Mining Incidents

RICHLAND PLANT: 14 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Navarro County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103018

MSHA record for RICHLAND PLANT (mine ID 4103018). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1983–1997
Latest incident
Sep 1997
Ownership history
  1. Bobby Rutherford Inc 1980 to 1981
  2. Ready Rock 1981 to 1982
  3. Boorhem-Fields Inc 1982 to 1993
  4. Meridian Aggregates Company 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

RICHLAND PLANT sits in Navarro County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Navarro County, Texas · Population 53,735
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$59,310
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1997 · 1 incident

September 3, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Meridian Aggregates Company · Contact with electrical current

EE OPENED BREAKER BOX TO CHECK FUSES BECAUSE 6X16 SCREEN WOULD NOT START. HIS LEFT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH 480 VOLTS.

1996 · 1 incident

January 9, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Aggregates Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING TIRE RING INTO TRUCK- CAUGHT FINGER.

1993 · 1 incident

May 17, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
Meridian Aggregates Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USING TORCH (A& O TO CUT OFF BOLT- INADVERTENTLY SET HIMSELF ON FIRE.

1992 · 1 incident

October 29, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PORTABLE LIGHT AND GOT SHOCKED- FELL BACK ONTO PART OF PLANT TREATED AND RELEASED; TOOK OFF 12-7-92.

1991 · 1 incident

June 11, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE HURT HIS SHOULDER LIFTING A HAMMER FOR A CRUSHER.

1990 · 1 incident

July 18, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by falling object

INSTALLING MANIFOLD ON DOZER-DROPPED ON FEET.

1987 · 1 incident

1986 · 1 incident

1985 · 1 incident

April 30, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by flying object

AT SOME TIME WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING HE GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE.AFTER HIS EYE BOTHERED HIM FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS HE WENT TO DOCTOR.THE FOUND THE MNETAL AND GOT IT OUT.

1984 · 3 incidents

August 8, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL LOADING BOX OF ANFO ONTO CONVEYOR WHICH WAS LOADING TRUCK WHEN HE JAMMED RIGHT HAND CAUSING FRACTURE BELOW HIS FINGERS.

May 25, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A LOADER AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN OFF OF IT HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE

April 4, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SHOT BY DEPUTY SHERIFFS\S OFFICER. WHILE SHERIFFS PEOPLE WERE ON THEIR WAY I.NAME TOOK THE TIRE TOOL & BROKE THE BACK WINDOW, I.NAME THEN TOOK ALL OF HIS CLOTHES OFF & CRAWLED THRU THE WIN DOW & INTO THE FRAME WHICH WAS FULL OF DIESEL. I.NAME RUBBED DIEASEL OVER HIMSELF. HE CAME OUT RAN TO THE SQUD CAR GOT A SHOTGUN OUT & FIRED AT THE OFFICER.

1983 · 2 incidents

November 20, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON HOOKING A CHAIN TO A LOADER WHEN THE CAIN SLIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS FOOT.