Mining Incidents

Groesbeck Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Groesbeck, Limestone County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104385

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2004–2012
Latest incident
Jul 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
32
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,735
proposed penalties
$2,303
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
2017 Q2 169 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,333 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 714 1 0 1400.6
2015 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 143 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 816 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 805 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,556 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

5 on file

2012 · 1 incident

July 23, 2012 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

Removing a cutting edge on a Cat 980G Front End Loader bucket. When the last bolt was removed the metal came loose from the bucket and struck the victim on top of the left foot causing a fracture to a metatarsal bone.

2008 · 1 incident

May 3, 2008 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing the oil on the John Deere 400 haul truck. When he was closing the belly pan he strained his back. This was not originally an MSHA reportable, but became one later when the employee went to the doctor and was put on restricted duty.

2006 · 1 incident

June 13, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was welding on a guard that was lying on the ground. He knelt down on a piece of hot metal and burned his left knee.

2004 · 2 incidents

October 25, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

Frature to Coccyx & futher back injury (type to be determined.)** Employee was under the hood of loader. The mechanism holding up the hood failed knocking Employee 4 ft to the ground. Narrative paraphrased from work activity.**

August 11, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was assisting the explosive contractor with loading the drilled holes when the he experienced a burning and stinging sensation in his left buttock. He was standing & bending over at time - did not see or hear anything that bit or stung him; area was red with somes swelling -went to doctor and received a prescription.