METROPLEX SAND & GRAVEL. LTD · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AREA UNDER CRUSHER FLOOR WITH A WATER PRESSURE HOSE THE WATER HIT AN OBSTACLE AND BOUNCED BACK TO HIT EMPLOYEE'S FACE ON THE LEFT EYE.
Plant # 5: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Plant # 5 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 2015. MSHA has proposed $917 in penalties since 2016.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2015–2016
- Latest incident
- Dec 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
9
citations
1
significant & substantial
$917
proposed penalties
$917
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date. The remaining $0 was reduced, settled, contested or is still owed.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
2
inspections on record
27
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 27 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Plant # 5 has $917 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$917
proposed penalties
$917
current assessed
$917
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-04-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.11.1%
significant & substantial
22.2%
high negligence or reckless
11.1%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.2% low, 55.6% moderate, 22.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Plant # 5 recorded 3.69 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2016.
Injury rate, 2016
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000 and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year. Employment reports reach back to 1983, but those earlier years come from MSHA's archived file format and are not used in rates.3.69
total case rate
3.69
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.59 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.82 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
- METROPLEX SAND & GRAVEL. LTD 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 22 |
| 2016 | 20 |
| 2015 | 13 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Plant # 5 sits in Tarrant County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Tarrant County, Texas · Population 2,135,743
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$81,905
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q1 | 15,056 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 16,750 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 13,594 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 14,756 | 9 | 1 | 609.9 |
| 2016 Q1 | 9,053 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 9,623 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2016 · 1 incident
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2015 · 1 incident
November 18, 2015
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unknown operator · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was unloading carrier rollers from the bed of truck. EE was standing on ground and lifting rollers out when the roller caught the lip of the tail gate and pinned his finger in between the roller shaft and the tail gate.