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Cascabeles, El Paso County, Texas: 22 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Cascabeles is an intermittent construction sand and gravel surface mine in El Paso County, Texas, operated by Quest Contracting, Inc. with 4 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4105802). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 22 citations and orders there with $9,164 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4105802
- Status
- Intermittent since May 30, 2025
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- El Paso County, Texas
- Nearest town
- El Paso
- Operator
- Quest Contracting, Inc.
- Employees
- 4
- MSHA field office
- Albuquerque NM Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 22
- Significant and substantial
- 3 (13.6%)
- Closure orders
- 2
- High negligence or reckless
- 8
- Proposed penalties
- $9,164
- Amount paid so far
- $9,164
- Inspections
- 4
- Inspector hours on site
- 16
- Citations per inspection
- 5.50 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 28, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 3 | $6,104 | 0 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | $3,060 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Cascabeles
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 56.20008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14207 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.1000 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14209 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 41.11 | Notice of legal identity | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.3 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.5 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.18010 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.15001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4402 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in El Paso County, Texas
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. S. Quarry | D R S Rock Materials, LLC | El Paso County, TX | Crushed, broken limestone | 5 | 62 |
| McKelligon Canyon | GCC Sun City Materials LLC | El Paso County, TX | Crushed, broken limestone | 72 | 53 |
| Sun City Rock, Inc. | Sun City Rock, Inc. | El Paso County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 49 |
| Ned Finney Quarry | Jobe Materials LP | El Paso County, TX | Crushed, broken limestone | 12 | 47 |
| Avispa Canyon Quarry | Jobe Materials LP | El Paso County, TX | Crushed, broken stone | 6 | 38 |
| Hueco Quarry Inc | Hueco Quarry Inc | El Paso County, TX | Crushed, broken limestone | 5 | 33 |
| Garcia Rock Co | Garcia Rock Co | El Paso County, TX | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 31 |
| Antelope Hills Quarry | Desert Rock Company | El Paso County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 28 |
| Roadrunner Sand Pit | Desert Rock Company | El Paso County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 21 |
| East Loop 375 Sand PLT | GCC Sun City Materials LLC | El Paso County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 22 | 17 |
| Trini Fine Materials | El Paso Star Ready Mix Inc | El Paso County, TX | Sand, industrial | 3 | 16 |
| Sun City Rock, Inc. | Sun City Rock, Inc. | El Paso County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 15 |
| Soto's Rock | Soto's Rock | El Paso County, TX | Dimension stone | 10 | 14 |
| Hitt Canyon Quarry Mine | Jobe Materials LP | El Paso County, TX | Crushed, broken limestone | 8 | 14 |
| Mti Sandpit Cascade Division | Mullen-Telles Inc | El Paso County, TX | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 11 |
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.