Lexicon, Inc. contractor

Metal / nonmetal

MSHA contractor ID: DF4

Safety record

1
Fatalities: 12
Citations: 118,624
Employee-hours (2000+) ⓘ Rates use contractor-reported employee-hours as the denominator. About 2% of reported hours are dropped as duplicate filings, so the hours total runs slightly low and any per-hour rate reads slightly high. Quarters filed with zero hours are excluded, and hours are reported only from 2000 on.: 8.43
Fatalities / million hrs

101.2 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.

Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
OTHER 2 non-fatal
DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2000

10 (1f)

Mines worked

Midlothian Quarry and Plant TX

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded

June 23, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

TXI (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE WALKING OR GRATING AT ELEVATION 719 TO RETREIVE TORCH SET. EE WAS NOT TIED OFF WHILE EXPLOSED TO FALL HAZARD. EE WAS WEARING PERSONAL FALL ARREST SYSTEM HARNESS AND 2 LANDYARDS. EE STEPPED ON GRATING THAT HE INSTALLED THE DAY BEFORE BUT WHICH HAD NOT YET BEEN WELDED TO THE STRUCTURE. THE GRATE 107 X 24 SHIFTED AND EE FELL 48" TO CONCRETE BELOW.