EMPLOYEE W AS LOOKING FOR PARTS IN AN OLD DRAGLINE WHEN HE SLIPPED & FLL ABOUT THREE FEET FRACTURING RIGHT ELBOW
Baca Plant: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Holcim (US), Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Holcim Ltd
Fayette County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4102818
Baca Plant has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1983.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1983–1991
- Latest incident
- Feb 1991
Ownership history
- Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc 1979 to 1989
- Holnam Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 9 |
| 1990 | 12 |
| 1989 | 13 |
| 1988 | 13 |
| 1987 | 14 |
| 1986 | 16 |
| 1985 | 27 |
| 1984 | 28 |
| 1983 | 26 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Baca Plant sits in Fayette County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.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 file1991 · 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
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
September 20, 1983
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Fall from machine
WHILE CLIMBING UP STEPS TO GET IN CAB OF DOZER,EMPL SLIPPED AND HIT RIGHT LEG.