Struck against a moving object
For unknown reason, haul truck veered over the berm and into quarry lake.
Cemex S AController
MSHA Controller ID: M09149
- Fatalities
- 8
- Total incidents
- 2,649
- Mines on record
- 125
- 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.
More recorded fatalities than 96% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
8
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Walter Energy Incorporated23fatal2,359 total
- Martin Marietta Materials Inc19fatal2,775 total
- James River Coal Company12fatal2,608 total
- Cemex S Athis controller8fatal2,649 total
- Patriot Coal Corporation7fatal2,341 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
- POWERED HAULAGE3 fatalities · 55 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 fatalities · 174 non-fatal
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 81 non-fatal
- OTHER1 fatality · 54 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS329 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)129 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
19
2025
47 (1f)
2024
48
2023
62
2022
53 (1f)
2021
66 (1f)
2020
56
2019
68 (1f)
2018
51
2017
69
2016
66 (1f)
2015
95
2014
89 (2f)
2013
80
2012
85
2011
46
Operators under this controller
- CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC256
- CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC211
- CEMEX Construction Materials Pacific, LLC176
- CEMEX Construction Materials Atlantic, LLC103
- CEMEX Southeast, LLC89
- CEMEX INC.72
- KOSMOS CEMENT CO.41
- Cemex de Puerto Rico32
- Cemex Construction Materials LP8
- Ready Mix USA, LLC6
- Pacific Rock Products LLC4
- CEMEX Pacific Holdings LLC1
- Cemex1
Mines on record
- Demopolis Plant Cemex IncAL
- B & R Sand & GravelAL
- Reed Pit #5101AL
- BrierfieldAL
- CEMEX - CASA GRANDEAZ
- CEMEX - HWY 95AZ
- Silver CreekAZ
- CEMEX - 19TH AVEAZ
- CEMEX - GLOBE/BIXBYAZ
- CEMEX - SUN CITYAZ
- CEMEX - MCCORMICKAZ
- CEMEX - APEXAZ
- CEMEX - CAMP VERDEAZ
- CEMEX - PIMAAZ
- CEMEX - WEST VALLEYAZ
- CEMEX - GRAY MOUNTAINAZ
- CEMEX - COOLIDGEAZ
- Clayton PlantCA
- Victorville Cement PlantCA
- Azusa QuarryCA
- Eliot PlantCA
- Tracy Kerlinger PlantCA
- Lemon Cove PlantCA
- Rockfield PlantCA
- Patterson PlantCA
- Cache Creek QuarryCA
- Lapis PlantCA
- Twin Mountain RockCA
- Moorpark QuarryCA
- Redlands QuarryCA
- LYTLE CREEK PITCA
- Black Mountain QuarryCA
- Lyons Cement Plant Cemex IncCO
- Brooksville QuarryFL
- Miami Cement PlantFL
- St Catherine MineFL
- ALICO ROAD QUARRYFL
- FEC QUARRYFL
- Center Hill MineFL
- Brooksville Cement PlantFL
- SCL QuarryFL
- 474 Sand MineFL
- Krome QuarryFL
- PALMDALE SAND MINEFL
- Lake Wales Sand MineFL
- Davenport Sand MineFL
- Brooksville South Cement PlantFL
- Gator Sand MineFL
- Clinchfield PlantGA
- BATTLETOWN QUARRYKY
- Kosmos Cement PlantKY
- CEMEX - Paiute PitNV
- Sierra Stone QuarryNV
- LA LUZ PITNM
- Vado QuarryNM
- Fairborn Cement PlantOH
- Coyote Springs Sand & GravelOR
- Canby PitOR
- RiverBend Materials RiverBend WestOR
- Knoxville Cement PlantTN
- McKelligon CanyonTX
- Odessa Cement PlantTX
- Balcones QuarryTX
- Balcones PlantTX
- EAST LOOP 375 SAND PLTTX
- Blum QuarryTX
- Chico 2 QuarryTX
- Lewisville PitWA
- Ponce Cement PlantPR
- Florida LimePR
Fatalities under this controller
8 recordedCaught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Employee was operating front end loader in the coal shed. For unknown reasons employee left the loader and was engulfed in the coal pile near the grizzly bars for the feeding system.
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Employee was underneath Conveyor Belt and became entangled.
Fall from machine
EE was changing the v-belts on the north log washer motor gearbox assembly. EE lost balance when wrench slipped off the motor mounting bolt ee was tightening and fell backwards through a 15 3/4 inch gap between the log washers. EE was conscious and talking and was told to remain in place until EMS arrived.
Struck by falling object
Employee was changing a cable pulley that raised and lowered a load spout. While installing the new pulley, something broke. The cable struck the employee in the head area fatally injuring the employee. The investigation is still ongoing to determine the exact cause.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
CEMEX loader opr was moving flyash from mat'l storage bldg to hopper. Raw mat'l del driver, ind. o/o contracted w/ Tri-State Carriers(TSC), entered mat'l storage area & exited his tractor, preparing to unload. Loader reversed to get another load & impacted the tractor, striking the driver. MSHA issued Contr ID B0350 to TSC under protest as it is not a contr on CEMEX mine site.
Fall onto or against objects
Without checking to ensure elevator car was present, contractor stepped into elevator shaft and fell approximately 25 feet landing on top of elevator car.