Employee fell to concrete floor at base of preheater - apparently from the second level where he had been performing work. Death was apparently immediate. There were no witnesses to the accident and it is not known how the employee fell or whether he tried to access his work from the safety handrail along the catwalk.
Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP operator
Controlled by
Eagle Materials Inc & Heidelberger Zement Ag
MSHA operator ID: L09203
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
601
citations
91
significant & substantial
$361,689
proposed penalties
$329,512
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $32,177 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
104
inspections on record
2,992
inspection hours
20.1
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.601 citations across 2,992 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.$360K
proposed penalties
$330K
current assessed
$330K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
592 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 fatality · 135 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 73 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 71 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 47 non-fatal
- OTHER 24 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 20 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
3
2025
6
2024
2
2023
3
2022
5
2021
9
2020
5
2019
7
2018
3
2017
5
2016
5
2015
3
2014
2
2013
6
2012
7
2011
3
2010
8
2009
4
2008
4
2007
6
2006
6
2005
8 (1f)
2004
12
2003
17
2002
17
2001
10
2000
18
1999
7
1998
17
1997
9
1996
11
1995
8
1994
10
1993
19
1992
24
1991
23
1990
14
1989
14
1988
18 (1f)
1987
36
1986
21
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP · Fall from machine
March 23, 1988
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner
Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP · Contact with hot objects or substances
INJURED WAS TRYING TO UNPLUG A CHUTE THAT WAS FILLED OR CONTAINED KILN FEED THAT HAD SPILLED FROM FEED END OF THE CEMENT KILN. WHEN THE INJURED HIT THE CHUTE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER, THE MATERIAL (1100 DEG F) DISLODGED AND SPLASHED BACK UP AND COVERED THE INJURED.
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