Mining Incidents

Vega Stone Metal/Non-Metal

Vega Stone · Surface
Controlled by Luis Vega
San Saba, San Saba County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104880

Vega Stone has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $683 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 2011
29
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,824
proposed penalties
$3,141
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $683 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
18
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.

Vega Stone has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $683 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$683
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-02.
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
2018 Q4 475 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 200 1 0 5000.0
2018 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 740 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 610 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 525 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 310 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 380 0 0 0.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 460 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 510 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 600 2 0 3333.3
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 500 3 0 6000.0
2015 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 600 1 0 1666.7
2014 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 150 1 0 6666.7
2013 Q2 110 1 0 9090.9
2013 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 680 1 1 1470.6
2012 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 583 2 0 3430.5
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 791 11 3 13906.4

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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