Mining Incidents

Matbon Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Matbon Inc · Surface
Controlled by James M Boney
Chico, Wise County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104384

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2005–2007
Latest incident
Nov 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
129
citations
36
significant & substantial
$142,493
proposed penalties
$19,445
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
2008 Q3 3,256 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,729 16 3 3383.4
2008 Q1 2,819 6 2 2128.4
2007 Q4 14,345 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 13,855 11 1 793.9
2007 Q2 9,988 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 13,300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 17,749 8 1 450.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2007 · 5 incidents

November 9, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Matbon Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was helping maintance change a screen on shaker #3. He was lifting the screen and lost his footing. When he slipped the screen fell on his left hand cutting left ring and middle finger.

April 4, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Matbon Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was trying to unjam the hopper at sand plant by hitting it with a hammer. He did not see the rock on top. The vibration knocked the rock off and hit him in the head causing a concussion and a bruised spinal column.

March 29, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Matbon Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stopped her truck and got out to move a ten inch rock at dump site. While she was getting back in her truck she said her back popped.

March 8, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Matbon Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a torn piece off the primary conveyor belt. His knife slipped and cut the top of his left hand.

January 29, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Matbon Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was cleaning his loader bucket. A rock was wedged between loader bucket and cutting edge. Employee was using a bar to knock it out. When the rock popped out the cutting edge popped back knocking the bar back against the bucket with his hand between bar and bucket.

2006 · 4 incidents

November 14, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Matbon Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was standing on belt frame to grease feeder bearings and did not lock out belt. The belt was bumped causing employee to slip damaging his left foot or shin and spraining his ankle.

May 26, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Matbon Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Hot metal went around glasses and touched eye.

May 15, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Matbon Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Hot metal went around glasses and touched eye.

May 8, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Matbon Inc · Struck by falling object

A jack fell off the jaw and hit his head.

2005 · 2 incidents

December 15, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Matbon Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS GOING TO BACK DOZER & WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOOK BEHIND HIM HE RAN OVER SOME ROCKS & TWISTED THE RT. SIDE OF HIS BACK.

October 16, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Matbon Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE FAILED TO RECOGNIZE TRIP HAZARD.