4 MEN WERE GOUGING WHEN A SMALL FIRESTARTED. THE FIRE WAS EXTIQUISHED AND THE MEN WENT BACK TO WORK. WHEN TWO OF THE MEN WERE SUDDENLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES.
TXI (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc)Operator
- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 482
- Mines on record
- 32
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Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE2 fatalities · 46 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 95 non-fatal
- IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS164 non-fatal
- MACHINERY61 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)55 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Mines on record
- Arcosa Boulder Plant #1604CO
- PRICE AGGREG PLANTLA
- PERRYVILLE AGGREGATES PLANTLA
- Plant 6LA
- MerryvilleLA
- WOODWORTH AGGREGATE PLANTLA
- Woodworth AggregatesLA
- DENKMAN DREDGE & PLANTLA
- Amrize Honey Island OperationsLA
- Sun Minerals, LLCLA
- Jena Aggregates PlantLA
- Harvell, Hartner, DunniseLA
- Isabel OperationsLA
- RECYCLE SLA MOBILE CRUSHER #3LA
- Stanley Hornsby Dredge &PlantLA
- TXI Red RiverOK
- Mill Creek Limestone QuarryOK
- Bridgeport Stone PlantTX
- Midlothian Quarry and PlantTX
- CLODINE PITTX
- Tec Minerals Plant #3TX
- Arcosa Streetman Plant # 1605TX
- Beckett S & G PitTX
- AUSTIN AGGR MARBLE FALLS EASTTX
- Hunter Cement PlantTX
- TIN TOP SAND AND GRAVEL PLANTTX
- Green S & G PlantTX
- Paradise Plant 1390TX
- Tec Minerals Plant #7TX
- TXI Owen PlantTX
- Bells/Savoy Aggregate OperationsTX
- HUNTER STONE PLANTTX
Fatalities under this operator
4 recordedFELLOW EMPLOYEES ALLEGE THAT DRAG CONVEYOR WAS LOCKED UP DUE TO CLOGGED CLINKER. WHEN CLINKER WAS DUMPED, IT HIT STANDING WATER CAUSING STEAM. THE STEAM BURNED EMPLOYEE ON 47% OF HIS BODY.
EE WALKING OR GRATING AT ELEVATION 719 TO RETREIVE TORCH SET. EE WAS NOT TIED OFF WHILE EXPLOSED TO FALL HAZARD. EE WAS WEARING PERSONAL FALL ARREST SYSTEM HARNESS AND 2 LANDYARDS. EE STEPPED ON GRATING THAT HE INSTALLED THE DAY BEFORE BUT WHICH HAD NOT YET BEEN WELDED TO THE STRUCTURE. THE GRATE 107 X 24 SHIFTED AND EE FELL 48"" TO CONCRETE BELOW.
A CUSTOMER DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN WHILE ENTERING THE PLANT. HE DID NOT STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. THE TRAIN PUSHED THE TRUCK APPROX. 800 FT DOWN THE TRACKS. THE DRIVER DIED OF RESULTING INJURIES.