Mining Incidents

shamrock Metal/Non-Metal

L&M STONE LLC · Surface
Controlled by William M Woodie
Shamrock, Wheeler County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4104758

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2011–2015
Latest incident
Oct 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
69
citations
18
significant & substantial
$84,649
proposed penalties
$63,063
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 1,078 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,895 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,225 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,394 1 0 417.7
2024 Q4 3,043 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,111 1 1 243.2
2024 Q2 3,867 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,807 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 27, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
ACG Materials · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was cleaning a jammed rock from a return roller on a track mounted CEC Crusher. The engine was still running and the belt was engaged. Employee "assumed" belt was turned off because the head pulley was not spinning skipping on the belt; the belt was actually stalled. He did not lock out/ and tag the crusher before performing the work to de-energize all power.

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2015 · 1 incident

October 17, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ACG Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was in the shop area storing bucket pins on a storage rack. A pin fell over pinning his Right index finger between the pin and shelve causing the laceration of the finger.

2012 · 2 incidents

March 28, 2012 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ACG Materials · Fall from machine

IEE was exiting the crusher/hopper. He fell 11.5 feet to the ground on his right side. Co-workers called 911 and 25 minutes later he was gernied by the EMTs then the helicopter showed up and was mediflighted to Amarillo hospital.

February 14, 2012 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ACG Materials · Struck by falling object

Working on K-Tec scraper, loosened off hydraulic hose, pan dropped to ground, caused metal cover to fall on left foot

2011 · 1 incident

October 27, 2011 TX · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ACG Materials · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While replacing blades on scraper, lifted one and felt pain in lower back. Continued working until 11 days later when felt the injury again while in office.