Centex Materials Inc · Fall from machine
MINER WAS WATERING LOAM PIT WITH WATER TRUCK DUMP ROPE BROKE WHILE HE WAS PULLING ON IT AND HE FELL OUT OF THE TRUCK CAB DOOR WAS OPEN
Shapard Pit & Plant: 11 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Centex Materials Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Eagle Materials Inc
Travis County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101887
MSHA record for Shapard Pit & Plant (mine ID 4101887). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 1983–1988
- Latest incident
- Jul 1988
Ownership history
- Centex Materials Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Shapard Pit & Plant sits in Travis County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.Travis County, Texas · Population 1,307,625
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$97,169
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file1988 · 1 incident
1987 · 2 incidents
Centex Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object
REPLACING WIRE 8CREEN ON SHAKER-CUT HAND BETWEEN FINGERS-CUT REQUIRED STITCHES.
August 17, 1987
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Centex Materials Inc · Struck by flying object
THE INJURED GOT3FOREIGN OBJECTS (PROBABLY DUST) IN EYE WHILE OPERATING LOADER.
1986 · 1 incident
May 28, 1986
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Centex Materials Inc · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE JAUMP9D OFF DRAGLINE TO GROUND APPROX SPRAINED BACK.
1985 · 3 incidents
November 22, 1985
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Centex Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MINER WAS TURNI3G V-BELT DRIVE BY HAND, CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN V-BELT & PULLEY. LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB REQUIRING SUTURES.
May 1, 1985
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Centex Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MINER WAS REMOVING IDLER FROM CONVEYOR BELT AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN FRAME AND WRENCH.
Centex Materials Inc · Flash burns (welding)
WELDING INSIDE CHUTE.IT WAS DARK INSIDE CHUTE AND REFLECTION OF ARC BURNED HIS EYES.HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WELDING THERE AND WAS WEARING WELDING MASK.
1984 · 1 incident
August 22, 1984
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Centex Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
MINER LIFTING WIRE SCREEN UP SET OF STAIRS WITH HELP OF 2ND EMPL AND STRAINED HIS BACK.DIDNT BELIEVE HIS BACK WAS INJURED SO DINDNT REPORT ACCIDENT AT THE TIME.
1983 · 3 incidents
Centex Materials Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
MINER WAS WORKING AROUND CONVEYOR WHEN A SPIDER OR SOME INSECT STUNG HIM. DID NOT TELL ANYONE UNTIL ANKLE STARTED SWELLING ONE WEEK LATER.
Centex Materials Inc · Struck by powered moving object
MINER WAS RIDING ON FORK LIFT WITH OPERATOR. HE STEPPED OFF MACHINE WHILE IT WAS STILL IN MOTION. HE FELL & BACK WHEEL RAN OVER HIM.
February 23, 1983
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Centex Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
MINER PICKED UP BUCKET OF BOLTS AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK