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Palo Alto Sand Inc.: 14 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Palo Alto Sand Inc. is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Atascosa County, Texas, operated by Palo Alto Silica Sand Inc with 9 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4101349). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 14 citations and orders there with $1,992 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4101349
- Status
- Active since January 18, 1973
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Atascosa County, Texas
- Nearest town
- Poteet
- Operator
- Palo Alto Silica Sand Inc
- Employees
- 9
- MSHA field office
- San Antonio TX Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 14
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $1,992
- Amount paid so far
- $1,977
- Inspections
- 12
- Inspector hours on site
- 58
- Citations per inspection
- 1.17 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- July 8, 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | $665 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | $572 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | $453 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | $302 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Palo Alto Sand Inc.
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 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.18010 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 46.9 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.23002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.15020 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4104 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12025 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Atascosa County, Texas
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Force Sand Pleasanton | Force Sand, LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Sand, industrial | 13 | 142 |
| Poteet Plant | Carousel Energy Services | Atascosa County, TX | Ground silica | 4 | 117 |
| Atascosa | Iron Oak Atascosa LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Sand, industrial | 99 | 96 |
| San Miguel Lignite Mine | Nacg Texas, Inc. | Atascosa County, TX | Coal (lignite) | 287 | 82 |
| Bigfoot Mine | Iron Oak Eagle Ford LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 14 | 40 |
| 16 Sand, LLC | 16 Sand, LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Sand, common | 2 | 37 |
| North American Silica Sand, LLC | North American Silica Sand, LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Sand, industrial | 8 | 36 |
| Sandy Oak Materials | Sandy Oak Materials, LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Sand, common | 5 | 29 |
| Brazil Pit | Far South Mining LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 12 |
| Poteet Sand Plant | Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, LLC | Atascosa County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 11 | 8 |
| Poteet Sand and Gravel | Capitol Aggregates, Inc. | Atascosa County, TX | Sand, common | 5 | 8 |
| Espey Pit and Plant | Espey Silica Sand Company | Atascosa County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 11 | 6 |
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.