Mining Incidents

Ray Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Apex Materials LLC · Surface
Controlled by Meagan Cumberland
Pettus, Bee County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104966

Ray Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Ray Pit.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Sep 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
31
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,290
proposed penalties
$4,290
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
23
inspections on record
197
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: 197 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ray Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.
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 1,956 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,268 1 1 440.9
2025 Q2 2,512 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,177 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,212 2 0 904.2
2024 Q3 1,940 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,055 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,399 4 0 2859.2
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,546 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,681 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,951 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,255 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,047 1 0 488.5
2022 Q3 2,034 1 0 491.6
2022 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,074 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,324 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 870 1 0 1149.4
2021 Q2 590 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 92 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 560 3 0 5357.1
2017 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 808 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,005 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,251 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,908 2 0 1048.2
2015 Q4 1,571 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,852 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,660 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,808 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,723 3 0 1101.7
2014 Q2 1,584 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,054 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,261 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,185 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 9,210 2 1 217.2
2013 Q1 6,735 2 0 297.0
2012 Q4 4,709 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2015 · 1 incident

September 15, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ACG Materials · Struck against stationary object

EE was in the service area working on a fuel pump. He was getting a tool out of the bed of the service truck and banged his knee on the bumper as he exited the truck. The next day he asked to be taken to urgent care due to knee pain. He was diagnosed with a knee strain. He was given a brace and crutch,restricted duty. Follow up is 9-25-15.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Ray Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.