Mining Incidents

FRANKLIN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lhoist Group
Nolanville, Bell County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4102248

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Jul 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
19
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,975
proposed penalties
$1,975
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
2004 Q1 5,132 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 16,230 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 17,336 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 16,871 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 16,896 5 1 295.9
2001 Q4 16,112 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 17,985 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 17,581 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2002 · 1 incident

July 22, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Franklin Industrial Minerals · Fall from machine

THE DRIVER SLIPPED FROM THE TOP OF THE TRAILER WHILE CLOSING ONE OF THE DOME LIDS, SLIDING UNDER THE SAFETY RAIL AND CATCHING ONTO A SAFETY RAIL ON THE TRAILER. AFTER HOLDING ON FOR A TIME HE LOST HIS GRIP AND FELL ABOUT SEVEN FEET TO THE PAVEMENT AND LAY THERE FOR ABOUT ONE AND ONE-HALF HOURS UNTIL HE WAS FOUND.

2000 · 1 incident

May 14, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Franklin Industrial Minerals · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NO EQUIPMENT BEING USED; EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BAGS IN AIR FILTER BAGHOUSE WHEN THE ACCESS DOORSLAMMED AGAINST THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, CAUSING HIM TO BUMP HIS FOREHEAD AGAINST THE DOOR FACING BUMP AND BRUISING WAS EXTENT OF INJURY.