Employee was closing the hatches on a pneumatic truck. While attempting to get back onto the catwalk employee fell off the truck. Employee was wearing EE's harness but EE did not tie off properly. Emergency responders attempted to render first aid but were unsuccessful. At this moment I do not have a detailed description of all the contributing factors that led to the fall.
Arepet Industries, LLC operator
Controlled by
Ruben Garza; Cesar F Saenz
MSHA operator ID: 0167013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
161
citations
36
significant & substantial
$253,078
proposed penalties
$160,518
paid to date
63% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $92,560 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
33
inspections on record
514
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: 514 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$253K
proposed penalties
$163K
current assessed
$161K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
135 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2023
2
2022
1
2021
1
2020
1 (1f)
2019
1
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
September 1, 2020
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Arepet Industries, LLC · Fall from machine
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