Mining Incidents

Saragosa Rock Metal/Non-Metal

PECOS, Reeves County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0203333

Saragosa Rock has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2024–2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
61
citations
5
significant & substantial
$22,343
proposed penalties
$21,620
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $723 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
17
inspections on record
217
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: 217 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Saragosa Rock has $22K 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
61 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 11,400 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 12,233 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 10,893 6 0 550.8
2025 Q1 9,952 6 1 602.9
2024 Q4 9,527 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,555 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,527 5 0 904.6
2024 Q1 6,915 0 0 0.0
Show 29 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,722 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,084 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,533 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,278 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,299 16 3 3721.8
2022 Q3 9,884 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 23,959 9 0 375.6
2022 Q1 15,212 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 10,426 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,873 9 1 1309.5
2021 Q2 4,847 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,835 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,522 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,530 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,292 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,491 2 0 572.9
2019 Q4 1,775 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,068 1 0 483.6
2019 Q2 1,620 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,738 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,934 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,319 2 0 602.6
2018 Q2 4,121 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,752 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,439 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 6,201 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8,226 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,293 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

March 10, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Kiewit Infrastructure West Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While attempting to tighten down a bolt with a washer the Employee failed to use a tool in a rush to secure the nut down to the bolt, the Employee used a half inch battery powered impact gun using EE's left hand while trying to hold a washer with EE's right hand run the nut up and caught EE's right index finger while wearing EE's gloves.

2024 · 1 incident

May 23, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kiewit Infrastructure West Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner put left middle finger in a pinch point, which resulted in a fracture to left middle finger.

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The full compliance file on Saragosa Rock

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.