Mining Incidents

Sand Supply #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Spring, Montgomery County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103476

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2010
Latest incident
Apr 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
52
citations
13
significant & substantial
$10,040
proposed penalties
$9,944
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
2011 Q2 2,216 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,204 2 0 624.2
2010 Q4 2,945 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,255 4 0 1228.9
2010 Q2 3,246 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,328 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,716 2 0 736.4
2009 Q3 3,356 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

3 on file

2010 · 1 incident

April 20, 2010 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Campbell Concrete & Materials LP Sand Supply Div · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was adjusting the impellor on the dredge gravel pump. Employee was using a piece of metal as a wedge to help break loose the pump knock out ring that stuck. After striking the metal wedge with a hammer a sliver of metal became imbedded in the employees left hand. Discomfort did not occur until the following day when treatment was requested.

2008 · 2 incidents

June 28, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Campbell Concrete & Materials LP Sand Supply Div · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While repairing the car body of the radial stacker, the I/E was maneuvering a new section of steel box into place, which was balancing on the radial frame I beam. While re-rigging, the the load shifted causing the I/E end to rise quickly, causing his hand to become caught in a pinch point. The employee suffered the amputation of his left pinky from incident.

February 14, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Campbell Concrete & Materials LP Sand Supply Div · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

It appears EE was applying belt dressing to head pulley of moving conveyor on rock plant. He got too close & was pulled into the head pulley. He was flipped over the conveyor & into the log washer. The log washer was not running at the time. His fall into the log washer was about 4 feet. EE has two laceration to the head, major lacerations to rt arm & possible broken bones.