Mining Incidents

REALITOS PIT Plant# 2Metal/Nonmetal

Wright Materials · Surface
Controlled by ATM Holdings LLC
Realitos, Duval County, TX · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4101499
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2001–2016
Latest incident
Sep 2016
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2016 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

EE was exiting the truck, missed a step and slipped. Hurting wrist

2014 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

The EE alleges he hurt his back on 10/2 but did not report any injury. I spoke to the EE on 10/28 via telephone after trying several times to contact him. He states he was putting on a repaired hydraulic hose on his haul truck and hurt his back. He left work on 10/8 when he was told to find a water leak in his truck. The EE also filed for unemployment.

2013 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miss stepped on grader latter causing operator to hold his entire body weight with his right arm on the entry handle so to not fall on grader blade. pulled his bicep muscle to a very painful state to which he could not curl his arm without pain level of 8 on a 1 to 10 scale. doctor ordered MRI may have torn muscle. MRI as of(5-2-2013)has not been done do to workmen's comp.

2009 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee went down ladder to adjust feeder opening. After doing so, he then was using a scraper approximately 4"" in length to remove build up on the sides of chute. In doing so, the material flowing from feeder grabbed the scraper pinning his thumb between the hand rail and the scraper, with enough force to cause the laceration to his thumb.

2008 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

Pit was dry and maintained. Miner stated that he was bent over looking into his lunchbox and not paying attention where he was going and veered off the road into the pit. Truck dropped approximately 5ft. coming to rest on its left side, damaging the walkway, handrails. and door.

2007 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was using a chop saw to cut a piece of angle iron and his hand slipped and cut his thumb.

2006 · 3 incidents

Struck against a moving object

Service truck gas pedal was stuck causing the truck to strike light post, CAT haul truck(parked), etc before coming to a stop.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee exited his Euclid. Upon walking from truck, he experienced a sharp pain in lower back that got worse.

Struck against a moving object

As the dragline was backing away from the pit, (the truck driver was parked about 30 yards directly behind the dragline) he ran into the side of the Euc R40 tipping it on its side. The driver fell to the opposite side of the cab.

2005 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

EE was attempting to clean out feeder when the tool he was using was caught in a clay ball. As the clay fell out of the feeder, it pulled the tool with it, pinching and cutting the EE's finger against the railing.

2004 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

removing large nut with a 1"" impact wrench, the torque of the impact wrench twisted hand into gear tooth.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

caught fingers between v-belt pulley and v-belts on the logwasher

2002 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING UP ON GRADER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS STOMACH.

2001 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

WORKING ON SAND PUMP-CUT TWO FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HITTING METAL GEAR ON DRAGLINE. JAR HURT BACK.