Mining Incidents

United Salt Hockley, LLCOperator

Controlled by Texas United Corp
MSHA Operator ID: 0135693
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
39
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2014–2025

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.

Rank
#410of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.6×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
1
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

For counsel + compliance teams

Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under United Salt Hockley, LLC. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS11 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON8 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)4 non-fatal
  • HOISTING4 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK3 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025
3
2024
3
2023
2
2022
1
2021
3
2020
4
2019
2
2018
5
2017
1
2016
1
2015
5
2014
9 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The accident occurred while performing maintenance on a forklift. Injury occurred when the forklift apparently moved, crushing the miner between forklift and wooden support column. Specific details are currently under investigation.