Palo Blanco Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $515 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2016
Latest incident
Sep 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
45
citations
10
significant & substantial
$7,620
proposed penalties
$7,105
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $515 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
22
inspections on record
237
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: 237 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: 2019-01-14.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Palo Blanco Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $515 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$515
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-06-03.
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.
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: 2020-02-05, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2020-02-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2020-02-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-06
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.87
2.28
0.38
Rotary Bucket Ex. 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2020
5
2019
4
2018
4
2017
6
2016
4
2015
3
2014
3
2013
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Palo Blanco Quarry sits in Webb County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Webb County, Texas · Population 267,731
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$62,506
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
2020 Q2
1,410
2
0
1418.4
2020 Q1
2,168
1
0
461.3
2019 Q4
1,301
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,360
3
0
2205.9
2019 Q2
1,485
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
1,500
10
4
6666.7
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
1,800
2
0
1111.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2
2,385
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,574
2
1
559.6
2017 Q4
2,753
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
2,507
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
3,016
4
0
1326.3
2017 Q1
4,530
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,063
3
0
979.4
2016 Q3
2,943
1
0
339.8
2016 Q2
2,097
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,211
6
1
4954.6
2015 Q4
2,075
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,323
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,125
2
0
1777.8
2015 Q1
1,211
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,301
3
1
2305.9
2014 Q3
989
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,670
3
1
1796.4
2014 Q1
972
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
1,065
2
1
1877.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2016 · 1 incident
September 29, 2016TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Mine operator was operating dozer when ee went over a hump 18"-24" tall causing body momentum to shift forward and hit head on the inside of the windshield in cab. Upon questioning ee told supervisor that ee felt ok and was only "shaken up" at the moment.