Mitchell Bend Metal/Non-Metal
Hernandez Rock, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Patrocinio (Pat) T Hernandez
Granbury,
Somervell County,
TX
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104725
Mitchell Bend has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
86
citations
25
significant & substantial
$17,494
proposed penalties
$15,204
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,290 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
47
inspections on record
561
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 561 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mitchell Bend has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 5,354 | 4 | 0 | 747.1 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,651 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,490 | 3 | 0 | 668.2 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4,843 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 5,332 | 4 | 2 | 750.2 |
| 2024 Q3 | 4,755 | 3 | 1 | 630.9 |
| 2024 Q2 | 4,436 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 4,614 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 4,597 | 3 | 0 | 652.6 |
| 2023 Q3 | 4,669 | 1 | 0 | 214.2 |
| 2023 Q2 | 4,886 | 3 | 2 | 614.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 4,437 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 4,088 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 4,249 | 1 | 1 | 235.3 |
| 2022 Q2 | 4,674 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 4,580 | 2 | 1 | 436.7 |
| 2021 Q4 | 4,506 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 4,248 | 1 | 0 | 235.4 |
| 2021 Q2 | 4,610 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 3,410 | 5 | 0 | 1466.3 |
| 2020 Q4 | 3,764 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 3,919 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 4,118 | 1 | 0 | 242.8 |
| 2020 Q1 | 3,323 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 4,980 | 5 | 3 | 1004.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 6,276 | 2 | 0 | 318.7 |
| 2019 Q2 | 3,546 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 3,388 | 3 | 0 | 885.5 |
| 2018 Q4 | 3,330 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 3,814 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 4,707 | 2 | 1 | 424.9 |
| 2018 Q1 | 4,433 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 7,004 | 2 | 0 | 285.6 |
| 2017 Q3 | 8,652 | 4 | 1 | 462.3 |
| 2017 Q2 | 7,317 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 6,100 | 2 | 1 | 327.9 |
| 2016 Q4 | 8,780 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 12,276 | 2 | 1 | 162.9 |
| 2016 Q2 | 8,765 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 8,370 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 8,687 | 2 | 1 | 230.2 |
| 2015 Q3 | 7,847 | 1 | 0 | 127.4 |
| 2015 Q2 | 6,931 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 6,061 | 4 | 1 | 660.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 6,502 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 7,305 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 7,815 | 4 | 1 | 511.8 |
| 2014 Q1 | 6,900 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 7,178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 6,972 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 7,002 | 2 | 0 | 285.6 |
| 2013 Q1 | 7,173 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 7,906 | 2 | 0 | 253.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 8,606 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 6,985 | 3 | 2 | 429.5 |
| 2012 Q1 | 6,303 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 6,280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 6,184 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 5,512 | 2 | 1 | 362.8 |
| 2011 Q1 | 4,936 | 4 | 4 | 810.4 |
| 2010 Q4 | 4,744 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 5,416 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 4,936 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 4,936 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 4,200 | 5 | 0 | 1190.5 |
| 2009 Q3 | 3,496 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 3,784 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 4,072 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 3,882 | 1 | 0 | 257.6 |
| 2008 Q3 | 7,332 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 3,192 | 3 | 1 | 939.8 |
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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The full compliance file on Mitchell Bend
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.