Data / Mines / Texas / Denton Pits
Denton Pits, Denton County, Texas: 22 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Denton Pits is an active common clays surface mine in Denton County, Texas, operated by Acme Brick Company with 3 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4100368). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 22 citations and orders there with $4,156 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4100368
- Status
- Active since January 8, 1992
- Main commodity
- Common clays
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Denton County, Texas
- Nearest town
- Denton
- Operator
- Acme Brick Company
- Parent company
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc
- Employees
- 3
- MSHA field office
- Dallas TX Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 22
- Significant and substantial
- 2 (9.1%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $4,156
- Amount paid so far
- $2,937
- Inspections
- 14
- Inspector hours on site
- 78
- Citations per inspection
- 1.57 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- April 22, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 2 ($266 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | $143 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | $2,050 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | $604 | 0 |
| 2026 | 9 | 0 | $1,359 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Denton Pits
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 46.7 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.15001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12006 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.23003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 45.4 | Part 45 | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4102 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.13011 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12019 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12023 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Denton County, Texas
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denton Sand Farm | Denton Sand Farm | Denton County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 106 |
| Tri County Materials | TriCounty Materials and Services LP | Denton County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 47 |
| B & B Sand & Gravel | B & B Sand & Gravel Inc | Denton County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 16 |
| DDM, Justin | DDM Materials, Inc. | Denton County, TX | Sand, common | 15 | 10 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.