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SECTION 28 SAND PIT: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Cemex S A
El Paso, Tx., El Paso County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103989

SECTION 28 SAND PIT has $333 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
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
4
citations
1
significant & substantial
$333
proposed penalties
$248
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $85 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See CEMEX Construction Materials LP's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
75
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: 75 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SECTION 28 SAND PIT has $333 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.
$333
proposed penalties
$248
current assessed
$248
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $140 in penalties contested before the Commission, $55 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-10-18.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT20010188M Settlement Melick 2002 $140 → $55
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Jobe Concrete Products Inc 1998 to 1999
  2. Jobe Concrete Products Inc 1999 to 2005
  3. CEMEX El Paso Inc 2005 to 2005
  4. CEMEX Construction Materials LP 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 1
2002 1
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SECTION 28 SAND PIT sits in El Paso County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
El Paso County, Texas · Population 866,275
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$58,859
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
2003 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 658 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,363 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 1,304 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,487 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,470 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 787 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 715 1 0 1398.6
2000 Q3 1,536 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 744 3 1 4032.3
2000 Q1 1,436 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.