Mining Incidents

Brazos Construction Materials-Plant B: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Chambco Inc · Surface
Controlled by D N Chambers Jr
Waller County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4102894

MSHA record for Brazos Construction Materials-Plant B (mine ID 4102894). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
Jul 1990
Ownership history
  1. Brazos Construction Materials 1979 to 1984
  2. Chambco Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Brazos Construction Materials-Plant B sits in Waller 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.
Waller County, Texas · Population 59,455
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$76,135
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1990 · 1 incident

July 10, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chambco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GRETTING LOGS OUT OF SUCTION PIPE THEY CAME LOOSE & HIT ARM.

1988 · 3 incidents

November 16, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chambco Inc · Struck against stationary object

CUT FINGER ON PIECE OF STEEL.

August 2, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chambco Inc · Struck by flying object

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ASSEMBLING A BEARING ON A SHAFT. THEY WERE TAPPING IT ON WITH A HAMMER AND PUNCH AND A PIECE OF THE PUNCH FLEW OFF AND ENTERED THE ARM OF THE SUPT WHO WAS 10-12' AWAY FROM T HEM.

February 3, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chambco Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED IN HOLE ON LEHMAN PROPERTY, LAND BEING CLEARED. TRYING TO LOCATE SURVEY HUBS. WAS WALKING THROUGH BRUSH. WRENCHED BACK.

1987 · 2 incidents

July 17, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chambco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING BOLT8 WITH A WRENCH

February 3, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chambco Inc · Fall down stairs

UNKNOWN - SLIPP9D DOWN STAIRS

1986 · 1 incident

December 5, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chambco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING HOSE TO3TOP OF SHAKER WHEN THE HOSE WAS CAUGHT ON THE CORNER OF THE STEPS THIS CAUSED THE HOSE TO POP WHEN HE WENT AROUND THE CORNER AND JERKED HIS BODY

1983 · 1 incident