Mining Incidents

BORGER PIT Metal/Non-Metal

WES AGG, LLC · Surface
Controlled by JW Thomas; Travis Thomas
BORGER, Hutchinson County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4105687

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2024–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
15
citations
4
significant & substantial
$103,425
proposed penalties
$3,537
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 8,634 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 13,798 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 90 5 2 55555.6
2025 Q1 9,666 2 1 206.9
2024 Q4 11,050 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 7,330 3 1 409.3
2024 Q1 3,557 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
January 3, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
WES AGG, LLC · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Trench was dug to repair drain pipe. No sloping or shoring protection system was in place. Trench was approximately 10 foot deep and 8 foot wide. Side wall collapsed and crushed worker.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2024 · 1 incident

March 22, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
WES AGG, LLC · Struck by powered moving object

Employee was spotting another employee while hoisting a new screen into place. Screen slipped and employee was struck on right forearm by excavator bucket.