Mining Incidents

Baca Plant: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Holcim (US), Inc · Surface
Controlled by Holcim Ltd
Fayette County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4102818

MSHA record for Baca Plant (mine ID 4102818). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1991
Latest incident
Feb 1991
Ownership history
  1. Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc 1979 to 1989
  2. Holnam Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Baca Plant sits in Fayette County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.6% of county employment.

Local economic context
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.
Fayette County, Texas · Population 24,783
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$76,541
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1991 · 1 incident

February 15, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Holnam Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE W AS LOOKING FOR PARTS IN AN OLD DRAGLINE WHEN HE SLIPPED & FLL ABOUT THREE FEET FRACTURING RIGHT ELBOW

1990 · 1 incident

November 15, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holnam Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO CAB OF 980 CATERPILLAR LOADER WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

1985 · 2 incidents

June 19, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A SPROCKET WHEN HE PUT HIS RIGHT HAND DOWN AND A PIECE OF STEEL STUCK IN RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. TAKEN TO DOCOTR ONE STITCH

January 10, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING NEW DRAG CABLE ON PULLY, CABLE JUMPED OFF PULLY HITTING EMPLOYEE ACROSS LEFT ARM, BRUISED LEFT ARM.

1983 · 1 incident