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: 242 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
TXI Owen Plant has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-08-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2001-12-06, 24 years ago
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2001-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2001-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2001-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
TXI Owen Plant recorded 14.43 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
14.43
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.71 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2008 *
14.43
0.00
0.000
2007 *
26.06
6.52
0.000
2003 *
11.53
11.53
0.000
2002 *
5.08
5.08
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
5.91
5.91
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2010
2
2009
3
2008
12
2007
12
2006
8
2005
8
2004
7
2003
14
2002
15
2001
13
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
TXI Owen Plant sits in Travis County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
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.
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
2010 Q3
682
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
120
2
0
16666.7
2009 Q2
494
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,902
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,933
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,485
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2
7,273
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
11,028
1
0
90.7
2007 Q4
8,287
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
7,147
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
7,949
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
7,311
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
5,718
1
0
174.9
2006 Q3
5,710
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
5,566
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
2,727
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,890
1
0
529.1
2005 Q3
2,367
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
5,535
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
6,153
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
4,715
1
0
212.1
2004 Q3
4,147
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,596
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,224
2
0
620.3
2003 Q4
10,770
2
0
185.7
2003 Q3
9,125
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
7,856
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
6,946
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
7,829
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
10,603
1
0
94.3
2002 Q2
11,123
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
9,823
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
9,136
6
3
656.7
2001 Q3
9,951
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,824
1
0
171.7
2001 Q1
8,659
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
8,214
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
9,407
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
7,480
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
8,748
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
15 on file
2008 · 2 incidents
April 2, 2008TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was in the process of removing the blower motor from a A30 Volvo haul unit. He was sitting on the fender of the haul unit when the ratchet he was using to remove the blower motor slipped and he slid off the fender into the back of his pickup truck. His right ring finger dislocated when it came in contact with the pickup truck.
2007 · 4 incidents
December 3, 2007TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was cutting some 1/2" holes into some skirtboard rubber with a boxcutter when it slipped cutting his left hand at thumb between thumb knuckle & wrist. Required 9 stitches.
June 18, 2007TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was removing guard to replace v-belts @ headpulley of conveyor. Lifted about 4" and wouldn't budge. Reached down down grab guard & pickup on, when guard dropped back into place, severing tip of middle finger on left hand.
June 1, 2007TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was installing dresser coupling on cyclone pump, when it slipped and cut open the pads of his right ring & middle fingers, requiring stitches.
2006 · 2 incidents
December 5, 2006TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE stopped haul unit at lab to speak w/plant operator. As he started walking to operator, after exiting haul unit, he tripped and fell. He tried to stop his fall w/his left forearm... in the process hurting his left shoulder.
Operating dragline, pressing on brake he felt a catch in his right knee. Machine is more difficult to operate due to being a manual machine with no air or hydraulic assist.
February 10, 2005TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE STRAIGHTENING YIELD SIGN, HAD BOTH ARMS AROUND SIGN WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE. AS EE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE, SHOULDER POPPED. RELEASED PRESSURE FROM AROUND SIGN AND MOVED ARM AROUND TO SEE IF IT WAS HURT OR A "NORMAL POP", WAS JUST A LITTLE SORE. COMPLETED TASK & TOOK SOME IBUPROPHEN. REPORTED INCIDENT NEXT MORNING
EE WAS TAKING A LOAD OF MATERIAL TO OUR HOPPER IN HIS HAUL TRUCK. HE SNEEZED & JERKED HIS WHEEL, IN DOING SO HE RAN OVER ONE OF OUR CONCRETE BLOCKS THAT WE HAVE LINED ALONG OUR HAUL ROAD. WH EN HE RAN OVER IT, HE SLAMMED HIS HEAD IN THE INSIDE OF THE CAB, OF THE HAUL UNITS WINDOW LATCH CAUSING A CONCUSION.
EE WAS STANDING ON RT FRONT FENDER OF HAUL UNIT CLEANING MIRROR; WHILE STEPPING DOWN TO GET OFF, HE LOST FOOTING & FELL 4 FT TO GROUND. FALL CAUSED STRAIN TO LT KNEE & LT HIP.
2002 · 1 incident
November 19, 2002TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS