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Standard Pit: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Acme Brick Company · Surface
Controlled by Berkshire Hathaway Inc
Elgin, Bastrop County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4100264

Standard Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1987–2015
Latest incident
Dec 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
19
citations
0
significant & substantial
$2,041
proposed penalties
$2,041
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Acme Brick Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
269
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: 269 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Standard Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-09.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
21.1%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
21.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 78.9% moderate, 21.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2025-10-09
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Road Grader Operator
2025-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Elgin-Butler Brick Company 1950 to 1991
  2. Acme Brick Company 1991 to 2000
  3. Acme Brick Company 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 9
2024 8
2023 9
2022 10
2021 9
2020 8
2019 9
2018 8
2017 8
2016 9
2015 8
2014 7
2013 6
2012 3
2011 5
2010 5
2009 5
2008 7
2007 8
2006 7
2005 6
2004 7
2003 7
2002 7
2001 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Standard Pit sits in Bastrop County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Bastrop County, Texas · Population 102,370
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$82,730
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 1,596 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 3,802 1 0 263.0
2025 Q3 3,779 1 0 264.6
2025 Q2 1,839 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 622 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,070 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,552 0 0 0.0
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,168 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 422 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,903 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,418 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 797 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,088 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,015 2 0 398.8
2022 Q2 1,821 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,077 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,172 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,634 1 0 215.8
2021 Q2 407 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 768 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,184 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,431 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,204 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,772 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,847 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,486 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,898 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,593 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 426 2 0 4694.8
2018 Q2 822 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,043 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,426 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,560 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,861 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 823 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,361 1 0 734.8
2016 Q3 5,115 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,904 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,007 1 0 249.6
2015 Q4 1,089 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,690 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,085 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,144 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,844 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,981 1 0 251.2
2014 Q2 871 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 2,446 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,606 3 0 831.9
2013 Q1 3,843 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,978 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 688 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,898 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,700 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,768 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,343 1 0 426.8
2010 Q3 3,599 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,789 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 2,274 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,650 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,501 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,183 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,652 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,803 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,804 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,030 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,796 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,562 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 164 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,228 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,201 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,059 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 117 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,231 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,631 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 799 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 143 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 623 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,713 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 460 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 242 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,923 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,886 2 0 514.7
2003 Q2 1,388 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 185 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,675 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,551 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 232 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,651 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,936 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,313 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,925 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2015 · 1 incident

December 14, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Brick Company · Struck against stationary object

While conduction preventive maintenance, associate was removing transmission filter from a John Deere 400D artic truck. The wrench he was using slipped and associate struck right elbow against bottom side of engine.

1990 · 2 incidents

November 9, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elgin-Butler Brick Company · Fall onto or against objects

THERE WAS MUD CUILDUP ON STEPS OF LOADER 7 OPERATOR SLIPPED ON TOP STEP CAUSING HIM TO STRADDLE FRAME OF DOOR. THIS RESULTED IN BRUISED GROIN AREA.

1989 · 2 incidents

December 26, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elgin-Butler Brick Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE CATWALK OF THE CONVEYOR AND TRIED TO GET A LARGE ROCK OFF THE BELT, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND JAMMED HSI LEFT AHDN INTO THE FRAME WORK OF THE CONVEYOR. CASUING A HAIR LINE F RACTURE BETWEEN THE LITTLE FINGER AND RIG FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND.

August 11, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elgin-Butler Brick Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

I NAME CLIMBED UPON THE TOP OF THE CATWALK RAILING AND SAT DOWN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS

1987 · 1 incident

June 4, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Elgin-Butler Brick Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

HE WAS ATTEMPTI3G TO ADJUST A ROLLER BEARING WHILE THE BELT WAS RUNNING. HIS HAND SLIPPED AND WENT BETWEEN BELT AND ROLLER, PULLING HIS HEAD AGAINST A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.