Mining Incidents

The Bandit Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Hard Rock Pit · Surface
Sullivan City, Hidalgo County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105705

The Bandit Pit has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $384 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 2023
52
citations
14
significant & substantial
$40,202
proposed penalties
$39,818
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $384 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
12
inspections on record
149
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: 149 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

The Bandit Pit has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $384 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.
$40K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$40K
paid to date
$384
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-06.
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 15,666 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 14,800 1 0 67.6
2025 Q2 12,936 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 14,886 21 6 1410.7
2024 Q4 13,238 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,738 3 1 308.1
2024 Q2 10,060 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,354 0 0 0.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 9,402 10 3 1063.6
2023 Q3 2,400 11 3 4583.3

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.

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