Mining Incidents

REALITOS PIT Plant# 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Wright Materials · Surface
Controlled by ATM Holdings LLC
Realitos, Duval County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4101499

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2001–2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
178
citations
38
significant & substantial
$36,903
proposed penalties
$36,903
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 13,160 2 0 152.0
2025 Q3 13,027 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 688 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 11,746 1 0 85.1
2024 Q3 1,096 11 1 10036.5
2024 Q1 13,840 5 1 361.3
2023 Q4 17,329 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 15,619 5 2 320.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2026 · 1 incident

April 24, 2026 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Wright Materials · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee found slumped over in haul truck while waiting to load. Unresponsive to radio. No prior symptoms reported. Transported for medical care; later diagnosed with suspected stroke and brain clot. No known work-related cause identified.

2016 · 1 incident

September 23, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wright Materials Inc · Fall from machine

EE was exiting the truck, missed a step and slipped. Hurting wrist

2014 · 1 incident

October 2, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wright Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The EE alleges he hurt his back on 10/2 but did not report any injury. I spoke to the EE on 10/28 via telephone after trying several times to contact him. He states he was putting on a repaired hydraulic hose on his haul truck and hurt his back. He left work on 10/8 when he was told to find a water leak in his truck. The EE also filed for unemployment.

2013 · 1 incident

April 29, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wright Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miss stepped on grader latter causing operator to hold his entire body weight with his right arm on the entry handle so to not fall on grader blade. pulled his bicep muscle to a very painful state to which he could not curl his arm without pain level of 8 on a 1 to 10 scale. doctor ordered MRI may have torn muscle. MRI as of(5-2-2013)has not been done do to workmen's comp.

2009 · 1 incident

May 5, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wright Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee went down ladder to adjust feeder opening. After doing so, he then was using a scraper approximately 4" in length to remove build up on the sides of chute. In doing so, the material flowing from feeder grabbed the scraper pinning his thumb between the hand rail and the scraper, with enough force to cause the laceration to his thumb.

2008 · 1 incident

June 9, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Wright Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Pit was dry and maintained. Miner stated that he was bent over looking into his lunchbox and not paying attention where he was going and veered off the road into the pit. Truck dropped approximately 5ft. coming to rest on its left side, damaging the walkway, handrails. and door.

2007 · 1 incident

July 11, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wright Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was using a chop saw to cut a piece of angle iron and his hand slipped and cut his thumb.

2006 · 3 incidents

August 18, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Wright Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

Service truck gas pedal was stuck causing the truck to strike light post, CAT haul truck(parked), etc before coming to a stop.

June 12, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wright Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee exited his Euclid. Upon walking from truck, he experienced a sharp pain in lower back that got worse.

May 26, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Wright Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

As the dragline was backing away from the pit, (the truck driver was parked about 30 yards directly behind the dragline) he ran into the side of the Euc R40 tipping it on its side. The driver fell to the opposite side of the cab.

2005 · 1 incident

October 11, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wright Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE was attempting to clean out feeder when the tool he was using was caught in a clay ball. As the clay fell out of the feeder, it pulled the tool with it, pinching and cutting the EE's finger against the railing.

2004 · 2 incidents

March 2, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Wright Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

removing large nut with a 1" impact wrench, the torque of the impact wrench twisted hand into gear tooth.

February 23, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wright Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

caught fingers between v-belt pulley and v-belts on the logwasher

2002 · 1 incident

April 16, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator OTHER
Wright Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING UP ON GRADER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS STOMACH.

2001 · 2 incidents