SOUTH-TEX QUARRY has $63K in proposed MSHA penalties and $731 outstanding across 15 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1995–2014
Latest incident
Mar 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
125
citations
48
significant & substantial
$62,732
proposed penalties
$58,580
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,152 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: 657 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SOUTH-TEX QUARRY has $63K in proposed MSHA penalties and $731 outstanding across 15 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.
$63K
proposed penalties
$59K
current assessed
$59K
paid to date
$731
outstanding
120 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
Of $15K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-01-07.
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.
21citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
Settled
18 · 86%
Stood as issued
1 · 5%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 10%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
56%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $3K 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 2013-04-30.
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: 2012-11-28, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (16)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2012-11-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
2.92
0.15
Bulldozer Operator
2012-11-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
0.47
0.77
Laborer, Bullgang
2012-11-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
0.53
0.77
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
2.62
0.18
Bulldozer Operator
2009-06-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2009-06-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.49
0.17
Truck Driver
2004-03-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-03-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.07
0.12
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-03-10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.34
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2004-03-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
1.12
0.27
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.85
0.15
Cleanup Man
2002-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
1.49
0.24
Cleanup Man
2002-01-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.28
0.14
Cleanup Man
2002-01-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.66
0.11
Cleanup Man
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.
SOUTH-TEX QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2013.
Injury rate, 2013
ⓘ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 2.46 and the all-US-mining average was 2.99 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.76 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
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
11.43
7.62
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
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
2014
5
2013
9
2012
10
2011
10
2010
10
2009
18
2008
20
2007
30
2006
43
2005
46
2004
44
2003
37
2002
38
2001
31
2000
36
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
SOUTH-TEX QUARRY sits in Hidalgo County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Hidalgo County, Texas · Population 880,921
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$52,281
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
2014 Q3
204
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,452
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
4,338
2
0
461.0
2013 Q4
5,033
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
5,027
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
5,205
1
0
192.1
2013 Q1
5,119
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
4,792
2
0
417.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3
4,646
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
5,433
1
0
184.1
2012 Q1
5,619
2
0
355.9
2011 Q4
5,458
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
5,447
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
5,490
3
0
546.4
2011 Q1
5,833
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
6,289
4
2
636.0
2010 Q3
6,121
1
0
163.4
2010 Q2
6,072
1
0
164.7
2010 Q1
6,228
9
3
1445.1
2009 Q4
5,960
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
7,717
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
10,366
4
1
385.9
2009 Q1
12,616
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
12,833
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
13,006
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
14,929
2
0
134.0
2008 Q1
11,717
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
13,543
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
16,758
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
17,043
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
16,897
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
19,137
4
2
209.0
2006 Q3
18,792
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
24,765
2
2
80.8
2006 Q1
27,590
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
24,270
7
3
288.4
2005 Q3
27,593
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
27,858
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
26,607
13
5
488.6
2004 Q4
27,460
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
26,848
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
26,638
11
5
412.9
2004 Q1
30,886
4
3
129.5
2003 Q4
27,374
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
27,956
3
3
107.3
2003 Q2
26,738
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
18,304
20
7
1092.7
2002 Q4
19,448
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
31,212
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
30,555
6
1
196.4
2002 Q1
30,295
9
3
297.1
2001 Q4
3,947
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
16,128
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
14,180
9
6
634.7
2001 Q1
14,535
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
15,155
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
19,760
2
1
101.2
2000 Q2
14,150
1
0
70.7
2000 Q1
23,990
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2014 · 1 incident
March 17, 2014TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was drilling hole in pit with air track drill and reached down to turn drill bit to see if air was coming out. The bit caught his first, middle and ring fingers cutting and removing parts of each finger.
January 8, 2008TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON