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PABCO Gypsum Apex Quarry: 309 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Las Vegas, Clark County, NV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2600093

PABCO Gypsum Apex Quarry has $114K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1983–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
309
citations
80
significant & substantial
$114,481
proposed penalties
$103,462
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,019 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See PABCO Building Products LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
83
inspections on record
1,545
inspection hours
20.0
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.
309 citations across 1,545 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PABCO Gypsum Apex Quarry has $114K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 7 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.
$114K
proposed penalties
$111K
current assessed
$103K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
301 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $22K in penalties contested before the Commission, $15K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-20.
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.
26.1%
significant & substantial
20.2%
high negligence or reckless
26.4%
reasonably likely or greater
33.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.6% low, 61.2% moderate, 20.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 50%
  • Stood as issued 3 · 30%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 20%
71%
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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$22K proposed, $15K 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 2015-09-15.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2011-1295M Settlement Miller 2012 $12K → $10K
WEST 2013-816M Withdrawal Manning 2013 $4K → $0
WEST 2015-0913 Default Lesnick 2016 $3K → $3K
WEST 2014-116M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $2K → $1K
WEST 2008-19M Settlement Weisberger 2008 $392 → $100
WEST 2010-1413M Default Lesnick 2011 $308 → $308
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-02-19
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-02-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 10 0.03 Washer Operator
2025-02-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.37 10 0.14 Washer Operator
2021-02-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-02-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-01-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2012-07-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-06-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-06-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2005-07-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2005-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 2.38 0.18 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-09-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 1.76 0.30 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2015-12-08, 10 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2015-12-08 Fibers, >5um 0.01 SF ORE TRANSFER
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.

PABCO Gypsum Apex Quarry 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 Nevada, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.25 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
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 * 5.21 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Pacific Coast Building Products Inc 1950 to 2003
  2. PABCO Building Products LLC 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 15
2025 17
2024 16
2023 17
2022 20
2021 18
2020 17
2019 15
2018 15
2017 15
2016 15
2015 14
2014 13
2013 13
2012 9
2011 7
2010 8
2009 9
2008 12
2007 14
2006 18
2005 14
2004 13
2003 13
2002 12
2001 11
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PABCO Gypsum Apex Quarry sits in Clark County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Clark County, Nevada · Population 2,293,764
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$73,845
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 8,093 1 0 123.6
2026 Q1 8,073 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 7,780 1 0 128.5
2025 Q3 9,782 1 1 102.2
2025 Q2 10,039 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8,331 1 0 120.0
2024 Q4 7,157 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,752 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 8,931 3 0 335.9
2024 Q1 8,454 5 1 591.4
2023 Q4 8,398 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,172 9 1 1101.3
2023 Q2 9,918 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 9,610 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 10,923 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 10,593 2 1 188.8
2022 Q2 9,066 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 9,427 3 0 318.2
2021 Q4 8,838 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 10,007 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9,099 7 2 769.3
2021 Q1 10,428 6 1 575.4
2020 Q4 9,575 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 10,184 2 0 196.4
2020 Q2 9,112 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 9,675 4 0 413.4
2019 Q4 10,012 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,900 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8,672 13 6 1499.1
2019 Q1 8,953 7 2 781.9
2018 Q4 8,638 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 8,731 1 1 114.5
2018 Q2 9,017 2 1 221.8
2018 Q1 8,298 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 8,422 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,015 2 2 249.5
2017 Q2 8,535 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 8,199 6 2 731.8
2016 Q4 8,905 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 8,912 3 0 336.6
2016 Q2 8,213 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 9,072 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,735 4 1 593.9
2015 Q3 9,013 6 0 665.7
2015 Q2 7,237 1 0 138.2
2015 Q1 7,625 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,812 6 0 880.8
2014 Q3 6,284 6 0 954.8
2014 Q2 6,672 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 7,624 2 0 262.3
2013 Q4 7,932 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,880 7 4 888.3
2013 Q2 5,745 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,757 15 2 2219.9
2012 Q4 6,427 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,851 4 1 683.6
2012 Q2 4,619 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,337 3 0 691.7
2011 Q4 3,405 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,748 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,606 5 2 1386.6
2011 Q1 4,055 6 3 1479.7
2010 Q4 3,521 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,712 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,318 5 2 1157.9
2010 Q1 4,206 6 3 1426.5
2009 Q4 3,566 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,593 2 0 435.4
2009 Q2 4,766 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,589 5 2 1089.6
2008 Q4 4,375 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,434 2 2 310.8
2008 Q2 5,868 4 0 681.7
2008 Q1 5,820 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,444 3 0 465.5
2007 Q3 7,335 1 0 136.3
2007 Q2 7,592 3 0 395.2
2007 Q1 7,574 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,831 2 0 255.4
2006 Q3 7,805 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,269 3 0 292.1
2006 Q1 11,615 2 0 172.2
2005 Q4 11,118 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,972 8 0 891.7
2005 Q2 7,193 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,786 6 1 884.2
2004 Q4 7,755 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,496 10 0 1539.4
2004 Q2 6,854 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,298 2 0 317.6
2003 Q4 7,482 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,250 2 0 320.0
2003 Q2 6,288 1 0 159.0
2003 Q1 5,704 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,822 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,858 2 0 411.7
2002 Q2 5,520 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,384 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,439 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,981 2 0 286.5
2001 Q2 5,532 1 0 180.8
2001 Q1 6,245 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,798 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,958 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,467 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,660 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2026 · 1 incident

2021 · 1 incident

January 26, 2021 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
PABCO Building Products LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee violated plant rules by jumping to the ground off a conveyor. EE used their left arm to stabilize the jump. EE's arm stayed on the conveyor when EE landed straining the muscles in EE's arm and shoulder.

2016 · 1 incident

March 12, 2016 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
PABCO Building Products LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While positioning the edge protector with a hammer a piece of steel splintered off the protector and hit the tech in right upper thigh penetrating skin and imbedding in leg.

2014 · 1 incident

February 6, 2014 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bit sharpener, bit grinder, grinder HANDLING OF MATERIALS
PABCO Building Products LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking over to inspect cooler and felt strain in his back. He continued climb a ladder to inspect the unit and condition worsened.

2012 · 2 incidents

November 15, 2012 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
PABCO Building Products LLC · Struck by flying object

Miner was working in a dusty environment while changing a belt scraper. He complained of dust getting in his eyes. He flushed them with water but the irritation continued. He was examined by a MD; nothing in the eye. The Dr. issued the miner a prescription for medication. The miner was released to full duty at the conclusion of the exam.

September 11, 2012 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
PABCO Building Products LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was shoveling dirt when a foreign object became lodged in his eye. Ophthalmologist removed the foreign object using a slit lamp. Antibiotic eye drops were prescribed.

2007 · 3 incidents

July 19, 2007 NV · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
PABCO Building Products LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was sliding grating with a sleaver bar. A section of grating moved and when he stepped on it, it became unstable and he fell through it.

May 25, 2007 NV · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
PABCO Building Products LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee was using the left hand fingers to align a piece of grating suspended from a crane, and an I-Beam. One of the fingers got pinched betwen the grating and the I-beam. The finger sustained a fracture and a contusion.

May 11, 2007 NV · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
PABCO Building Products LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee stated that while prepping a foundation a dust plume came through and dust got into the eye.

2005 · 1 incident

2002 · 2 incidents

July 26, 2002 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pacific Coast Building Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE REACHED INTO MOVING CONVEYOR BELT TO REMOVE FLANGE. HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN FRAMEWORK AND FLANGE.

1992 · 1 incident

March 24, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pacific Coast Building Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DUE TO HEAVY RAINS THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED COMING UP THE RAMP FROM THE DOME TUNNEL.

1990 · 2 incidents

August 23, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pacific Coast Building Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COMING DOWN STAIRS SLIPPED ON ROCK L KNEE MUSCLE STRAIN

1989 · 1 incident

1988 · 2 incidents

November 14, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pacific Coast Building Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TROUBLESHOOTING A BUTTERFLY VALVE AT THETOP OF THE DRIER. VICTIM CLOSED VALVE MANUALLY AND THEN WAS CAUGHT WHEN THE VALVE ACTIVATIED.

1985 · 1 incident

February 9, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ENTRAPMENT
Pacific Coast Building Products Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

HEAVY EQUIPMENT WAS CLEARING MATERIAL FROM STOCKPILE OVER PLUGGED PAN FEEDER. EMPLOYEE FAILED TO FOLLOW COMPANY PORCEDURES AND JUMPED INTO FEEDER OPENING BEFORE WALLS HAD BEEN SLOPED TO PROPER ANGLE OF REPOSE. MATER IAL FELL AND COMPLETELY COVERED EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE DUG OUT AND FLOWN TO HOSPITAL. HOSPITAL CHECKED EMPLOYEE AND RELEASED HIM. BRUISE ON CHEST. LOST TIME DUR TO PSYCHOLO

1983 · 1 incident

September 10, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Pacific Coast Building Products Inc · Contact with electrical current

DAVE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESET A LIVE 400 AMP BREAKER WITH THE COVER OFF, USING A SCREWDRIVER, WHEN HE CROSSED TWO OF THE PHASES AN EXPLOSION RESULTED. HE SUSTAINED 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS OVE R 40% OF HIS BODY AND NUMEROUS LACERATIONS.