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Texas United CorpController

MSHA Controller ID: M00582
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
127
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2000–2026

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
73th

More recorded fatalities than 73% of controllers on file.

Rank
#116of 590

Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
1.0×

Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.

This controller
2
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

  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 fatality · 46 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 10 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON28 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)10 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY10 non-fatal
  • HOISTING5 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
2
2025
10 (1f)
2024
6
2023
4
2022
6
2021
3
2020
4
2019
3
2018
7
2017
2
2016
2
2015
8
2014
10 (1f)
2013
6
2012
5
2011
8
2010
6
2009
3
2008
5
2007
3
2006
4
2005
5
2003
3
2002
5
2001
4
2000
3

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
United Salt Carlsbad LLC
Struck by falling object

The employee was pressure washing silo #6 and was found with their head and right arm in the silo with salt buildup on their head and right arm. The employee was pronounced dead at the scene.

United Salt Hockley, LLC
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The accident occurred while performing maintenance on a forklift. Injury occurred when the forklift apparently moved, crushing the miner between forklift and wooden support column. Specific details are currently under investigation.