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.
Texas Industries IncController
- 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.
More recorded fatalities than 94% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
- International Coal Group Inc (ICG)18fatal1,267 total
- Lhoist Group6fatal1,285 total
- Texas Industries Incthis controller6fatal1,290 total
- Phelps Dodge Corp3fatal1,275 total
- James H Booth2fatal1,342 total
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
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Crestmore QuarryCA
- ORO GRANDE QUARRYCA
- Arcosa Frazier Park Plant# 1603CA
- Global Pumice Mine - OlanchaCA
- Arcosa Boulder Plant #1604CO
- PRICE AGGREG PLANTLA
- PERRYVILLE AGGREGATES PLANTLA
- Plant 6LA
- MerryvilleLA
- WOODWORTH AGGREGATE PLANTLA
- Woodworth AggregatesLA
- Amrize Honey Island OperationsLA
- Sun Minerals, LLCLA
- Jena Aggregates PlantLA
- Harvell, Hartner, DunniseLA
- Isabel OperationsLA
- Stanley Hornsby Dredge &PlantLA
- Perryville Aggregates Plant #2LA
- Springhill OperationLA
- 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
- Garfield Sand & GravelTX
- Bells/Savoy Aggregate OperationsTX
- HUNTER STONE PLANTTX
- Webberville S>X
Fatalities under this controller
6 recordedEmployee was assessing work area at floor opening. Employee fell into floor opening. The ensuing fall resulted in fatal head injuries.
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.
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.