Mining Incidents

Boyd Sand Plant: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Wise County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4102989

MSHA record for Boyd Sand Plant (mine ID 4102989). 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
1984–1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
Ownership history
  1. Vulcan Materials Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Boyd Sand Plant sits in Wise County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 4.7% 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.
Wise County, Texas · Population 72,359
4.7%
Mining share of county employment
$89,897
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

1987 · 1 incident

September 17, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS DRI5ING A WATER TRUCK WETTING PLANT ROADS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE STRUCK AN ONCOMING HAUL TRUCK IN A CURVE. THE WATER TRUCK DRIVER WAS BRUISED THE AHUL TRUCK DRIVER WAS N INJURED. 3

1986 · 1 incident

September 2, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Materials Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

REPRIMING WATER3PUMP EMPL OPENED A VALVE WHICH ALLOWED HOT WATER TO BURN RIGHT ARM.

1985 · 2 incidents

September 6, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED HAD PLACED HIS LUNCH IN A DRAGLINE WHICH HE DID NOT OPERATE & WQAS UNAUTHORIZED TO BE ON A FELLOW EE PULLED ALONG SIDE THE DRAGLINEWITH A HAUL TRUCK IN ORDER TO RETREIVE HIS LUNCH WI THOUT GETTING OUT OF HIS TRUCK. THE TRUCK PULLED TOO CLOSE & T HE OUTSIDE MIRROR CAUGHT THE INJURED EES ARM.

March 9, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck against stationary object

UNSAFE PERSONAL PROCEDURES NOT USING DUE CARE AND ATTENTION TO TASK BEING DONE

1984 · 1 incident

June 19, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by falling object

PLANT OPERATOR WAS USING PIPE TO UNCLOG LOGWASHER CHUTE STOPPED UP BY CLAY HE LEANED PIPE ONTO GUARD RAILS OF CATWALK ADJACENT TO CHUTE PIPE CAME UNLODGED AND FELL 15\ BELOW TO CATWALK WHERE P PLANT HELPER WAS STANDING WIPING PERSPIRATION FROM FACE STRIKING PLANT HELPER ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER