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PHELPS PIT: 77 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Big Buck Asphalt Inc · Surface
Controlled by Pete Gallegos Sr
Laredo, Webb County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103751

PHELPS PIT has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12K outstanding across 6 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
77
citations
29
significant & substantial
$49,391
proposed penalties
$1,129
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $48,262 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
129
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: 129 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PHELPS PIT has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12K outstanding across 6 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.
$49K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$12K
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $48K in penalties contested before the Commission, $12K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-07-16.
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.
38.2%
significant & substantial
50.0%
high negligence or reckless
39.5%
reasonably likely or greater
52.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 1.3% low, 48.7% moderate, 48.7% high, 1.3% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
CENT20020249M Settlement Feldman 2003 $18K → $5K
CENT20030091M Settlement Feldman 2003 $17K → $4K
CENT20020187M Settlement Feldman 2003 $4K → $1K
CENT20030266M Settlement Feldman 2003 $4K → $989
CENT20020188M Settlement Feldman 2003 $3K → $790
CENT20030018M Settlement Feldman 2003 $1K → $272
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: 2001-06-13, 25 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-06-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2001-06-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
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. Big Buck Asphalt Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 1
2002 4
2001 7
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PHELPS PIT 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
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q1 760 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,033 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,113 5 0 2366.3
2002 Q2 2,786 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,614 1 0 382.6
2001 Q4 3,068 15 6 4889.2
2001 Q3 2,567 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 3,296 47 21 14259.7
2001 Q1 1,556 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,838 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,142 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,194 9 2 4102.1
2000 Q1 2,517 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.