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Salado Operations, Lometa Metal/Non-Metal

Salado Operations · Surface

Controlled by Dos Rios Partners, LP; Dos Rios Partners - A, LP; Main Street Equity Int

Lometa, Lampasas County, TX · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4103518

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 2006–2016
Latest incident: Sep 2016

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

103

citations

significant & substantial

$12,677

proposed penalties

$12,583

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	Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2	512	5	9765.6
2024 Q1	4,935	0	0.0
2023 Q3	40	2	50000.0
2022 Q4	360	0	0.0
2022 Q3	0	0
2022 Q2	5,479	1	182.5
2022 Q1	5,306	0	0.0
2021 Q3	4,056	1	246.5

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded

April 5, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

1845 Texas Stone Products, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Operator hired contractor ee for the first time to replace tires on a Case 721 wheel loader. He was to supply all parts, tools, equipment, and labor. Experienced miner escorted contractor to the wheel loader. Contractor did not inform operator of any hazards that might be created by his works. He was underneath loader when the loader fell off two jacks onto him.

April 11, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

1845 Texas Stone Products, Inc. · Struck by powered moving object

Employee was placing wire around a pallet of stone. He disreguarded the backup alarm of a Case 95XT skid steer loader that was moving in reverse. The employee disreguarded his safety training to yield the right-of-way to moving equipment. As a result, he was struck by the loader and died from his injuries.

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2016 · 3 incidents

September 19, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Salado Operations · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on the discharge side of the stone splitter stacking stone on pallets. Went to pick up a stone that approximately weighs 40 pounds when the stone rolled over and hit employee's right hand which resulted in a fracture of middle finger.

January 27, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

RLF Salado Quarries, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Skid steer operator was getting off of employee's machine when employee stepped down employee's foot landed on a small stone which caused employee to twist employee's ankle.

January 21, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

RLF Salado Quarries, LLC · Fall from machine

Truck driver was strapping down employee's load and got too close to the edge of the truck when employee lost employee's balance and fell.

2009 · 1 incident

August 28, 2009 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

1845 Texas Stone Products, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was splitting a large block using a hammer to drive wedges into shims. Block separated and shifted striking his foot. He ignored training and procedures by not using S.L.A.M. method and not properly bracing/shimming block prior to splitting.