Mining Incidents

Zahn Pit 1 Rock Quarry: 55 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lana J Zahn
Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4103936

Zahn Pit 1 Rock Quarry has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $133 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Mar 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
55
citations
14
significant & substantial
$11,241
proposed penalties
$11,108
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $133 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
29
inspections on record
277
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: 277 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Zahn Pit 1 Rock Quarry has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $133 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$133
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-12.
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.
25.5%
significant & substantial
30.9%
high negligence or reckless
25.5%
reasonably likely or greater
38.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 69.1% moderate, 30.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Ronnie Zahn Paving, Inc. 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 1
2024 3
2023 4
2022 2
2021 4
2020 4
2019 6
2018 5
2017 4
2016 4
2012 5
2005 3
2004 5
2003 6
2002 2
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Zahn Pit 1 Rock Quarry sits in Lubbock County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Lubbock County, Texas · Population 314,633
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$63,367
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 43 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,279 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 872 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 676 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 914 0 0 0.0
Show 58 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 955 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 732 2 0 2732.2
2023 Q4 1,001 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 821 6 0 7308.2
2023 Q2 898 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,307 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 834 11 5 13189.4
2022 Q1 1,604 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,996 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,549 6 1 3873.5
2021 Q2 1,438 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 142 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 589 3 0 5093.4
2020 Q2 1,218 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,046 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 123 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,016 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,151 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,971 3 0 1522.1
2018 Q4 786 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,776 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 853 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 207 4 3 19323.7
2017 Q4 564 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 44 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 303 2 0 6600.7
2016 Q4 165 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 370 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,080 6 4 5555.6
2012 Q1 319 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 1,298 2 0 1540.8
2005 Q2 4,161 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,537 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,712 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,742 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,992 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,248 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,562 1 0 640.2
2003 Q3 1,558 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,708 4 1 1477.1
2003 Q1 3,953 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,851 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,906 1 0 524.7
2002 Q2 95 3 0 31578.9
2002 Q1 144 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 187 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 537 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 941 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,049 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 445 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 478 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

March 24, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ronnie Zahn Paving, Inc. · Fall from machine

WORKING ON EQUIPMENT, FELL APPROX 4 FT OFF LOADER, LANDED ON ANKLE.