Mining Incidents

Woodlands Sand Plant #160 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Porter, Montgomery County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104634

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2007–2009
Latest incident
Feb 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
18
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,985
proposed penalties
$1,985
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
2010 Q4 2,078 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,917 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,090 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,448 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,656 2 1 353.6
2009 Q3 3,727 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,483 3 1 547.1
2009 Q1 7,977 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

2009 · 2 incidents

February 6, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Frontier Aggregates LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using wire ties to keep chains from moving on the dredge. Employee decided to cut the wire ties with his own pocket knife. Employee placed his left hand on top of chain flat and cut toward his hand causing a laceration.

January 22, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Frontier Aggregates LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While ee was removing stumps and tree limbs from the dredge cleanout box with a pry bar, ee hit himself in chin with flat end of bar.

2008 · 1 incident

December 19, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frontier Aggregates LLC · Fall onto or against objects

On 12/19/2008 Employee was getting ready to patch a hole that was in the Collector Flume Box. He slipped on the steel side panels and cut his right hand and right elbow on the steel panels.

2007 · 1 incident

October 10, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Frontier Aggregates LLC · Struck against stationary object

Other employees were working on area around QC lab. They had removed the stairs to the lab for repairs. Someone place a bucket in front of the door to use as a step. Injured went into the room and came out with a box of grease. As he stepped on the bucket, the bucket rolled over and he twisted his ankle.