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MOBILE CRUSHER #3 FRONTERA MATERIALS Metal/Non-Metal

Frontera Materials Inc · Surface

Controlled by Edwin E Forshage III

La Joya, Hidalgo County, TX · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4104292

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2003–2024
Latest incident: Jul 2024

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

203

citations

significant & substantial

$178,711

proposed penalties

$146,315

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 Q4	28,164	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	1,199	3	0	2502.1
2025 Q1	28,045	6	0	213.9
2024 Q4	28,493	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,118	6	2	5366.7
2024 Q2	30,303	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	28,171	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	896	9	1	10044.6

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded

January 2, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Frontera Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

An over the road truck driver was crushed while trying to unload gravel. Driver was parked in a jackknife position while trying to unload some of the gravel in EE's bed. While attempting to dump, EE's lift cylinder snapped and the trucks trailer fell on top of the driver's side killing the driver. 911 was called immediately and MSHA was called after.

April 19, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Frontera Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner left haul truck running without setting the parking brake and/or chocking the wheels. The haul truck rolled forward and pinned the miner between the haul truck and miner's personal vehicle. Miner did not survive miner's injury.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2024 · 1 incident

July 18, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Frontera Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE made contact with an exposed fan blade on a generator motor as EE was diagnosing the engine for repairs. Guarding had been removed prior to the day of incident.

2011 · 1 incident

May 6, 2011 TX · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator MACHINERY

Frontera Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was attempting to lift the head of the excavator which appeared to be stuck. When he slipped he felt sharp pain on his right hip towards back.

2003 · 1 incident

May 10, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER

Frontera Materials Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING GUARD OUTSIDE CRUSHER WHILE WELDER WAS INSIDE DOING REPAIRS, WHEN WELDER SAW HIM HOLDING ON TO THE HANDRAILS AND THEN SAW HIM COLLAPSE ON THE GROUND. CPR WAS ADMINISTERED BUT HAD NO RESPONSE.