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Top-Way Materials, LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Steve Cone; Melissa Cone
Newark, Wise County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4103229

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2005–2024
Latest incident
Jul 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
105
citations
16
significant & substantial
$12,042
proposed penalties
$11,618
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
2025 Q4 9,125 3 1 328.8
2025 Q3 10,352 2 0 193.2
2025 Q2 8,443 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 10,224 2 0 195.6
2024 Q4 9,059 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 12,139 1 0 82.4
2024 Q2 11,952 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,327 5 0 536.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2024 · 1 incident

July 25, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Top-Way Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Team member was climbing off a piece of equipment maintaining three points of contact and slipped on a step straining their back. At the time EE felt a pull, but it didn't hurt. The injury progressively got worse and the team member determined EE needed to seek medical attention on August 7th.

2012 · 1 incident

April 6, 2012 TX · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Top-Way Properties Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was cleaning out tracks on 230 excavator John Deere. Working with a shovel he bent down to reach under track and at a angle on his knee when he thinks the damage occurred.

2011 · 2 incidents

November 23, 2011 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Top-Way Properties Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Changing cutting edge on 644K John Deere Rubber Tire Loader using impact wrench to move nut from old cutting edge. Bolt spun and sharper edge on bottom of bolt cut index finger threw Jersey Gloves.

September 15, 2011 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Top-Way Properties Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Slipped on berm getting off/on and injured knee.

2009 · 1 incident

June 5, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Top-Way Properties Inc · Struck against a moving object

Going up ramp to put bucket of sand in hopper. Raising bucket to get to right height to dump. Malfunction caused bucket to free drop. Operator stopped free-fall with control lever causing a sudden stop, causing operator to be thrown against seat belt violently causing whiplash to legs and back.

2005 · 1 incident

May 14, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Top-Way Properties Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BENDING OVER CLEANING 644J BUCKET WITH A PICK. EMPLOYEE HAD LOW BACK PAIN, NERVE PINCHED.