Trinity Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTED ONE END OF A CROSS ARM WHICH RESULTED IN A STRAIN (HERNIA) OF THE RIGHT SIDE GROIN.
BLUEBIRD PIT: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Trinity Materials Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Arcosa, Inc
Dallas County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103899
MSHA record for BLUEBIRD PIT (mine ID 4103899). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1996–1997
- Latest incident
- Apr 1997
Ownership history
- Trinity Materials Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
BLUEBIRD PIT sits in Dallas County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.Dallas County, Texas · Population 2,603,816
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$74,149
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1997 · 1 incident
1996 · 1 incident
October 16, 1996
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Trinity Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object
WHILE OPERATING F.E.L. OPERATOR HIT A ROUGHT SPOT CAUSING HIM TO BE JARRED AROUND CAUSING PAIN IN BACK.