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BALCONES CLAY PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Dean Word Company · Surface

Controlled by Timothy Dean Word III; Suzanne Word; Forrest Word; Bryan Word

Seguin, Guadalupe County, TX · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4103039

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2009–2012
Latest incident: Feb 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$3,208

proposed penalties

$3,208

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
2012 Q1	1,484	0	0	0.0
2011 Q4	1,662	2	1	1203.4
2011 Q3	1,409	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	1,879	1	0	532.2
2011 Q1	1,263	1	0	791.8
2010 Q4	1,018	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	1,587	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	2,020	4	1	1980.2

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

February 21, 2012 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Dean Word Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

The injured employee was operating a Caterpillar scraper. He just dumped his load and turned the machine around when the drivers side tire exploded. The employee suffered first degree burns to his arms and neck.

2009 · 1 incident

February 27, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Dean Word Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was using a pick to remove clay that built up between the grinding teeth of a milling machine. When the pick accidentally struck one of the teeth on the machine, a sliver of metal hit the employee on the chin. Over the next 5 days the area began to fester until he was taken to the doctor for observation.