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M-I L.L.C.-Brownsville Grinding Plant Metal/Non-Metal

M-I L.L.C. (MI SWACO) · Facility

Controlled by Schlumberger Ltd

Brownsville, Cameron County, TX · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4103033

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2004–2013
Latest incident: Feb 2013

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$25,194

proposed penalties

$25,191

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
2014 Q4	10,048	2	0	199.0
2014 Q3	12,819	2	1	156.0
2014 Q2	3,864	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	10,476	2	0	190.9
2013 Q4	12,210	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	13,423	3	1	223.5
2013 Q2	9,827	0	0	0.0
2013 Q1	12,502	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2013 · 1 incident

February 14, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

M-I L.L.C. (MI SWACO) · Struck against stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE IS A FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR, AFTER HE FINISHED LOADING THE ORE HOPPER AND WENT TO PARK THE FRONT END LOADER, WHEN HE CLIMBED DOWN FROM THE MACHINE, AT THE TIME OF CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, HE STEPPED ON A BARITE ROCK, AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE

2007 · 1 incident

March 27, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

U S Clay L P · Struck against a moving object

EE went up the small henatite ramp to get material to feed the hopper and then fill the bucket of the front end loader and started down the ramp in reverse. He came to close to the edge to the ramp and flipped the front loader on its left side.

2005 · 1 incident

June 7, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

U S Clay L P · Struck against stationary object

EE was tightening a bolt plug on a mill gear reducer when the plug stripped out and the wrench. He was using came off the bolt plug causing his left arm. He was using came off the bolt plug causing his left arm to strike against the corner of a protective guard causing a small puncture and bruise to his left upper arm above the elbow.

2004 · 1 incident

January 28, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

U S Clay L P · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD AN ACCIDENT WHILE TRYING TO DISLODGE A ROCK WHICH HAD BEEN LODGED IN THE FEEDER ROLLER. ACCORDING TO EE HE HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH LARGE ROCKS GETTING STUCK AT THE FEEDER ROLLER. HE TRIED TO DISLODGE THESE ROCKS W/ A METAL ROD. DOING SO, THE METAL ROD GOT WEDGED BETWEEN THE ROCK & THE SIDE OF THE FEEDER ROLLER. HE LOOKED INSIDE THE FEEDER & SAW THAT THERE WAS A CLEARAN