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Shallow Valley: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William Clay Coleman
STERLING CITY, Sterling County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4105093

Shallow Valley has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Sep 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
23
citations
4
significant & substantial
$5,022
proposed penalties
$4,268
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $754 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See SOUTH TEXAS AGGREGATES, INC.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
24
inspections on record
162
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: 162 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Shallow Valley has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $886 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-01-28.
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.
17.4%
significant & substantial
21.7%
high negligence or reckless
17.4%
reasonably likely or greater
47.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 78.3% moderate, 21.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 35% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 75%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 13%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 13%
33%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
56%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $886 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 2017-09-19.
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
CENT 2015-0211 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $946 → $192
CENT 2017-0523 Settlement Miller 2018 $472 → $116
CENT 2017-0258 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $464 → $464
CENT 2017-0076 Default Lesnick 2017 $114 → $114
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. SOUTH TEXAS AGGREGATES, INC. 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 1
2024 3
2023 2
2022 1
2021 2
2020 3
2019 4
2018 6
2017 5
2016 4
2015 4
2014 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Shallow Valley sits in Sterling County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 15.4% 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.
Sterling County, Texas · Population 1,389
15.4%
Mining share of county employment
$78,750
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
2026 Q2 1,408 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 463 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 645 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 821 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,326 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,218 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,380 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,053 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 68 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 102 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 143 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 919 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 879 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 566 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 804 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 555 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 822 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 657 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 753 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 752 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,661 2 0 1204.1
2019 Q4 1,588 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,866 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,273 1 0 439.9
2019 Q1 2,544 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,080 2 1 649.4
2018 Q3 4,471 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,476 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,008 2 1 499.0
2017 Q4 2,749 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,965 2 1 674.5
2017 Q2 3,355 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,662 4 0 1502.6
2016 Q4 1,588 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,113 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,075 1 0 481.9
2016 Q1 2,357 2 0 848.5
2015 Q4 3,547 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,416 2 1 1412.4
2015 Q2 2,076 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,259 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,415 2 0 828.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

September 26, 2023 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
SOUTH TEXAS AGGREGATES, INC. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

The start of shift was normal with good weather, no rain. EE was on EE's way to help fuel up the Loader with co-worker when a swarm of bees came at EE and stung EE on EE's head, arms, back and neck. EE reported that EE was allergic and EE's supervisor helped EE to the truck and got EE to the hospital.