West Amarillo Sand & Gravel has $106K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
23
Years on record
2003–2025
Latest incident
Jun 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
200
citations
51
significant & substantial
$106,458
proposed penalties
$94,174
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,284 gap.
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.
200 citations across 1,681 inspection hours.
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.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-06-28.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
West Amarillo Sand & Gravel has $106K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$106K
proposed penalties
$94K
current assessed
$94K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
196 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $22K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
11citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
7 · 64%
Stood as issued
4 · 36%
83%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
57%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$22K proposed, $9K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2020-02-19.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2026-04-08
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
28
samples
17
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz18
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (28)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.74
0.27
Laborer, Bullgang
2026-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.94
0.30
Utility Man
2026-04-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-10-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.65
0.28
Laborer, Bullgang
2020-10-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.58
0.28
Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-10-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
Mechanic
2020-10-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.47
0.26
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-09-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
0.51
0.88
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
1.1
0.31
Laborer, Bullgang
2012-07-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.89
0.28
Truck Driver
2012-07-10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.36
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-07-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
1.06
0.23
Utility Man
2012-07-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-04-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
1.13
0.11
Cleanup Man
2008-04-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.75
0.81
0.93
Truck Driver
2008-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-08-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-08-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.74
0.23
Truck Driver
2004-08-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Grizzly Man
2004-08-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
1.38
0.25
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
1.38
0.20
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.99
0.15
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.59
0.34
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.35
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
West Amarillo Sand & Gravel recorded 1.81 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
1.81
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.17 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025
1.81
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
2.35
0.00
0.000
2020
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
4.43
4.43
2.217
2018 *
2.67
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
56
2025
55
2024
46
2023
31
2022
30
2021
33
2020
36
2019
32
2018
27
2017
45
2016
48
2015
42
2014
33
2013
36
2012
29
2011
26
2010
25
2009
29
2008
37
2007
36
2006
31
2005
26
2004
23
2003
23
2002
20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
West Amarillo Sand & Gravel sits in Oldham County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Oldham County, Texas · Population 2,097
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,402
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
2026 Q2
32,125
2
0
62.3
2026 Q1
25,792
2
0
77.5
2025 Q4
24,719
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
29,221
3
0
102.7
2025 Q2
29,384
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
27,168
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
24,418
2
0
81.9
2024 Q3
26,953
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
25,610
3
0
117.1
2024 Q1
20,231
6
1
296.6
2023 Q4
18,246
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
22,438
3
0
133.7
2023 Q2
19,914
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
18,605
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
20,496
2
0
97.6
2022 Q3
22,276
4
0
179.6
2022 Q2
21,453
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
19,789
4
0
202.1
2021 Q4
19,624
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
20,740
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
22,408
3
0
133.9
2021 Q1
22,229
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
22,739
3
1
131.9
2020 Q3
26,226
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
26,577
6
0
225.8
2020 Q1
24,730
2
0
80.9
2019 Q4
24,244
4
0
165.0
2019 Q3
25,578
2
2
78.2
2019 Q2
21,496
8
2
372.2
2019 Q1
18,903
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
18,566
1
1
53.9
2018 Q3
13,805
1
0
72.4
2018 Q2
20,458
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
21,944
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
23,702
3
0
126.6
2017 Q3
25,537
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
29,598
10
3
337.9
2017 Q1
32,617
5
3
153.3
2016 Q4
32,038
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
31,924
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
33,964
3
0
88.3
2016 Q1
33,755
4
3
118.5
2015 Q4
28,464
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
32,984
9
3
272.9
2015 Q2
26,163
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
27,341
5
3
182.9
2014 Q4
24,518
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
24,648
5
3
202.9
2014 Q2
22,331
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
21,528
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
18,396
4
1
217.4
2013 Q3
21,062
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
24,886
2
1
80.4
2013 Q1
19,104
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
17,976
2
2
111.3
2012 Q3
17,638
6
2
340.2
2012 Q2
17,067
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
17,088
5
2
292.6
2011 Q4
15,234
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
19,377
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
15,463
2
0
129.3
2011 Q1
13,924
5
4
359.1
2010 Q4
13,656
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
14,267
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
14,430
9
2
623.7
2010 Q1
13,057
7
4
536.1
2009 Q4
14,803
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
20,568
2
2
97.2
2009 Q2
15,925
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
14,392
4
0
277.9
2008 Q4
17,580
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
21,204
1
0
47.2
2008 Q2
28,785
4
0
139.0
2008 Q1
25,930
6
1
231.4
2007 Q4
25,075
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
24,656
6
0
243.3
2007 Q2
24,568
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
23,252
4
0
172.0
2006 Q4
20,336
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
23,466
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
23,919
1
0
41.8
2006 Q1
20,156
5
0
248.1
2005 Q4
19,978
1
0
50.1
2005 Q3
18,854
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
17,831
4
0
224.3
2005 Q1
17,295
2
0
115.6
2004 Q4
13,881
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
16,314
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
13,742
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
15,818
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
14,508
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
15,615
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
17,143
4
3
233.3
2003 Q1
15,223
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
13,240
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
10,640
1
0
94.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
May 18, 2019TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Miner was using a man lift basket to observe feed to cone crusher at a height of 28 feet. The miner was wearing fall protection harness and a retractable lanyard but was not secured/tied off to the man lift basket. The miner was ejected from the man lift basket to the surface below.
Reportable incidents
22 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2025 · 1 incident
June 5, 2025TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Right pinky finger got pinched between the spacer and the housing of the bearing unit. While trying to remove the lower shaft and bearing on a double screw material washer. Received 1 stitch at ER to close up laceration.
2021 · 1 incident
June 29, 2021TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The employee was cutting 2" x 2" x 1/4" square tubing for handrail supports and catwalk structure. The employee had cut three pieces 3'6" long. Each stick weighed approximately 19 pounds. The employee grabbed three sticks of the tubing and carried them up the stairs to the catwalk. As EE was walking up the steps EE felt a pain in EE's lower back.
On 07/11/2018 while doing routine shop maintenance the employee realized something was in EE's eye. EE attempted to wash EE's eye out but did not report the incident. On 07/12/2018 EE went to the doctor who removed a piece of dirt from EE's eye. The employee was not wearing EE's safety glasses.
2012 · 2 incidents
September 27, 2012TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While working at the main plant in the morning EE and another EE were changing screens. EE had one end of the screen and another EE had the other end. One EE's end slipped and fell on his right foot & went through his boot punctured his foot. On date of injury EE didn't want to go to the clinic & get it checked out.
Employee was helping set a pulley on a belt at main plant. The pulley was being lifted by crane. Pulley gave & hit employee's hand. Broke bone on L/ring finger and cut it.
March 10, 2010TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was driving truck on rough ground and continued to do so unitl he felt he could not continue, reported to Plant Mgr at 1245 and EE sat for a 45 min period to see if the pain continued, before reporting to the Palnt Mgr.
The shop foreman was changing a fuel filter on a truck, had trouble getting filter to loosen. He pulled hard and hand slipped off and hit drain pan - cut left hand pinky finger.
June 20, 2008TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE was hammering a bolt on a gear box at the rewash plant, a piece of the hammer broke off and hit him in the chin, he thought he just cut it and put a bandaid on it. 9-10-08 he reported to another EE (spanish) so he could interpret. EE can feel something in his chin and a magnet can pull on the embedded object.
April 1, 2008TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
LS SAND & GRAVEL LTD. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Setting Slurry Pump on Base Frame with Backhoe & chain. Bolt hole was not lined up & EE tried to push in place. Pump went past edge & tilted . EE's hand was on edge & was caught between pump & backhoe edge. He had on gloves but did not prevent a cut and fracture.
2005 · 2 incidents
June 27, 2005TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MINER WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR GRINDING ON METAL. PULLED GRINDER AWAY TO CHECK WORK AND REST ARMS, GOT GRINDER TOO CLOSE TO KNEE WHILE PAYING ATTENTION TO WORK.