Mining Incidents

Pit #1: 91 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

L A Porter Construction Company Inc · Facility
Controlled by Jerry Porter
Lampasas, Lampasas County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4103496

Pit #1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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
91
citations
10
significant & substantial
$12,038
proposed penalties
$12,038
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
591
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: 591 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pit #1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
91 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-06.
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.
11.0%
significant & substantial
11.0%
high negligence or reckless
13.2%
reasonably likely or greater
44.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.3% low, 74.7% moderate, 11.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2024-09-25
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2021-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2021-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
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. L A Porter Construction Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 5
2024 5
2023 5
2022 6
2021 6
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 3
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 5
2011 4
2010 3
2009 3
2008 4
2007 4
2006 3
2005 4
2004 5
2003 5
2002 6
2001 6
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pit #1 sits in Lampasas County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Lampasas County, Texas · Population 22,267
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$76,919
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
2025 Q1 1,422 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,056 2 0 1893.9
2024 Q3 1,125 6 0 5333.3
2024 Q2 1,270 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,177 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,166 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,009 1 0 991.1
2023 Q2 1,173 0 0 0.0
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 1,109 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,483 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,461 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,389 3 1 2159.8
2022 Q1 1,436 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,672 1 0 598.1
2021 Q3 1,221 5 0 4095.0
2021 Q2 1,156 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,279 1 0 781.9
2020 Q4 1,074 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,030 3 1 2912.6
2020 Q2 1,058 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 949 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 762 2 1 2624.7
2019 Q3 943 3 0 3181.3
2019 Q2 970 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 775 2 1 2580.6
2018 Q4 619 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 758 1 0 1319.3
2018 Q2 733 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 926 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,042 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 937 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 859 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 592 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 667 3 0 4497.8
2016 Q3 520 1 0 1923.1
2016 Q2 376 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 486 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 530 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 582 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 464 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 528 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 579 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 379 3 0 7915.6
2014 Q1 1,441 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 434 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 317 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 325 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 735 10 1 13605.4
2012 Q4 1,420 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 685 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 460 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 612 1 0 1634.0
2011 Q2 461 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 536 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 323 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 414 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 892 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 697 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 840 1 0 1190.5
2009 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 706 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 602 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 622 1 0 1607.7
2008 Q2 682 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,380 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 770 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 938 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 76 8 1 105263.2
2006 Q4 597 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 687 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 819 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 601 1 0 1663.9
2005 Q4 241 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 922 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 995 8 1 8040.2
2005 Q1 989 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,083 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 718 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,180 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,010 12 0 11881.2
2003 Q4 1,084 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 649 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 668 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 86 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,156 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 734 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,944 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,455 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,580 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,169 2 0 922.1
2001 Q2 1,052 7 3 6654.0
2001 Q1 1,183 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 402 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,892 1 0 528.5
2000 Q1 791 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.