Tuleta Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Far South Mining LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Zachary Tausch; Vernon Tausch
Tuleta,
Bee County,
TX
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104839
Tuleta Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $906 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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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 2011
54
citations
8
significant & substantial
$14,376
proposed penalties
$13,142
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,234 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
39
inspections on record
364
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: 364 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Tuleta Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $906 outstanding across 6 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.$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$906
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 2,539 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,899 | 5 | 0 | 1282.4 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,664 | 3 | 0 | 818.8 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,064 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,363 | 2 | 0 | 846.4 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,649 | 3 | 0 | 1132.5 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 3,194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,099 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,448 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,598 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,014 | 1 | 0 | 986.2 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,060 | 1 | 1 | 943.4 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,028 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,812 | 1 | 0 | 551.9 |
| 2021 Q4 | 986 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 715 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,401 | 3 | 1 | 2141.3 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,383 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,303 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,457 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 2,455 | 2 | 0 | 814.7 |
| 2020 Q1 | 3,152 | 1 | 1 | 317.3 |
| 2019 Q4 | 3,222 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,881 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,618 | 3 | 1 | 1145.9 |
| 2019 Q1 | 5,752 | 2 | 0 | 347.7 |
| 2018 Q4 | 6,505 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,229 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,985 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,757 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,290 | 1 | 0 | 775.2 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,147 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,497 | 1 | 1 | 668.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 734 | 1 | 0 | 1362.4 |
| 2016 Q4 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 823 | 1 | 0 | 1215.1 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,513 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,938 | 2 | 0 | 680.7 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,786 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 3,081 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,853 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 2,332 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,124 | 4 | 1 | 1883.2 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,472 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,871 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,933 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 3,582 | 2 | 0 | 558.3 |
| 2013 Q3 | 3,194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,917 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 3,515 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 4,947 | 2 | 0 | 404.3 |
| 2012 Q3 | 3,031 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 3,447 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 2,158 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,370 | 4 | 2 | 1687.8 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,892 | 3 | 0 | 1585.6 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,158 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,916 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 2,208 | 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.
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The full compliance file on Tuleta Pit
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.