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): 6 recorded fatalities operator
Controlled by
Texas Industries Inc
MSHA operator ID: L00418
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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.
Of $113K in penalties contested before the Commission, $55K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-03-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.24.8%
significant & substantial
7.6%
high negligence or reckless
25.5%
reasonably likely or greater
53.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.2% low, 81.2% moderate, 7.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2005
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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.4.98
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4.98 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2004 | 6.06 | 0.32 | 0.000 |
| 2003 | 6.42 | 1.25 | 0.000 |
| 2002 | 5.75 | 1.02 | 0.085 |
| 2001 | 8.24 | 1.56 | 0.000 |
| 2000 | 5.58 | 0.79 | 0.000 |
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.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2005-03-01, 21 years ago
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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.8%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
205
samples
90
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz677 over
- Respirable dust, <.1mg98
- Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz26
- Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz13
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.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENT 2004-75-M | Settlement | Melick | 2004 | $26K → $16K |
| CENT20030179M | Settlement | Melick | 2003 | $25K → $25K |
| CENT20020049 | Settlement | Hodgdon | 2002 | $25K → $3K |
| CENT 2008-448M | Withdrawal | Weisberger | 2009 | $19K → $0 |
| CENT20020021M | Settlement | Zielinski | 2002 | $10K → $3K |
| CENT20020212M | Default | Barbour | 2002 | $2K → $2K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 fatalities · 89 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 250 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 180 non-fatal
- IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 421 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 184 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
55
1988
59
1987
27
1986
31
1985
36
1984
46
1983
69
Mines on record
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- 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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Where TXI (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.
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