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Premium Sandstone · Surface
Gordon, Palo Pinto County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104918

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
Show 48 earlier quarters
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, 2019 TX · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer Fatality · OTHER
Premium Sandstone · Contact with electrical current

Was beginning to storm, miner was walking towards cover when EE was struck by lightning.

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