Quality Stone of Mineral Wells has $92K in proposed MSHA penalties and $59K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2001–2023
Latest incident
Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
243
citations
68
significant & substantial
$92,370
proposed penalties
$33,027
paid to date
36% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $59,343 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.
243 citations across 1,095 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quality Stone of Mineral Wells has $92K in proposed MSHA penalties and $59K 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.
$92K
proposed penalties
$92K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$59K
outstanding
228 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-02.
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.
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: 2012-07-25, 14 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2012-07-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-07-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-07-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.58
0.74
0.78
Bobcat Operator
2012-07-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-11-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2010-11-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
0.82
0.38
Bobcat Operator
2010-11-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.55
0.44
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-02-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bobcat Operator
2010-02-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-02-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-03-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2004-03-24
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Truck Driver
2004-03-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-03-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Quality Stone of Mineral Wells recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.17 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
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
28
2025
23
2024
21
2023
21
2022
19
2021
15
2020
12
2019
10
2018
10
2013
20
2012
20
2011
23
2010
26
2009
30
2008
43
2007
64
2006
42
2005
49
2004
92
2003
65
2002
44
2001
38
2000
32
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Quality Stone of Mineral Wells 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
15,912
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
18,864
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
15,997
3
1
187.5
2025 Q3
3,216
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
10,716
4
2
373.3
2025 Q1
12,954
2
0
154.4
2024 Q4
12,494
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
15,404
2
0
129.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
15,203
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
8,593
1
0
116.4
2023 Q4
13,456
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
11,464
2
0
174.5
2023 Q2
16,607
3
0
180.6
2023 Q1
12,250
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
13,994
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
12,344
3
1
243.0
2022 Q2
15,275
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
10,450
5
0
478.5
2021 Q4
11,911
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
9,860
3
0
304.3
2021 Q2
9,212
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
7,587
1
0
131.8
2020 Q4
10,368
1
0
96.5
2020 Q3
7,431
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
7,121
1
0
140.4
2020 Q1
4,503
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
5,678
6
0
1056.7
2019 Q3
7,375
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
5,151
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
5,907
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
5,294
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
2,480
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
5,851
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
9,550
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
9,791
9
3
919.2
2013 Q1
9,837
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
9,284
4
3
430.8
2012 Q3
13,419
4
0
298.1
2012 Q2
9,910
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
9,471
3
0
316.8
2011 Q4
10,454
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
13,508
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
11,976
3
0
250.5
2011 Q1
8,912
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
12,842
4
1
311.5
2010 Q3
11,552
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
12,597
3
0
238.2
2010 Q1
9,923
2
0
201.6
2009 Q4
13,149
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
14,053
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
13,567
3
0
221.1
2009 Q1
15,406
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
15,116
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
19,703
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
23,133
18
1
778.1
2008 Q1
24,626
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
34,650
12
3
346.3
2007 Q3
29,085
1
0
34.4
2007 Q2
36,755
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
33,574
7
2
208.5
2006 Q4
5,821
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
8,371
4
4
477.8
2006 Q2
7,725
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
22,245
3
1
134.9
2005 Q4
24,107
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
34,226
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
25,936
2
0
77.1
2005 Q1
24,797
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
48,720
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
52,858
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
51,361
2
1
38.9
2004 Q1
41,031
6
0
146.2
2003 Q4
42,856
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
45,317
1
0
22.1
2003 Q2
35,673
3
0
84.1
2003 Q1
25,449
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
25,021
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
25,044
4
0
159.7
2002 Q2
23,176
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
22,098
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
21,656
16
11
738.8
2001 Q3
25,751
9
6
349.5
2001 Q2
24,428
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
18,424
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
18,127
11
8
606.8
2000 Q3
17,449
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
21,280
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
20,835
9
2
432.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2023 · 1 incident
August 11, 2023TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Reinstalling master pin on 850L, using sledgehammer to seat track pin. Metal from the pin fragmented and embedded in the left calf. Initial medical treatment was unable to remove fragment - referred to surgeon for removal. Was prescribed Bactrim and Mupirocin. EE returned to work on 8/11/23 with restrictions. EE had a follow up appointment with the general surgeon on 8/13/23.
2011 · 1 incident
October 21, 2011TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Walking across from the 375 excavator to the lube truck, his foot slipped from the track and he fell onto the back of the lube truck sliding down to the ground.
January 14, 2005TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS TAKING THE BUCKET LOOSE FROM THE MACHINE AND PUTTING THE FORKS ON THE SKID STEER, IN THE PROCESS OF DISCONNECTING THE BUCKET THE BUCKET FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE AND SHIN BONE.
2002 · 1 incident
June 28, 2002TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE FUEL MAN WAS LUBING A TRACTOR WHEN THE GREASE LINE BROKE. HE JUMPED ON A PIECE OF PIPE INSTEAD OF THE STEP TO DISCONNECT THE AIR HOSE & SLIPPED IN THE GREASE FALLING BACKWARD OFF THE TRUCK .
2001 · 2 incidents
May 22, 2001TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS REPAIRING TOP ROLLERS ON 235C. HE HAD A CHAIN FROM BUCKET TO TRACK TO PICK UP TRACK SO HE COULD PUT ROLLER IN PLACE. THE CHAIN SLIPPED MASHING HIS FINGERS BETW3EN TRACK RAIL & TOP ROLLE R. HE DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER BLOCKS TO HOLD THE TRACK UP IF IT SLIPPED.
March 22, 2001TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techOTHER
EE WAS WORKING ON A USED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. HE HAD A HOOD OPEN AND A HIGH WIND COME UP AND MADE THE HOOD FALL AND HIT EE IN THE HEAD, WHICH GAVE HIM A CONCUSSION.