Rock Quarry II has $227K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 11 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2005–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
193
citations
75
significant & substantial
$226,569
proposed penalties
$169,153
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $57,416 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.
Rate withheld: 775 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rock Quarry II has $227K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 11 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.
$227K
proposed penalties
$170K
current assessed
$169K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
191 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
Of $143K in penalties contested before the Commission, $65K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-01-15.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
56citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
Settled
49 · 88%
Stood as issued
4 · 7%
Vacated or withdrawn
3 · 5%
84%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 25 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
54%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$143K proposed, $65K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2015-10-25.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2017-01-10, 9 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz155 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (18)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2016-11-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
0.24
1.54
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-10-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.63
0.37
1.70
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-10-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.79
0.44
1.80
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-10-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.28
1.14
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-06-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.19
1.16
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-01-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.27
0.85
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-11-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.42
0.62
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-10-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
1.01
0.20
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-06-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-06-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.26
0.69
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-06-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-06-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-11-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
0.45
0.93
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-11-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1.1
0.14
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-11-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.92
0.14
Bobcat Operator
2009-05-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.32
0.50
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-05-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.86
0.17
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-05-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
0.44
0.91
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.
Rock Quarry II recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.
Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.84 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
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
6.95
6.95
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
6.42
3.21
0.000
2015 *
23.20
12.89
0.000
2014 *
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
2020
9
2019
12
2018
14
2017
22
2016
33
2015
40
2014
42
2013
46
2012
36
2011
36
2010
35
2009
33
2008
37
2007
39
2006
40
2005
31
2004
29
2003
29
2002
26
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Rock Quarry II sits in Lampasas County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Lampasas County, Texas · Population 22,267
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$76,919
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
2020 Q2
3,650
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
4,684
3
2
640.5
2019 Q4
5,266
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
5,008
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
6,681
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,250
3
0
571.4
2018 Q4
5,393
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
8,071
1
1
123.9
Show 66 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2
7,452
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
7,872
2
0
254.1
2017 Q4
7,426
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
9,383
3
0
319.7
2017 Q2
13,499
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
12,712
1
0
78.7
2016 Q4
13,904
7
4
503.5
2016 Q3
15,246
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
16,232
19
8
1170.5
2016 Q1
16,930
1
1
59.1
2015 Q4
18,703
2
1
106.9
2015 Q3
20,472
11
4
537.3
2015 Q2
20,776
6
2
288.8
2015 Q1
17,628
7
3
397.1
2014 Q4
17,088
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
21,513
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
23,039
9
2
390.6
2014 Q1
24,369
4
2
164.1
2013 Q4
21,922
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
23,437
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
22,328
4
0
179.1
2013 Q1
19,233
4
2
208.0
2012 Q4
15,459
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
17,608
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
18,726
5
2
267.0
2012 Q1
16,868
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
18,302
3
1
163.9
2011 Q3
18,426
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
21,119
1
0
47.4
2011 Q1
16,175
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
18,376
2
1
108.8
2010 Q3
22,318
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
18,939
5
2
264.0
2010 Q1
12,784
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
17,403
2
1
114.9
2009 Q3
15,991
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
16,535
10
4
604.8
2009 Q1
15,973
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
20,863
8
2
383.5
2008 Q3
19,425
1
0
51.5
2008 Q2
22,025
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
19,142
6
2
313.4
2007 Q4
21,642
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
23,442
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
26,409
7
2
265.1
2007 Q1
20,072
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
21,401
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
23,393
1
1
42.7
2006 Q2
20,845
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
14,531
2
1
137.6
2005 Q4
15,218
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
18,080
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
18,177
4
3
220.1
2005 Q1
13,846
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
8,700
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
9,279
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
15,868
17
7
1071.3
2004 Q1
12,044
13
3
1079.4
2003 Q4
14,400
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
15,535
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
14,727
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
11,633
3
0
257.9
2002 Q4
10,000
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
13,265
1
1
75.4
2002 Q2
11,434
15
10
1311.9
2002 Q1
9,600
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
16 on file
2018 · 1 incident
June 6, 2018TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was stacking stone on a pallet and picked up a large stone and strained his back. I offered him medical attention, and he accepted and went to the doctor the next morning. He was given medication for pain and one week off duty until follow-up exam.
October 6, 2015TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was stacking rock in bins and picked up a large stone and strained his back, after visiting the doctor he was sent home with pay for one week. An amended report will follow after further evaluation.
September 22, 2015TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was moving cut stone from bins to pallets and cut his hand on the edge of a sharp stone. I administered first-aid and took the employee to the hospital where he received a tetanus shot and seven sutures in his right hand.
September 17, 2015TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was stacking rock on pallets and injured his wrist (right arm). He reported the incident to me immediately and was sent to the doctor the next morning. Upon examination, employee is prohibited from working for seven days. This report will be amended after follow-up examination.
September 10, 2015TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
EE was pushing rock through the chopper and felt pain in his left shoulder. He reported it to me and I made a doctors appointment for him for Sep 11, 2015, EE has been prohibited from working for the next seven days by the physician. This report will be amended after his follow-up visit to the doctor.
July 28, 2015TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was stacking rock in bins off the front of off the chopper and strained his back he came to me and said his back hurt. We made a doctor's appointment for him and he was put on light duty for 10 days.
June 25, 2015TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was operating a 550 Wacker Newson loader and complained his lower back was hurting. He was removed from duty immediately and sent to the doctor.
January 15, 2015TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS