TXI (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Contact with hot objects or substances
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
Controlled by
Texas Industries Inc
MSHA operator ID: L00418
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
824
citations
203
significant & substantial
$195,478
proposed penalties
$161,346
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $34,132 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
477
inspections on record
8,184
inspection hours
10.1
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.824 citations across 8,184 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$195K
proposed penalties
$161K
current assessed
$161K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
781 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-03-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 fatalities · 74 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 198 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 139 non-fatal
- IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 336 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 133 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2005
12
2004
80
2003
83 (1f)
2002
73 (1f)
2001
105
2000
129 (2f)
1999
81
1998
71
1997
43
1996
47
1995
37
1994
52
1993
37
1992
33
1991
41 (1f)
1990
22 (1f)
1989
54
Mines on record
- Hunter Cement Plant TX
- Amrize Honey Island Operations LA
- TXI Owen Plant TX
- Midlothian Quarry and Plant TX
- Mill Creek Limestone Quarry OK
- Arcosa Boulder Plant #1604 CO
- Isabel Operations LA
- Arcosa Streetman Plant # 1605 TX
- Bridgeport Stone Plant TX
- Woodworth Aggregates LA
- Bells/Savoy Aggregate Operations TX
- TIN TOP SAND AND GRAVEL PLANT TX
- TXI Red River OK
- PERRYVILLE AGGREGATES PLANT LA
- Merryville LA
- Green S & G Plant TX
- Harvell, Hartner, Dunnise LA
- HUNTER STONE PLANT TX
- Jena Aggregates Plant LA
- Paradise Plant 1390 TX
- PRICE AGGREG PLANT LA
- Tec Minerals Plant #3 TX
- Tec Minerals Plant #7 TX
- Stanley Hornsby Dredge &Plant LA
- AUSTIN AGGR MARBLE FALLS EAST TX
- Sun Minerals, LLC LA
- Beckett S & G Pit TX
- WOODWORTH AGGREGATE PLANT LA
- CLODINE PIT TX
- Plant 6 LA
- DENKMAN DREDGE & PLANT LA
- RECYCLE SLA MOBILE CRUSHER #3 LA
- Texas Industries Dolen Plant TX
- ODOM DREDGE & PLANT LA
- FERRIS SAND AND GRAVEL TX
- Paradise Aggregates Plant LA
- Boonsville Stone Plant TX
Fatalities under this operator
6 recorded
March 30, 2002
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
TXI (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Contact with hot objects or substances
FELLOW 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.
TXI (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
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.
TXI (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Struck against a moving object
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.
October 2, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
TXI (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Struck against a moving object
ON 10-2-91, HE WAS OPERATING A 1455B CASE LOADER PUSHING LOOSE OVERBURDEN DOWN A SLOPE TO BE LOADED ONTO HAUL TRUCKS WHEN, FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, FROM HIS WORK AREA HE BACKED UP FOR SIXTY FEET A ND OVER A FOUR FOOT SAFETY BERM, AND THEN ANOTHER FORTY FEET TO THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWALL AND OVER. HE FELL APPROX. FORTY FEET TO THE QUARRY FLOOR RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.
March 19, 1990
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
Fatality · MACHINERY
Txi (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Struck by falling object
EMP FAILED TO FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURE FOR TURNING PONTOONS FOR SAFE ACCESS TO FIND AND MAKE REPAIRS. INSTEAD PONTOON WAS SUSPENDED ON STEEL CHAIN WRAPPED AROUND TWO BUCKET TEETH OF TRACKHOE. A ND CHAIN SLIPPED OFF OF TEETH CAUSING THE PONTOON TO FALL.
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