Mining Incidents

MEXIA PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hanson PLC
Mexia, Limestone County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103281

MEXIA PLANT has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
30
Years on record
1985–2001
Latest incident
Nov 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
53
citations
16
significant & substantial
$11,777
proposed penalties
$9,215
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,562 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
219
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 219 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MEXIA PLANT has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$12K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-08-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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
2004 Q1 5,081 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 11,458 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 11,186 3 0 268.2
2003 Q2 11,283 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 12,085 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 10,449 8 2 765.6
2002 Q3 10,541 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 10,748 0 0 0.0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 10,722 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,976 26 7 2896.6
2001 Q3 11,917 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 11,772 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 12,948 8 3 617.9
2000 Q4 11,287 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 12,434 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 12,932 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 12,829 8 4 623.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

30 on file

2001 · 2 incidents

November 3, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE AND OTHER CHANGED PONTOON LOCATION TO PUMP WATER. WENT TO PONTOON IN BOAT-PUMP WAS RUNNING BUT NOT PUMPING WATER TURNED PUMP OFF STARTED REMOVING PLUG HAD WATER AND PRESSURE IN LINE BLEW WA TER AND MUD IN EE FACE. WATER WAS WARM.

September 15, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO SUPPORT A CATWALK AS IT WAS BEING CUT FROM AN EXISTING FRAME. THE WEIGHT OF THE CATWALK PULLED HIM FORWARD FROM A SQUATING POSITION CAUSING A CHIP IN THE BONE OF HIS LEFT ANKLE. THE INJURY REQUIRED X-RAYS.

1998 · 2 incidents

December 29, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE LEANED OVER HAND RAIL TO PICK UP A BATTERY, PULLING MUSCLE IN CHEST.

July 8, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TURNING V-BELT PULLEY BY HAND. HE GOT TIP END AND FINGER NAIL ON LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND, BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY GROVE. CUT FINGER AND NAIL. HAD TO HAVE 5 STITCHES.

1997 · 2 incidents

December 24, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STARTED MACHINE AND GOT BACK OUT TO GET HIS LUNCH BOX. WALKING BACK TO MACHINE HE WALKED INTO DOOR AND CUT HIS HEAD.

November 7, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED UP ON CAT WALK AROUND SCREEN TOGET A PRY BAR. PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, NOT ALL HAND RAILS ARE COMPLETE. EMPLOYEE GO PRY BAR-EEQUIPMENT SHIFTED AND HE FELL OFF OF CATWALK.

1996 · 1 incident

January 10, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER WHILE WORKING ON BULL GEAR. HEAD CAME OFF OF HAMMER CAUSING EE TO HIT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER ON BULL GEAR.

1995 · 2 incidents

August 19, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING COVERS FROM HEAD PULLEY. HE CUT HIS INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND HAD TO HAVE4 STITCHES.

January 27, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS LACING A 48 IN BELT WHEN HE COMPAINED OF PULLING A MUSCLE.

1994 · 1 incident

April 11, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FEELS LIKE THE BUILDING WAS UNLEVEL, AND THAT SITTING FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME IN HER CHAIR, CAUSED HER PAIN. EMPLOYEE HAS SEEN LOCAL DR. AND HIS TREATMENT HAS NOT HELPED. HE HAS REF ERRED HER TO ANOTHER DR. TO BE SEEN ON 4-18-94.

1993 · 6 incidents

November 8, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM TUBE ON HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ON ROCKBREAKER. CYLINDER WAS APPROX. WAIST HIGH. EE WAS STANDING UP AND TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF CYLINDER. HYDRAULIC OIL WAS UNDER PRESSURE HI T EE IN THE FACE AROUND THE NOSE AND EYES, OIL WAS NOT HOT. EE WAS WEARING GLASSES. EE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY ON RIGHT EYE TO REMOVE STEEL.

September 25, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BEATING A ON ROLLERS WHEN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF HITTING EE IN THE CHIN. CAUSING A SMALL CUT. EE HAD TO HAVE TO STITCHES.

August 19, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING BOLTS IN MASABI FRAME. HE WAS USING A DRY GRINDER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN HIS LEFT EYE.

June 5, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WAS REPLACING TIRE ON HAUL UNIT WITH A PRY BAR. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED HITTING HIM IN THE UPPER RIGHT ARM.

May 21, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CALLED IN SICK WITH EXTREME BACK PAIN. THEN WENT TO DOCTOR WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIATED DISK.

1992 · 1 incident

June 24, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTING BOLT ON HYDRAULIC LINE WHEN HE SAID HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER

1991 · 3 incidents

December 2, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING HORN ON 263E. HE JUMPED UP ON SIDE OF MACHINE AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE.

July 31, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal pumper POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by powered moving object

PUTTING PULL CABLE ON BUMPER WHEN THE OPER TRUEN CAUSING THE EMP TO GET HIT BY THE DRAWBAR IN L HIP AND ROLLING HIM DOWN DOWN FRONT BUMPER OF B 30

April 22, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS LEFT ARM WAS HURTING AND THAT IT HAD BEEN HURTING FOR ABOUT 45 DAYS FROM OPERATING CABLE HAMMER.

1990 · 2 incidents

July 23, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by falling object

MATERIAL WAS BUILT UP ON SIDE OF FEEDER. EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING FEEDER WHEN A ROCK ABOUT THE SIZE OF HIS HARD HAT ROLLED ACROSS HIS FOOT FROM SIDE OF FEEDER.

February 16, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CONVEYOR #21 EMPLOYEE BENT OVER & HIS HARD HAT CAME OFF WHEN HE REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP HIS HARD HAT HE HIT HIS HEAD ON CATWALK OF YELLOW 6X16 AC SCREEN EMPLOYEE HAD T O HAVE SUTURES

1988 · 3 incidents

December 27, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOULDER WAS WEDGED IN JAW. STARTED BRAKING BOULDER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER, HAMMER HIT WALKWAY AND BOUNCED ACROSS HITTING EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT LEG BELOW KNEE.

September 21, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS ON LOADER ON STOCKPILE. PLANT WAS STARTTED AND THERE WAS A LITTLE MATERIAL AND DUST ON STACKER FROM THE NIGHT BEFOR. WIND WAS BLOWING AND SOME DUST WNET INTO LEFT EYE.

1986 · 2 incidents

April 28, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D P Frost Construction Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

FUELING A DRILL3AND GOT DIESEL IN EYES.

April 9, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
D P Frost Construction Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON CONE CTUSHER SPEEDING UP ENGINE CAP CAME OFF OF BATTERY & ACID WENT IN HIS EYE.

1985 · 3 incidents

May 22, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D P Frost Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS INSTALLING CLUTCH IN PICKUP TRUCK AND DIRT FELL IN HIS EYE.

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