Tracks came off of the Track hoe. Co-worker told IE to get away from the machine while co-worker tried to get the machine fixed. At some point while trying to move the tracks, a piece of metal flew and hit IE in the left arm. Co-worker took IE to the ER and had the metal removed. Arm was x-rayed and stitched up. IE returned to lite duty the next day for work.
Rath Pit Metal/Non-Metal
ABN Construction, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Bryan A Nethery
Cuero,
De Witt County,
TX
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105490
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2021–2023
- Latest incident
- Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
40
citations
8
significant & substantial
$15,363
proposed penalties
$15,363
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 | 5,728 | 1 | 0 | 174.6 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,041 | 2 | 0 | 494.9 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4,001 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 4,835 | 3 | 0 | 620.5 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,835 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,808 | 4 | 0 | 1050.4 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,929 | 1 | 0 | 254.5 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2023 · 1 incident
August 28, 2023
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ABN Construction, LLC · Struck by flying object
2022 · 2 incidents
ABN Construction, LLC · Accident type, without injuries
Employee was in a piece of equipment working material and backed into another employee's parked truck. The vehicle was damaged but no damage to equipment. No one was injured.
March 7, 2022
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ABN Construction, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Temperature was between 39 and 48 with light rain. Coming down on a ladder from coarse washer and lost footing, grabbing the hand railing.
2021 · 2 incidents
September 27, 2021
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
ABN Construction, LLC · Struck against a moving object
EE was on 950M Wheel loader, not paying attention and backed up over a berm and laid the wheel loader on its side.
February 2, 2021
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
ABN Construction, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Debris fell from excavator bounced off the side of bucket and rolled onto the railing of the 6x6 cab breaking window.