Thomaston Plant: 63 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Thomaston Plant has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA. MSHA has proposed $28K in penalties since 2021, with $19K outstanding.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
63
citations
34
significant & substantial
$27,751
proposed penalties
$8,411
paid to date
30% of proposed penalties paid to date. The remaining $19,340 was reduced, settled, contested or is still owed.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
18
inspections on record
194
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 194 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Thomaston Plant has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$28K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$19K
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.54.0%
significant & substantial
17.5%
high negligence or reckless
54.0%
reasonably likely or greater
38.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.2% low, 79.4% moderate, 17.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2025-12-10
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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.5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (5)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2025-12-10 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Utility Man | ||
| 2022-10-25 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Supervisor, Co. Official | ||
| 2022-10-25 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2022-10-25 | 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
- South Texas Materials, LLC 2021 to 2024
- Lappe Sand and Gravel, LLC 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 |
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 5 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Thomaston Plant sits in DeWitt County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 7.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.DeWitt County, Texas · Population 19,853
7.8%
Mining share of county employment
$64,014
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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 | 5,620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 4,178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q4 | 4,465 | 7 | 0 | 1567.7 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,887 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,438 | 2 | 2 | 450.7 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4,284 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 3,254 | 12 | 5 | 3687.8 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,763 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 837 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 884 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,299 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,464 | 8 | 3 | 3246.8 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,446 | 1 | 1 | 408.8 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,101 | 1 | 0 | 476.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,814 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,439 | 5 | 1 | 2050.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,418 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,029 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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.