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VARMICON QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Buzzi S p A
Sullivan City, Starr County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104034

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2011
Latest incident
Apr 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
136
citations
35
significant & substantial
$43,231
proposed penalties
$33,298
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
2015 Q4 3,853 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,727 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,611 1 0 216.9
2015 Q1 595 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 581 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 596 1 0 1677.9
2014 Q2 514 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,253 1 0 190.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2011 · 1 incident

April 1, 2011 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alamo Concrete Products Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A BATTERY TO PUT ON TOP OF ANOTHER COMPANY UNIT AND HURT HIS BACK.

2007 · 1 incident

May 10, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
VARMICON PARTNERSHIP, Ltd. · Fall from machine

EE was told to tell crusher operator to turn off crusher so he could restart breaker. EE told operator to stop. Inj EE got on top of conveyor w/o locking in & telling anyone. They reset breaker & started conveyor without the EE getting off. The EE was carried 25' up the belt. EE jumped off and landed on his feet, hurting back & ribs.

2004 · 1 incident

March 4, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
VARMICON PARTNERSHIP, Ltd. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SOME STEEL WHEN HE FELT FAIN IN BACK.

2003 · 1 incident

May 14, 2003 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
VARMICON PARTNERSHIP, Ltd. · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON JAW CRUSHER WITH HAND ON HANDRAIL. THE HAMMER WAS WORKING ON A BIG ROCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER. THE HAMMER FLIPPED THE ROCK UP AND THE ROCK HIT HIS RIGHT HAND.

2001 · 1 incident