Mining Incidents

Taylor Pit: 64 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Taylor Construction · Surface
Controlled by John A Taylor
Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104774

Taylor Pit has $16K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
64
citations
15
significant & substantial
$16,420
proposed penalties
$16,420
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
30
inspections on record
295
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: 295 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-11-13.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Taylor Pit has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-12-07.
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.
24.2%
significant & substantial
41.9%
high negligence or reckless
24.2%
reasonably likely or greater
30.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.5% low, 51.6% moderate, 41.9% 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: 2022-12-07, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-12-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-12-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-01-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-11-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-11-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.03 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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. Taylor Construction 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
2013 3
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Taylor Pit sits in Gillespie County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Gillespie County, Texas · Population 27,202
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$67,799
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
2022 Q4 578 9 2 15570.9
2022 Q3 473 2 1 4228.3
2022 Q2 647 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 771 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 624 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 545 1 0 1834.9
2021 Q2 443 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 342 0 0 0.0
Show 42 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4 626 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 321 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 601 2 1 3327.8
2020 Q1 1,012 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 727 11 5 15130.7
2019 Q3 585 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 482 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 381 1 1 2624.7
2018 Q4 496 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 588 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 614 2 1 3257.3
2018 Q1 868 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 727 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 919 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 809 5 0 6180.5
2017 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 888 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 901 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 808 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 714 4 0 5602.2
2015 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 310 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 419 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 390 6 1 15384.6
2014 Q3 418 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 585 1 0 1709.4
2014 Q1 404 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 601 2 0 3327.8
2013 Q3 510 3 0 5882.4
2012 Q2 162 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 66 3 1 45454.5
2010 Q3 228 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 190 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 180 2 0 11111.1
2009 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 141 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 7 1

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.