Mining Incidents

BOSQUE PLANT 298: 15 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Arcosa, Inc
Bosque County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103255

MSHA record for BOSQUE PLANT 298 (mine ID 4103255). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1986–1996
Latest incident
May 1996
Ownership history
  1. Brazos Point Inc 1984 to 1995
  2. Trinity Materials Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

BOSQUE PLANT 298 sits in Bosque County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Bosque County, Texas · Population 18,546
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$69,339
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

1996 · 1 incident

May 1, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELING SAND OUT FROMUNDER CONVEYOR BELT IN TUNNEL. CAUSING BACK PAIN.

1995 · 5 incidents

December 5, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING DIRT FROM TAIL PULLEYS, CAUSING PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN BOTH ARMS.

September 8, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brazos Point Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING SCREEN FOR REPLACEMENT STRAINED BACK.

July 27, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Brazos Point Inc · Contact with heat

SHOVELING FROM UNDER BELT & GOT OVERHEATED.

July 22, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Brazos Point Inc · Contact with heat

WORKING ON FIELD BELT

April 14, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brazos Point Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING BANDS FOR 88B ON BACK OF TRUCK WITH OTHER EE WHEN SET BAND DOWN ON BED OF TRUCK. END OF BAND CAME UP AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH. HE REQUIRED 4 STITCHES IN BOTTOM LIP AND 2 STITCHES IN TOP LIP.

1993 · 3 incidents

October 14, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Brazos Point Inc · Struck by flying object

CUTTING DUMP LINE WITH CUTTING TORCH, SOME SLAG OFF THE DUMP LINE WENT INTO EYE.

July 24, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brazos Point Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING OUT FIELD HOPPER WAS FINISHED IT WAS ABOUT TO GET OUT HE STEPPED ON CROSS BEAM AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE HIT RIGHT KNEE ON BEAM DISLOCATING IT.

May 4, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Brazos Point Inc · Struck against a moving object

SCRAPER WAS STRIPPING. DOZER WAS PUSHING THE SCRAPER WHICH STRUCK IN LOOSE SAND CAUSING SCRAPER TO STOP ABRUPTLY, WHICH CAUSED THE DOZER TO GIVE THE SCRAPER A JOLT FROM BEHIND.

1992 · 4 incidents

October 19, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brazos Point Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE UNHOOKING CHAINS USED TO LIFT HOPPER PERSON SLIPPED ON SLOPING WALLS INSIDE EMPTY HOPPER TWISTING LEFT KNEE.

August 4, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Brazos Point Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

33515ING AIRLESS POINT GUN WHEN MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND TOUCHED NOZEL SHOTTING PAIN UNDER FINGER NAIL.

June 4, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brazos Point Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR STEPPED DOWN OFF OF DRAGLINE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

March 31, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Brazos Point Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAIN AND ABRASION OF THUMB WAS THE RESULT OF CLEANING UNDER BELT WHEN BELT THIS THUMB BRUISING THUMB AND STRAIN.

1991 · 1 incident

August 30, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brazos Point Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PARTY WAS OILING PRIMARY SCREEN SLIPPED AND TWISTED KNEE.

1986 · 1 incident

March 10, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Brazos Point Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A LOADER WHEN HE HIT A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE BACK OF THE SEAT.