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Quarry #2: 75 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Big 4 Inc · Surface
Controlled by Melissa Jo McGee
Rosevine, Sabine County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104695

Quarry #2 has $10K 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
2
Years on record
2013–2020
Latest incident
Jul 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
75
citations
9
significant & substantial
$9,844
proposed penalties
$9,844
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Big 4 Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
46
inspections on record
522
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: 522 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quarry #2 has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-28.
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.
12.0%
significant & substantial
12.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.0%
reasonably likely or greater
20.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.7% low, 81.3% moderate, 12.0% 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: 2025-09-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2021-04-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Drill Operator, Rotary
2017-04-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-06-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.5 10 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Big 4 Inc 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 8
2024 8
2023 7
2022 5
2021 8
2020 9
2019 8
2018 7
2017 9
2016 12
2015 9
2014 6
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 4
2009 4
2008 4
2007 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Quarry #2 sits in Sabine County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Sabine County, Texas · Population 9,998
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$59,924
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 3,389 2 0 590.1
2026 Q1 3,436 3 0 873.1
2025 Q4 4,598 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,107 3 0 730.5
2025 Q2 3,726 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,657 1 1 273.4
2024 Q4 3,535 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,683 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,900 1 0 256.4
2024 Q1 3,537 1 0 282.7
2023 Q4 3,904 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,189 6 0 1432.3
2023 Q2 4,450 1 0 224.7
2023 Q1 2,572 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,416 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,632 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,696 2 0 1179.2
2022 Q1 1,812 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,746 2 0 533.9
2021 Q3 3,581 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,521 1 0 284.0
2021 Q1 3,293 1 0 303.7
2020 Q4 3,400 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,870 1 0 258.4
2020 Q2 4,350 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,869 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,844 1 0 206.4
2019 Q3 3,767 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,539 5 0 1412.8
2019 Q1 3,759 2 0 532.1
2018 Q4 2,878 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,781 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,360 3 0 892.9
2018 Q1 2,401 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,127 3 2 959.4
2017 Q3 3,823 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,077 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,964 1 1 252.3
2016 Q4 3,474 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,100 2 0 487.8
2016 Q2 2,945 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,109 1 0 321.6
2015 Q4 3,044 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,834 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,236 9 4 2781.2
2015 Q1 1,578 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,903 2 1 1051.0
2014 Q3 2,967 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,674 3 0 1792.1
2013 Q4 1,098 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 562 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 479 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 663 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 452 7 0 15486.7
2012 Q3 536 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 632 1 0 1582.3
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 859 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,396 1 0 716.3
2011 Q1 1,076 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,373 1 0 728.3
2010 Q3 1,010 1 0 990.1
2010 Q2 1,138 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 909 2 0 2200.2
2009 Q4 935 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 961 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 960 1 0 1041.7
2009 Q1 479 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 698 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,489 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,441 1 0 409.7
2008 Q1 1,475 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,017 2 0 662.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2020 · 1 incident

July 7, 2020 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Big 4 Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Radiator cap blew off of screening unit

2013 · 1 incident

November 7, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Big 4 Inc · Accident type, without injuries

The 95 ZIV loader was going up a hill with a load of sand. The operator heard a loud noise from beneath the motor. He started backing down the hill and the loader burst into flames.