Mining Incidents

Radiant Red Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101216

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2003–2016
Latest incident
Mar 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
8
significant & substantial
$7,646
proposed penalties
$4,902
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,164 1 0 859.1
2024 Q1 1,725 1 0 579.7
2022 Q3 1,093 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 190 1 0 5263.2
2022 Q1 175 1 0 5714.3
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2016 · 1 incident

March 3, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cold Spring Granite Company · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was putting a diamond wire cable on an idler wheel when EE slipped in the mud causing EE's hand to contact the wheel.

2010 · 1 incident

August 11, 2010 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cold Spring Granite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee and supervisor were loading the trailer with parts when the weight shifted on the load, hitting a timber. Injured employee stepped down off the trailer quickly, injuring his knee.

2007 · 1 incident

February 27, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Cold Spring Granite Company · Struck against stationary object

Employee was exiting a loader when he stepped on a metal splice in a fuel hose on the ground causing him to roll (sprain) his right ankle.

2004 · 1 incident

June 28, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cold Spring Granite Company · Fall onto or against objects

Ee was stepping onto a piece of granite grout near a creek when the piece of grout rolled over causing him to fall thus hitting his left arm/elbow area on another piece of granite grout causing a compound fracture to his left arm/elbow. He had two plates and 14 screws implanted in his arm during surgery.

2003 · 1 incident

July 21, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cold Spring Granite Company · Fall onto or against objects

AFTER SHUTTING MACHINE OFF, EE WAS EXITING THE GALION DRILL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL THUS HITTING HIS LEFT ELBOW, LEG AND ANKLE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE MACHINE. HE RECEIVED A DEEP BRUISE TO HIS LEFT ELBOW AND WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.