Mining Incidents

Gordon Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105669

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
26
citations
6
significant & substantial
$5,315
proposed penalties
$5,315
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 9,200 10 4 1087.0
2025 Q2 10,205 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 819 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 12,255 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 677 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,124 7 2 1143.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 18, 2026 TX · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Southwest LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was helping with a repair of a broken gearbox. A sledgehammer was brought up to strike the gearbox to facilitate its removal. During this process the hammer head stuck a cap extension on the gearbox. A piece of metal was ejected and struck the employee in the mouth cutting their upper lip and breaking/chipping 2 of their front teeth.