Mining Incidents

Patilo Quarry: 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Sunset Stone LLC · Surface
Controlled by Adrian H Astello
Lipan, Palo Pinto County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104571

Patilo Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
31
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,721
proposed penalties
$4,435
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $286 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
38
inspections on record
313
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: 313 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Patilo Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-09-28.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
21.4%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
39.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.7% low, 67.9% moderate, 21.4% 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.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 100%
100%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
11%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K 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 2012-01-30.
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
CENT 2008-283M Settlement Lesnick 2008 $2K → $1K
CENT 2012-331M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $807 → $807
CENT 2008-284M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $400 → $340
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: 2011-06-08, 15 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz123 over
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2008-01-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 0.36 1.44 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2007-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.16 1.94 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 0.17 3.35 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-06-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.25 0.52 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-06-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.55 0.45 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.29 0.62 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.52 0.35 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.48 0.44 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.97 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.23 0.74 Laborer, Bullgang
2008-01-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.38 0.63 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2007-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.33 0.52 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Sunset Stone LLC 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 0
2023 2
2022 1
2021 2
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 3
2016 3
2015 2
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 4
2007 5
2006 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Patilo Quarry sits in Palo Pinto County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Palo Pinto County, Texas · Population 28,920
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,972
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
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 448 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 176 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 2 0
2022 Q2 256 0 0 0.0
Show 65 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 850 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 968 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 272 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 408 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 78 1 0 12820.5
2018 Q4 0 1 0
2018 Q3 0 1 0
2018 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 239 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 307 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 472 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 288 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 764 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 96 1 0 10416.7
2016 Q3 165 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 368 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 136 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 352 2 0 5681.8
2015 Q2 570 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 88 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 266 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 801 2 1 2496.9
2014 Q1 432 1 0 2314.8
2013 Q4 248 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 280 1 0 3571.4
2013 Q2 456 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 290 2 0 6896.6
2012 Q4 432 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 342 1 1 2924.0
2012 Q2 782 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 506 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 276 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 494 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 900 2 1 2222.2
2011 Q1 212 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 736 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,173 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 644 1 0 1552.8
2010 Q1 409 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 897 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,234 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 709 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 530 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,203 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,256 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 848 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,400 11 5 7857.1
2007 Q3 1,155 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,286 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,340 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,232 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 911 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,936 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,581 2 0 774.9

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.