158,079
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$102,099
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 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 1 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
Show 65 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6 1 0 166666.7
2017 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 11 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 1 0
2005 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 23 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 29 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 23 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 29 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 42 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 28 2 2 71428.6
2001 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,134 2 2 1763.7
2000 Q2 104 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 232 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.