Hanson Aggregates LLC · Struck by flying object
While using a cut off saw to remove a collar from a hose, a piece of metal got around safety glasses and impacted miners left eye.
Honest Ridge Plant: 61 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Hanson Aggregates LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Mexia,
Limestone County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104106
Honest Ridge Plant has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2011
- Latest incident
- Feb 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
61
citations
9
significant & substantial
$26,883
proposed penalties
$8,193
paid to date
30% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,690 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
556
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 556 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Honest Ridge Plant has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$27K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $21K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-02-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.14.8%
significant & substantial
11.5%
high negligence or reckless
18.0%
reasonably likely or greater
54.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.0% low, 65.6% moderate, 11.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENT20010189M | Settlement | Feldman | 2001 | $20K → $810 |
| CENT20000260M | Settlement | Feldman | 2001 | $1K → $616 |
| CENT20020228M | Settlement | Zielinski | 2002 | $55 → $55 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
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Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2009-09-10, 16 years ago
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Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Respirable dust, <.1mg2
- Arsenic fumes1
- Beryllium fumes1
- Cadmium oxide fumes1
Show the individual readings (17)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-09-10 | Zinc oxide fumes | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | Welder, etc. |
| 2009-09-10 | Nickel fumes | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | Welder, etc. |
| 2009-09-10 | Vanadium fumes | 0 | 50 | 0.00 | Welder, etc. |
| 2009-09-10 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Drill Operator, Rotary | ||
| 2009-09-10 | Arsenic fumes | 0 | 500 | 0.00 | Welder, etc. |
| 2009-09-10 | Beryllium fumes | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | Welder, etc. |
| 2009-09-10 | Cadmium oxide fumes | 0 | 100 | 0.00 | Welder, etc. |
| 2009-09-10 | Chromium, insoluble | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | Welder, etc. |
| 2009-09-10 | Cobalt fumes | 0 | 100 | 0.00 | Welder, etc. |
| 2009-09-10 | Copper fumes | 0 | 100 | 0.00 | Welder, etc. |
| 2009-09-10 | Iron oxide fumes | 0.05 | 10 | 0.01 | Welder, etc. |
| 2009-09-10 | Lead fumes | 0 | 150 | 0.00 | Welder, etc. |
| 2009-09-10 | Magnesium oxide fumes | 0.01 | 10 | 0.00 | Welder, etc. |
| 2009-09-10 | Manganese fumes | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | Welder, etc. |
| 2009-09-10 | Molybdenum fumes | 0 | 10 | 0.00 | Welder, etc. |
| 2007-04-12 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.15 | 1.49 | 0.10 | Bobcat Operator |
| 2007-04-12 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Honest Ridge Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.
Injury rate, 2010
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.68 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.58 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2009 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2008 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2007 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2006 * | 5.92 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2005 * | 5.50 | 5.50 | 0.000 |
| 2004 * | 6.13 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2001 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
- Hanson Aggregates West Inc 1999 to 2004
- Hanson Aggregates LLC 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2011 | 10 |
| 2010 | 11 |
| 2009 | 12 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2007 | 13 |
| 2006 | 13 |
| 2005 | 14 |
| 2004 | 13 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2002 | 8 |
| 2001 | 10 |
| 2000 | 9 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Honest Ridge Plant sits in Limestone County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.Limestone County, Texas · Population 22,185
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$58,109
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q4 | 2,164 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,058 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,666 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 3,204 | 1 | 0 | 312.1 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,183 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 4,602 | 3 | 0 | 651.9 |
| 2011 Q1 | 5,853 | 7 | 0 | 1196.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Q4 | 6,562 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 5,881 | 4 | 0 | 680.2 |
| 2010 Q2 | 6,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 7,269 | 3 | 0 | 412.7 |
| 2009 Q4 | 6,116 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 7,178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 7,128 | 3 | 0 | 420.9 |
| 2009 Q1 | 6,924 | 2 | 0 | 288.9 |
| 2008 Q4 | 9,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 8,970 | 2 | 1 | 223.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 8,947 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 8,318 | 1 | 0 | 120.2 |
| 2007 Q4 | 8,137 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 8,974 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 9,029 | 2 | 0 | 221.5 |
| 2007 Q1 | 8,789 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 8,525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 8,308 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 8,522 | 8 | 0 | 938.7 |
| 2006 Q1 | 8,401 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 7,868 | 1 | 0 | 127.1 |
| 2005 Q3 | 8,038 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 8,761 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 11,682 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 9,517 | 2 | 0 | 210.2 |
| 2004 Q3 | 9,982 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 8,044 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 5,057 | 4 | 2 | 791.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,795 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q3 | 3,180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 6,327 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 6,459 | 7 | 2 | 1083.8 |
| 2001 Q4 | 6,042 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 6,126 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 5,123 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 5,269 | 4 | 1 | 759.2 |
| 2000 Q4 | 5,502 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 6,182 | 3 | 0 | 485.3 |
| 2000 Q2 | 5,497 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 5,859 | 4 | 3 | 682.7 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2011 · 1 incident
2006 · 1 incident
Hanson Aggregates LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Swinging hammer and pinched finger between beam and finger.
2005 · 1 incident
June 6, 2005
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates LLC · Fall down stairs
EMPLOYEE FELL LEAVING SCALE HOUSE.
2004 · 1 incident
April 13, 2004
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Shaker on plant was locked up, ee was checking vee belts to see if they were tight or not. the counterweight rolled down, and lodged ee's hand between vee belts and the sheave. the ee's left hand received a laceration on his 1st finger requiring 5 stitches, and a severe bruise on his 2nd finger.
2000 · 1 incident
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Fall onto or against objects
TWO MEN WERE PRIMING THE PUMP ON THE PONTOON. THEY BOTH STOOD ON THE SAME SIDE CAUSING THE PONTOON TO FLIP. THEY LANDED ON THE ROCKS IN THE WATER.