Mining Incidents

Tec Minerals Plant #3 Metal/Non-Metal

TXI Operations LP · Surface
Romeyor, Liberty County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4101146

Tec Minerals Plant #3 has $360 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1984–2003
Latest incident
Nov 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$360
proposed penalties
$360
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
14
inspections on record
110
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: 110 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tec Minerals Plant #3 has $360 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$360
proposed penalties
$360
current assessed
$360
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-02-16.
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
2005 Q3 2,590 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,045 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,863 2 0 517.7
2004 Q4 4,107 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,625 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,565 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,908 3 0 507.8
2003 Q4 3,965 0 0 0.0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3 4,800 1 0 208.3
2003 Q2 4,754 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,757 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,141 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,417 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,594 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,403 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,417 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,661 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,199 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,639 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,861 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,240 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,409 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,787 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

November 13, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Texas Industries · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS TARPING A LOAD (FLAT BED TRAILER) & WAS GETTING OFF THE TRAILER & SLIPPED. HE LANDED ON HIS BUTT, HURTING HIS TAIL BONE.

2001 · 2 incidents

May 25, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Texas Industries · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ADJUSTING VALVE PACKER SADDLE, EMPLOYEE'S THUMBS WERE CAUGHT IN THE SADDLE.

2000 · 1 incident

May 18, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Texas Industries · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING BAGS FOR STACKING AND SAID HE FELT A POP IN HIS ELBOW.

1996 · 1 incident

June 25, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Texas Industries · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO KILL A WASP NEST WHEN A SAND VIBRATOR FELL FROM A SHELF ABOVE. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH IT TO KEEP IT FROM HITTING HIS FACE AND IT SLID DOWN HIS LEFT RESULTING IN A PULLE D LIGAMENT.

1984 · 1 incident

September 11, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Star Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE THREW A BAG OF SAND ONTO A PALLET. WHEN HE BENT OVER TO STRAIGHTEN THAT BAG, A SECOND BAG COMING OFF OF A CONVEYOR STRUCK HIM INTHE BACK AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN.

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