Mining Incidents

Southwest Windstar LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Marco Zaragoza
Midland, Midland County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105684

Southwest Windstar LLC has $105K in proposed MSHA penalties and $59K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
95
citations
28
significant & substantial
$105,489
proposed penalties
$46,293
paid to date
44% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $59,196 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
14
inspections on record
256
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: 256 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Southwest Windstar LLC has $105K in proposed MSHA penalties and $59K outstanding across 0 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.
$105K
proposed penalties
$105K
current assessed
$46K
paid to date
$59K
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
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 8,174 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 15,021 20 12 1331.5
2025 Q2 14,400 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 20,160 16 2 793.7
2024 Q4 31,680 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 21,353 19 6 889.8
2024 Q2 13,700 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,203 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 15 9 0 600000.0
2023 Q3 5,464 20 4 3660.3
2023 Q2 608 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

October 14, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal forklift operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southwest Windstar LLC · Struck by falling object

Forklift operator was moving a concrete block when it slid from the fork and hit EE on EE's right foot. Foot was swollen and EE was taken to the hospital by EE's Supervisor. Foot was not broken but it was advised to stay home for the time being and come back in one week to check EE's foot again.

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