On August 5, 2025, at approximately 10:25 AM, an employee was adjusting the forks on an all-terrain forklift when their finger became pinched between the left fork and the frame. The incident resulted in a fracture to the employee's right middle finger. The employee subsequently returned to work on full duty.
Tree DogMetal/Nonmetal
Independence TX LLC · Surface
Controlled by Angel I Durrett; David J Durrett
Mentone, Loving County, TX · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105610
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2022–2025
- Latest incident
- Aug 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2025 · 2 incidents
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE was cleaning up at the wet plant facility and felt something bite EE under EE's shirt. EE went to a medical facility where EE received treatment for a spider bite on EE's left upper arm.
2024 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was repairing a screen deck motor, chain hoist was used to line bolts for motor and slipped sticking hard hat and EE head causing laceration resulting in 4 staples.
2022 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
On October 21, 2022 at approximately 6:15 pm EE broke their pinky finger. EE was trying to center the clamps on the Jersey barrier. EE got pinky in a pinch point that closed on EE's pinky finger. EE was then taken to the Hospital by EE's son where the doctor confirmed it was broken. EE was wearing PPE.