Mining Incidents

Texas Industries IncController

MSHA Controller ID: M00344
Fatalities
6
Total incidents
1,290
Mines on record
41
Years on record
2000–2014

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other controllers with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 590 controllers with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
94th

More recorded fatalities than 94% of controllers on file.

Rank
#33of 590

Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
3.0×

Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.

This controller
6
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA controllers 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.

Top causes

  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 fatalities · 211 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 69 non-fatal
  • IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS367 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)127 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY85 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2014
21
2013
36
2012
43
2011
48
2010
48
2009
57
2008
85 (1f)
2007
131 (1f)
2006
101
2005
110
2004
112
2003
102 (1f)
2002
106 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

6 recorded
Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Employee received a load of cement by the TXI scale person. After he received his load he pulled forward to a stationary rack designed for safe access to the top of each trailer. He closed all but 1 latch on the A trailer when he fell to the ground landing on his head. He was found at 1:30 pm lying on his back behind the second axle driver's side.

Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Employee was assessing work area at floor opening. Employee fell into floor opening. The ensuing fall resulted in fatal head injuries.

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.

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.