Pit 1, Palo Pinto County, Texas: 23 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Pit 1 is an active dimension sandstone surface mine in Palo Pinto County, Texas, operated by DLR Sandstone LLC with 2 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4104659). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 23 citations and orders there with $3,902 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4104659
- Status
- Active since October 23, 2019
- Main commodity
- Dimension sandstone
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Palo Pinto County, Texas
- Nearest town
- Palo Pinto
- Operator
- DLR Sandstone LLC
- Employees
- 2
- MSHA field office
- Dallas TX Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 23
- Significant and substantial
- 4 (17.4%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 4
- Proposed penalties
- $3,902
- Amount paid so far
- $3,902
- Inspections
- 12
- Inspector hours on site
- 57
- Citations per inspection
- 1.92 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 11, 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 | 7 | 2 | $1,421 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | $1,122 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | $906 | 0 |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | $453 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Pit 1
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 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 47.44 | Hazard communication | 2 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.15001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.23002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14207 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4102 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.8 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Palo Pinto County, Texas
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Stone Company | Gordon Stone Company LLC | Palo Pinto County, TX | Dimension stone | 12 | 36 |
| Sky Ridge Stone | Sky Ridge Stone LLC | Palo Pinto County, TX | Dimension sandstone | 3 | 36 |
| Gordon Plant | Heidelberg Materials Southwest LLC | Palo Pinto County, TX | Crushed, broken limestone | 7 | 27 |
| Vega Stone Co. | Vega Stone Co. | Palo Pinto County, TX | Dimension limestone | 5 | 27 |
| Grindstone | Kiewit Mining Group Inc | Palo Pinto County, TX | Crushed, broken limestone | 25 | 25 |
| Quality Stone of Mineral Wells | Quality Stone of Mineral Wells, LLC | Palo Pinto County, TX | Dimension sandstone | 22 | 25 |
| Santo Quarry | Sunset Stone LLC | Palo Pinto County, TX | Dimension sandstone | 6 | 21 |
| MI Solution Stone | MI Solution Stone | Palo Pinto County, TX | Crushed, broken sandstone | 3 | 19 |
| Brannon Quarry | Wise a Materials LLC | Palo Pinto County, TX | Sand, common | 10 | 17 |
| Graford Quarry | Rock Creek Materials LLC. | Palo Pinto County, TX | Crushed, broken limestone | 8 | 8 |
| U S Brick Pit | General Shale Brick, Inc. | Palo Pinto County, TX | Fire clay | 3 | 1 |
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.