Premium Sandstone Quarry has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
107
citations
29
significant & substantial
$22,357
proposed penalties
$9,124
paid to date
41% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,233 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
43
inspections on record
531
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: 531 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Premium Sandstone Quarry has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 1 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q4
4,796
6
0
1251.0
2025 Q3
3,822
5
0
1308.2
2025 Q2
5,035
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
5,723
2
0
349.5
2024 Q4
5,858
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
6,327
2
2
316.1
2024 Q2
5,972
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
5,232
2
1
382.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
5,477
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
4,006
3
0
748.9
2023 Q2
3,706
1
0
269.8
2023 Q1
4,526
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
5,157
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
5,217
4
0
766.7
2022 Q2
4,049
1
1
247.0
2022 Q1
3,891
4
2
1028.0
2021 Q4
3,503
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
3,558
3
1
843.2
2021 Q2
3,791
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
4,509
2
0
443.6
2020 Q4
3,709
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
3,540
3
0
847.5
2020 Q2
3,016
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
8,873
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
15,078
4
1
265.3
2019 Q3
13,014
1
0
76.8
2019 Q2
12,053
4
0
331.9
2019 Q1
12,247
5
0
408.3
2018 Q4
14,037
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
16,728
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
14,677
3
1
204.4
2018 Q1
14,230
2
1
140.5
2017 Q4
15,813
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
14,651
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
18,894
5
2
264.6
2017 Q1
21,046
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
23,236
6
2
258.2
2016 Q3
25,799
1
0
38.8
2016 Q2
30,115
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
24,656
2
0
81.1
2015 Q4
24,857
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
20,036
2
1
99.8
2015 Q2
19,560
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
11,667
3
3
257.1
2014 Q4
17,846
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
12,504
3
0
239.9
2014 Q2
12,091
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
10,849
5
1
460.9
2013 Q4
10,599
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
11,205
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
14,157
8
5
565.1
2013 Q1
15,006
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
9,143
3
1
328.1
2012 Q3
9,223
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
8,047
4
0
497.1
2012 Q1
6,076
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
August 27, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metalstone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmerFatality · OTHER
Was beginning to storm, miner was walking towards cover when EE was struck by lightning.
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