EE WAS PUTTING CHAIN ON SPROCKET OPERATOR OF CRUSHER THOUGHT EE WAS OUT OF WAY- STARTED CRUSHER. EES RT THUMB GOT CAUGHT IN CHAIN & WAS SEVERED COMPLETELY.
Killeen Washer Plant: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Cen-Tex Ready-Mix Concrete Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Great Western Drilling Company
Bell County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101817
MSHA record for Killeen Washer Plant (mine ID 4101817). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- Aug 1984
Ownership history
- Cen-Tex Ready-Mix Concrete Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Killeen Washer Plant sits in Bell County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.Bell County, Texas · Population 379,811
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$66,051
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1984 · 1 incident
August 16, 1984
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Cen-Tex Ready-Mix Concrete Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
1983 · 2 incidents
September 19, 1983
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Cen-Tex Ready-Mix Concrete Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MCDONALD WAS TRYING TO CLEAN MUD OFF CONVEYOR ROLLER WITH HAMMER WITH GUARD OFF & PLANT RUNNING. HE CAUGHT HAMMER & ARM BETWEEN ROLLER & BELT. BELT PULLED HIS ARM AGAINST BRACE & RIPPED ARM F ROM ABOVE ELBOW TOWARD SHOULDER.
September 12, 1983
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Cen-Tex Ready-Mix Concrete Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
REMOVING OVERSIZE ROCKS FROM MATERIAL GOING UP CONVEYOR BELT TO SCRUBBER.CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT AND BRACE.