Mining Incidents

RICHLAND PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Navarro County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103018

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1983–1997
Latest incident
Sep 1997
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1997 · 1 incident

September 3, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Meridian Aggregates Company · Contact with electrical current

EE OPENED BREAKER BOX TO CHECK FUSES BECAUSE 6X16 SCREEN WOULD NOT START. HIS LEFT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH 480 VOLTS.

1996 · 1 incident

January 9, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Aggregates Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING TIRE RING INTO TRUCK- CAUGHT FINGER.

1993 · 1 incident

May 17, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
Meridian Aggregates Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USING TORCH (A& O TO CUT OFF BOLT- INADVERTENTLY SET HIMSELF ON FIRE.

1992 · 1 incident

October 29, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PORTABLE LIGHT AND GOT SHOCKED- FELL BACK ONTO PART OF PLANT TREATED AND RELEASED; TOOK OFF 12-7-92.

1991 · 1 incident

June 11, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE HURT HIS SHOULDER LIFTING A HAMMER FOR A CRUSHER.

1990 · 1 incident

July 18, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by falling object

INSTALLING MANIFOLD ON DOZER-DROPPED ON FEET.

1987 · 1 incident

1986 · 1 incident

1985 · 1 incident

April 30, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by flying object

AT SOME TIME WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING HE GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE.AFTER HIS EYE BOTHERED HIM FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS HE WENT TO DOCTOR.THE FOUND THE MNETAL AND GOT IT OUT.

1984 · 3 incidents

August 8, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL LOADING BOX OF ANFO ONTO CONVEYOR WHICH WAS LOADING TRUCK WHEN HE JAMMED RIGHT HAND CAUSING FRACTURE BELOW HIS FINGERS.

May 25, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A LOADER AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN OFF OF IT HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE

April 4, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SHOT BY DEPUTY SHERIFFS\S OFFICER. WHILE SHERIFFS PEOPLE WERE ON THEIR WAY I.NAME TOOK THE TIRE TOOL & BROKE THE BACK WINDOW, I.NAME THEN TOOK ALL OF HIS CLOTHES OFF & CRAWLED THRU THE WIN DOW & INTO THE FRAME WHICH WAS FULL OF DIESEL. I.NAME RUBBED DIEASEL OVER HIMSELF. HE CAME OUT RAN TO THE SQUD CAR GOT A SHOTGUN OUT & FIRED AT THE OFFICER.

1983 · 2 incidents

November 20, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON HOOKING A CHAIN TO A LOADER WHEN THE CAIN SLIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS FOOT.