Mining Incidents

Brauntex Materials Inc operator

Controlled by Dean Fischer
MSHA operator ID: L31210
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
9
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1983–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
203
citations
35
significant & substantial
$49,662
proposed penalties
$48,899
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $763 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
124
inspections on record
1,284
inspection hours
15.8
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.
203 citations across 1,284 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$50K
proposed penalties
$50K
current assessed
$49K
paid to date
$755
outstanding
194 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2024
1
2022
1
2018
1
2017
1
1997
1 (1f)
1994
1
1993
1
1989
1
1983
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
July 9, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Brauntex Materials Inc · Struck by powered moving object

DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS RAILROAD TRACKS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN.

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