Premium Sandstone Quarry has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K 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
$30,796
proposed penalties
$9,124
paid to date
30% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $21,672 gap.
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 $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$17K
outstanding
101 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-16.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
67%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K 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 2014-05-06.
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.
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: 2025-03-11
15%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz152 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (18)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2019-01-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.86
0.48
1.79
Utility Man
2017-06-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
0.42
1.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2021-09-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2021-09-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.6
0.45
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2019-01-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.45
0.29
Bobcat Operator
2019-01-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-06-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.67
0.28
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2017-06-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
0.63
0.86
Bobcat Operator
2017-06-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.42
0.43
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2014-09-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.4
0.85
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2014-09-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
0.39
0.77
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2014-09-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
0.43
0.98
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-10-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.66
0.59
Bobcat Operator
2012-10-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.4
0.45
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-10-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.47
0.43
Stone Polisher/Cutter
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.
Premium Sandstone Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.
Injury rate, 2024
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.49 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
3.82
3.82
3.817
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
20
2025
25
2024
26
2023
19
2022
17
2021
14
2020
18
2019
29
2018
33
2017
38
2016
52
2015
41
2014
32
2013
30
2012
18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Premium Sandstone 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
2026 Q2
3,503
8
4
2283.8
2026 Q1
4,986
0
0
0.0
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
Show 50 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
5,972
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
5,232
2
1
382.3
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