Mining Incidents

Riesel Sand & Gravel Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Riesel, Mclennan County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104917

Riesel Sand & Gravel Plant #1 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Feb 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
77
citations
18
significant & substantial
$18,207
proposed penalties
$17,410
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $797 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
37
inspections on record
599
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: 599 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Riesel Sand & Gravel Plant #1 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-17.
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 7,917 2 1 252.6
2025 Q3 9,478 3 1 316.5
2025 Q2 10,436 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 9,983 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 10,535 3 0 284.8
2024 Q3 10,325 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 10,174 2 1 196.6
2024 Q1 10,393 0 0 0.0
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 9,429 4 1 424.2
2023 Q3 9,277 8 3 862.3
2023 Q2 9,384 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8,828 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,102 2 1 246.9
2022 Q3 11,696 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 10,734 6 0 559.0
2022 Q1 9,598 4 0 416.8
2021 Q4 11,036 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 10,610 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 10,561 1 0 94.7
2021 Q1 8,996 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 11,291 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 11,489 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 10,677 5 1 468.3
2020 Q1 10,179 3 0 294.7
2019 Q4 10,610 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 10,018 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 9,913 4 1 403.5
2019 Q1 9,876 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 9,589 2 0 208.6
2018 Q3 10,504 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 10,590 1 0 94.4
2018 Q1 10,409 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 10,822 1 0 92.4
2017 Q3 11,715 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10,270 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 10,496 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 10,422 3 0 287.9
2016 Q3 10,476 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 9,255 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 9,694 5 2 515.8
2015 Q4 10,499 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10,148 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 9,612 2 1 208.1
2015 Q1 7,809 3 1 384.2
2014 Q4 9,066 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 8,484 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 8,646 1 0 115.7
2014 Q1 7,467 6 3 803.5
2013 Q4 7,214 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,376 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,410 1 0 135.0
2013 Q1 6,737 5 1 742.2
2012 Q4 7,146 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,356 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,298 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,768 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,936 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

February 15, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Dead River Ranch Materials. LLC · Struck by falling object

Two employees were injured while performing maintenance on our primary feed hopper when another employee mistakenly dumped sand and gravel on them not knowing they were performing maintenance in the hopper.

February 15, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Dead River Ranch Materials. LLC · Struck by falling object

Two employees were injured while performing maintenance on our primary feed hopper when another employee mistakenly dumped sand and gravel on them not knowing they were performing maintenance in the hopper

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